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Afghan Ambassador to US steps down
Afghan Deputy Ambassador Abdul Hadi Nijrabi told TOLO News on Friday that the US State Department had decided to stop political and diplomatic activities of Afghanistan in the US. He said the State Department in a letter to the Afghanistan embassy in Washington demanded the diplomatic activities be halted.
Afghans lose hope under 6 months of Taliban rule
More than a million Afghans have fled reprisals, persecution, and a worsening humanitarian and economic crisis. Some 23 million people, the majority of the country's population of 39 million, face starvation. More than 1 million children are in danger of dying from malnutrition. And despite an end to the fighting, 3.5 million Afghans remain internally displaced, the report said.
Taliban delegates meet EU envoys in Doha
According to the statement released late Tuesday by the Taliban government, the delegates reassured the EU envoys that the new ruling government of Afghanistan is committed to upholding the legitimate rights of the society, and described the situation as satisfactory, TOLO News reported.
Pak refutes news of ISI chief meeting with Afghan Jihadi leaders in Turkey
According to a media report, the Pakistani embassy based in Kabul has denied the reports about meeting of the ISI chief with Afghan Jihadi leaders- Atta Muhammad Noor, Abdul Rashid Dustom, and Muhammad Muhaqiq- in Turkey. Dubbing the news as "fake", the embassy has said that "no Pakistani official has met with Afghan Jihadi leaders in Turkey".
Taliban's rise can revive terrorism in Asia and Africa, India tells UN
The CTC open briefing started with remarks from Ambassador T S Tirumurti, the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations who is also the chief of the Counter-Terrorism Committee. It was attended by officials from the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), INTERPOL, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and representatives from the Member States of South and South-East Asia.
Karzai says US should retreat on decision over Afghanistan's assets
Karzai said that the international community should return the money to the Afghan people."We are cooperative with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan when it comes to the release of Afghanistan's assets but the money should be reserved in Afghan Central Bank when it is unfrozen. This reserve belongs solely to the Afghan people not to any government," said Karzai.
Biden's decision to compensate 9/11 victims with Afghan assets unfair: Taliban official
"The recent decision of US President Joe Biden on the handling of the foreign exchange reserve of Afghanistan is a hasty, unfair revenge, which demonstrates the US extreme darkened morality," Samangani was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. Following the pullout of its troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, the US has frozen nearly 10 billion US dollars worth of assets of Afghanistan's central bank, which worsened the economic crisis and poverty in the war-torn Asian country.
India has quietly resumed aid to Taliban regime
On February 1, New Delhi quietly allocated Indian rupee equivalent to about $27 million for assistance to Afghanistan in its 2022-23 fiscal Budget. According to the budgetary line item, the amount will be disbursed to pay for existing Indian projects in the country, scholarships for Afghan students and aid for the Afghan people, the report said.
Hypocrisy of Taliban -- While their daughters get educated abroad, Afghan girls face illiteracy at home
While the Taliban leaders are formulating the new education policy, their daughters have been enjoying studying in Qatar and Pakistan. In a shocking revelation, a report by the Afghan Analysts Network (AAN) exposes how the Taliban elites are sending their daughters to overseas schools despite the regime not allowing many female secondary students in classrooms in Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda, IS reconstituting in Afghanistan: US official
Gen. Michael Michael Erik Kurilla, the nominee to head the US Central Command (CENTCOM), made the remarks while addressing the Senate Armed Services Committee, TOLO News reported. "One of the challenges is the threat to the homeland from Al Qaeda and IS-K (Khorasan). They are reconstituting. The Taliban has not renounced Al Qaeda. IS-K, with the release of the prisoners both from the Bagram prison and Pul-e-Charkhi are in a process of reconstituting," he said.
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