Post-Taliban takeover, Afghanistan's refugee question takes centre stage
World | Sep 12, 2021, 11:53 AM ISTLuavut Zahid, writing in Crisis Response took an in-depth look at the implications for those fleeing Afghanistan.
Luavut Zahid, writing in Crisis Response took an in-depth look at the implications for those fleeing Afghanistan.
Geo TV reported that chiefs of intelligence agencies of Russia, China, Iran, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took part in the meeting.
After the fall of Kabul on August 15, Panjshir province remained the only defiant holdout where resistance forces led by Ahamd Masoud, the son of late former Afghan guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, were fighting the Taliban.
The banner, emblazoned with a Quranic verse, was hoisted by Mullah Mohd Hassan Akhund, PM of Taliban interim govt, in a low-key ceremony, said Ahmadullah Muttaqi, multimedia branch chief of Taliban's cultural commission.
The Taliban flag was raised Friday and could be seen waving over the presidential palace in Kabul on Saturday. The militant group also painted their white backdrop flag on the wall of the U.S. Embassy building.
After an in-depth discussion on bilateral and regional issues, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the 2+2 dialogue signifies the importance of the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Afghanistan has also witnessed drought this year, which led to a 40 per cent decline in domestic food production.
Anaamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's Cultural Commission, said Taliban forces have captured all parts of Panjshir and that the resistance forces are not there in any public way, the report said.
The Dept assisted two US citizens and 11 LPRs to depart from Afghanistan via an overland route."We provided guidance to them, worked to facilitate their safe passage, and Embassy officials greeted them once they had crossed the border," added the statement.
Tagi Daryabi said he and a colleague were covering a protest earlier this week by women demanding their rights from Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers.
Pakistan was closely following the evolving situation in Afghanistan, including formation of new political set-up to address the requirement of a governance structure to meet the urgent needs of Afghanistan, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed said.
The Taliban have executed the brother of Amrullah Saleh, the former Afghanistan vice president who became one of the leaders of anti-Taliban opposition forces in the Panjshir valley, his nephew said on Friday.
MI5 Director-General Ken McCallum said the U.K. could face “more risk” because of the withdrawal of NATO troops and the overthrow of the internationally backed Afghan government.
There have been reports that women in Afghanistan are being whipped, hit with shock batons and beaten for exercising their rights.
"Accounts of some officials from the previous govt, most of whom fled the country, have been closed," Samangani was quoted as saying.
Singh was commenting on Bhagwat's comment on men being breadwinners and women the housewives.
"Women have a right to peaceful protest and to a life free of violence. In taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities assume a duty to respect and protect these rights," Xinhua news agency quoted Pramila Patten, officer-in-charge of UN Women, as saying.
Assets and donor funds worth billions of dollars have been frozen by members of the international community. The understandable purpose is to deny these funds to the de facto Taliban administration, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Qatar Airways flight to Doha marked a breakthrough in the bumpy coordination between the U.S. and Afghanistan’s new rulers.
The US also look towards their actions, and that was another constant refrain when US and its closest allies and partners met in Ramstein, Germany.
Top News
Latest News
