World ‘running out’ of patience with Taliban, says UN envoy

UNITED NATIONS: The world is losing patience with the Taliban, a UN envoy told the Security Council on Tuesday, as the Islamist regime shows no sign of allowing girls’ education and question marks remain over its links to Al Q...

Russia removes Taliban from list of banned terrorist groups

MOSCOW: Russia´s Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban´s designation as a “terrorist organisation”, a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan´s de facto rulers. Moscow, which called th...

18-Apr-2025 Read More

Opposition in Afghanistan

In international relations, states need to 'consolidate' as cohesive units, academically speaking, to become useful members of the international community. Modern states come into existence either from evolution or through revol...

17-Apr-2025 Read More

Afghan consul general asks refugees to return home

PESHAWAR: Afghan Consul General in Peshawar, Hafiz Mohibullah Shakir, has said that Afghanistan is now a free and peaceful country, urging Afghan refugees to return home and contribute to the rebuilding of their nation. Addre...

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US to revoke legal protection for resettled Afghans

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration will not renew the protected status of thousands of Afghans legally residing in the United States — a move that could expose them to deportation next month. The US Department o...

13-Apr-2025 Read More

Afghan court rejects UN condemnation of executions

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Supreme Court rejected on Saturday condemnation by the United Nations of the Taliban’s use of capital punishment, a day after four convicted murderers were publicly executed. The executions at sports sta...

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