LONDON (AA) – British lawmaker Tobias Ellwood resigned Wednesday as parliament’s defense committee chair after a row about his Afghanistan comments. The Conservative MP had been criticized after he posted a video clip on X in July that said Afghanistan had been “transformed” under the rule of the Taliban. The clip showe...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed to all traffic for the second day on Thursday following a clash between the two countries’ forces. The Pakistan Army and Afghan Taliban forces had exchanged heavy fire on Wednesday, resulting in the closure of the Torkham border, the main point of [&h...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The interim Taliban administration has invited foreign and domestic investors to invest in Afghanistan, pledging security across the country, tax cuts, and no bureaucratic red tape. Steps are being taken to develop a five-year comprehensive national economic strategy to boost Afghanistan’s war-torn economy and attract foreign ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Domestic, Asian, and European companies Thursday signed seven major mining contracts worth around $6.5 billion with the interim Taliban administration in Afghanistan. The contracts were signed in Kabul between the war-torn nation’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum and private companies from Afghanistan, Türkiye, Iran and China, ...
GENEVA (AA) – Afghans living in Switzerland who no longer have valid papers are entitled to a special Swiss passport, the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration has announced. The decision by the State Secretariat was preceded by a court ruling in July which stated that it was impossible for Afghans to obtain papers from their […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said his country would continue its long-drawn fight against “terrorism” as “surrender is not an option.” “Pakistan will not surrender in front of radicalism, extremism, and intolerance no matter what. This is our home and we...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The interim Afghan government on Tuesday denied a UN report that alleged the Kabul administration had killed and tortured people after its takeover on Aug. 15, 2021. The UN report detailed 800 cases of extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrest, torture, and forced disappearance involving former Afghan government affiliates and se...
