US, Pakistan share stake in Afghan future: Blinken

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday the United States and Pakistan have a shared stake in Afghanistan’s future after two decades of war. A State Department press release quoted Blinken as saying this a...

Kabul and Tehran discuss strengthening political, economic ties

KABUL (TOLOnews): Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Deputy Minister of Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasized the need to provide necessary facilities for Afghan refugees in Iran and to resolve their c...

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The geopolitics of Wakhan

There has recently been a lot of careless talk on social media about Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor – also called Dalan-e-Wakhan in Dari, or De Wakhan Dehleez in Pashto – in the Pamir Mountains. Geographically this thin slice...

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Taliban sign $1.1 million agreements with 6 NGOs

KABUL (Amu TV): The Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees announced on Wednesday that it has signed agreements worth 88 million afghanis (approximately $1.1 million) with six domestic and international non-governmental organizations....

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Taliban official claims decades of war have severely damaged environment

KABUL (Amu TV): Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, said on Wednesday that decades of war, including “the use of bombs and chemical weapons”, have inflicted significant environmental damage on Afghanist...

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UNAMA officials meet with minister of economy, over Afghanistan aid

KABUL (Ariana News): The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), along with her deputy, met this week with the acting minister of economy, Din Mohammad Hanif, for discussions around aid. Accordin...

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