Afghanistan
Left with no option, UN is ready to pay $6 million to terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani for security in Afghanistan
The UN is ready with a proposal to pay $6 million per year to Sirajuddin Haqqani who ironically also heads the UN designated terror outfit Haqqani Network (HQN). With a bounty of $10 million on his head, Sirajuddin Haqqani is among the top wanted terrorist list of the US.
Pakistan, Afghanistan to resolve border fencing issue
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said a local intelligence chief of the Taliban tried to remove the fence, and it was not a decision approved by the Taliban leadership, the report said. Soon after the incident, Pakistan and the Taliban established contact at the highest level and agreed to resolve the issue through talks.
UN considering $8 bn economic package for Afghanistan
The amount of money that is supposed to be given to Afghanistan in 2022 will be spent to deliver various services in the war-torn country. The package is aimed at providing healthy food for children in schools, creating job opportunities, paying off electricity debts of Afghanistan to central Asian countries, and rebuilding governance beyond humanitarian aids in the country, the report said.
Uproar over Taliban barring Pakistan from fencing border
Addressing a Senate session, Rabbani asked Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi to take Parliament into confidence about a recent incident in which the new rulers in Afghanistan had reportedly barred Pakistan's security forces from fencing the border.
Militants in Afghanistan find alternate option
Serious concerns have been expressed by the Central Asian States as well countries in the South and South East Asian region about the possibility of Afghanistan emerging as a hub of Islamic militancy under the Taliban, thus disturbing the security situation in the country and the region.
Kabul to remove all photos of women from billboards at shops, business centres
The spokesman of Kabul municipality, Nematullah Barakzai, said the government has ordered the municipality's officials to remove all photos of women from signboards at shops and business centres in Kabul. "Based on the decision of the government, the photos that are against Islamic regulations will be collected or removed from billboards," said Barakzai, the report said.
Pakistan's Afghan policy aimed at restructuring its foreign policy out of uncertain grounds
The OIC Council for foreign ministers has predominantly helped Pakistan showcase itself as one of the driving force behind logical and workable headways for a stable and peaceful Afghanistan under the Taliban rule. The participation of not just the OIC member states, but also from P5 countries in the extraordinary session in Islamabad are being seen as a major achievement of the Imran Khan led-government.
Afghan women were studying in varsities before creation of Pakistan
Imran Khan on Sunday at the OIC's session in Islamabad said that not allowing women to get an education has been part of the culture of the Afghan people and the world should respect that. Former President Hamid Karzai said that the statements of Imran Khan are inflammatory and disrespectful and asked Khan to stop interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
Former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai asks Pakistan PM Imran Khan to 'stop speaking on behalf of Afghans'
Now Imran khan showed concerns for the situation of Afghanistan and in his address at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation asked the world to act timely in Afghanistan matter. As a counterpart former Afghan President Karzai asked Pak PM to stop speaking on behalf of Afghans. As soon as Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, many countries stopped funding the country, which has now led to massive economic crisis in the country.
Islamic bloc not willing to channel Afghan assistance through Taliban
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi admitted that one of the reasons the fund was set up was because some of the member countries were not willing to channel assistance through the Taliban government, the report said. The announcement of the fund was part of the measures the 57-member Islamic bloc agreed upon after the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC hosted by Pakistan.
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