Afghanistan
Dozens of choppers, hundreds of Humvees transferred out of Afghanistan
Footage published on social media showed several Afghan air force helicopters in Uzbekistan and images also showed Humvees and Ranger trucks being transferred into Iran. Noor Mohammad Mutavakil, a member of the Cultural Commission, said some of the military hardware transferred into Iran has been returned to Afghanistan. However, he did not say who had transferred the hardware out of the country.
India cooperated with US troop withdrawal, evacuation from Af: US spokesperson
The disclosure came out in a readout on Tuesday by department spokesperson John Kirby of Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin's phone conversation with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Taliban admire Imran Khan's efforts for Afghanistan
"We do not see the positive statements of Prime Minister Imran Khan as interference in the internal matters of Afghanistan," said the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabiullah Mujahid, at a news conference in Kabul. The spokesperson added that Pakistan, Qatar and China are playing an active role for stability in Afghanistan.
Taliban names remaining Ministers in caretaker govt
"The newly introduced members of the cabinet are professional personalities including doctors and highly educated persons, also from minorities," Mujahid told reporters at a press conference. The newly introduced cabinet members have been appointed in line with the decree of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, Mujahid said.
War games erupt across Asia to counter Taliban threat
While the Peace Mission-2021 multilateral exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries is being held at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region of South West Russia, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member states have also announced a series of large-scale exercises on the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border.
Efforts underway to resume int'l flights in Kabul airport
Airport director Abdul Hadi Hamadani told Xinhua news agency on Monday that domestic and cargo flights carrying aid items are operating and authorities are working to solve a number of technical problems for the resumption of all commercial international flights. He made the remarks after local media reported earlier in the day that the airport has launched international flights.
Afghan central bank allows merchants to withdraw $25,000 monthly
Following the latest decision and announcement of DAB, the Afghan entrepreneurs could receive $25,000 or its afghani equivalent once in a month from their accounts from all banks across Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency quoted TOLO News as saying on Monday.
Refugees may pose Pakistan's biggest problem
This may momentarily divert attention from the Covid-19 pandemic and economic misery. But contributing to and compounding them is the growing number of refugees coming in, which neither the Pakistani security forces nor the incomplete border fencing can effectively control. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, visiting Islamabad last week urged Pakistan to take in more refugees. But Pakistan, even as the influx soared last month, said that it simply does not have the capacity to take more.
China to provide unconditional aid to Afghanistan
The Chinese ambassador met the acting minister of refugees and repatriates, Khaliluranman Haqqani, and said that Chinese assistance will arrive by winter this year, Khaama News reported. As per the statement of the ministry, China will provide the people of Afghanistan with $15 million in humanitarian aid and one million doses of Covid vaccine. Earlier, Yu along with the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, was the first foreign envoy who met the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan after the Taliban declared their interim cabinet.
Taliban ask US to take responsibility for past killings
"This is not the only incident that the US has committed. For 20 years they have martyred civilians in Afghanistan," Zabihullah Mujahid, deputy minister of culture and information of the Taliban's interim government, told the China Media Group. Condemning the acts as "a violation of human rights", he stressed that such carelessness leads to a humanitarian catastrophe.
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