Fri 10 September 2021: Nearly $10bn of Afghanistan’s central bank assets are currently frozen overseas and considered key leverage over the new administration The top UN envoy for Afghanistan has called for a modus vivendi for money to flow into the country and for efforts to address the dire humanitarian situation. Assets and donor funds […]
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Fri 10 September 2021: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Thursday said that a continued blacklisting by the US of the Haqqani family is a “violation” of the Doha agreement. “Latest US position regarding blacklist is a violation of Doha Agreement,” wrote Mujahid on Twitter, while issuing a statement on the matter. Latest US position regarding […]
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Thu 09 September 2021: Afghanistan will not be stable without international support, the Taliban radical movement must understand that isolation is not in their interests, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. “The discussions we had with colleagues showed how much concern there is about the further development of the events, and not only here in […]
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Tue 07 September 2021: The Taliban movement claims that the protests taking place in Afghanistan were financed from abroad, Al Jazeera broadcaster reported. On Tuesday, Afghans in Kabul protested after a visit to the capital by Pakistani intelligence chief Faiz Hameed at the invitation of the Taliban. Most of the protesters were women. It was […]
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Wed 08 September 2021: The US and Germany are set to co-host an international video conference on Wednesday in which participants will discuss ways on how to deal with the Taliban after the takeover of Afghanistan, the German foreign minister said on Wednesday. Speaking ahead of his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]
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Wed 08 September 2021: According to a statement released, former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has apologized, saying he regrets “how things ended.” “Leaving Kabul was the most difficult decision of my life, but I believed it was the only way to keep the guns silent and save Kabul and her 6 million citizens. I have […]
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Wed 08 September 2021: The Taliban have named Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund to lead their new interim government, nearly three weeks after the group seized control of the country. Mullah Akhund is on a UN sanctions list and is the longtime head of the Taliban’s powerful decision-making body Rehbari Shura, or leadership council. He was […]
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Tue 07 September 2021: Kerala, India’s southernmost state, has consistently demonstrated a higher human development index, including higher literacy rates, despite being less industrialized than its bordering provinces. According to a poll released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in September last year, the region had a literacy rate of almost 96 percent, the highest […]
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The Taliban announced a new caretaker government on Tuesday evening and appointed leaders to key ministerial positions. Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the new head of state will be Mullah Hassan Akhund; the first deputy will be Mullah Baradar; the second deputy will be Mawlavi Hannafi; acting minister of […]
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Tue 07 September 2021: While Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) urged citizens to join the fight “against the Taliban and Pakistani agents’ control of the country,” Indian news channels reported on the NRF shooting down a “Pakistani jet plane” in Panjshir. India Today used a tweet by account ‘@mohsood123’, which claimed to be the official account […]
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