World
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International
12/22/2021 5:10:48 PM
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a US-proposed resolution that facilitates humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, which is on the verge of economic collapse, while keeping funds out of Taliban hands.
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World
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International
12/21/2021 9:35:25 PM
The United States Monday submitted a new draft resolution to the UN Security Council on facilitating humanitarian aid to Afghanistan while keeping it out of Taliban hands, after abandoning an earlier proposal under pressure from China.
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World
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International
12/20/2021 11:47:53 AM
Islamic countries scrambled on Sunday to find ways to help Afghanistan avert an imminent economic collapse they say would have a ``horrendous'' global impact.
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Opinion
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12/20/2021 11:23:45 AM
Taliban has not only inherited weak institutions but a nonexistent economy and now a looming humanitarian crisis – in short, the group is struggling as it attempts to consolidate its power, formulate policies towards Afghan institutions and ensure that a humanitarian catastrophe does not occur.
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World
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Region
12/19/2021 10:52:18 PM
Islamic countries scrambled on Sunday to find ways to help Afghanistan avert an imminent economic collapse they say would have a 'horrendous' global impact.
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World
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International
12/19/2021 12:43:21 PM
Pakistan warned Sunday of "grave consequences" for the international community if Afghanistan's economic meltdown continued, urging world leaders to find ways to engage with the country's Taliban leaders to help prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
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World
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International
12/19/2021 9:37:11 AM
Envoys from 57 Islamic nations as well as observer delegations were meeting in Pakistan Sunday for a summit aimed at relieving the humanitarian crisis in neighbouring Afghanistan, while testing diplomatic ties with its new Taliban rulers.
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World
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International
12/18/2021 4:15:52 PM
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Saturday they will resume issuing passports in Kabul, giving hope to citizens who feel threatened living under the Islamists' rule.
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World
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International
12/17/2021 3:29:42 PM
Afghanistan's finance ministry under the new Taliban government has prepared a draft national budget that, for the first time in two decades, is funded without foreign aid, a spokesman said.
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World
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Region
12/16/2021 9:32:14 PM
Flights to and from Kabul resumed Thursday after hours of delays caused by overnight snow that blanketed the Afghan capital.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
12/16/2021 3:32:00 PM
Abdel-Moneim Said reviews how China has dealt with Biden’s Democracy Summit.
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World
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Region
12/16/2021 1:52:15 PM
Saudi Arabia sent two aircraft carrying humanitarian aid to Afghanistan Thursday, state media reported, its first such initiative since the Taliban took control of the crisis-stricken country in August.
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World
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International
12/15/2021 10:31:29 AM
The Taliban didn't take the Afghan capital ,they were invited, says the man who issued the invitation.
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World
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Region
12/14/2021 2:01:06 PM
The UN said Tuesday it had received credible allegations of over 100 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August, with most carried out by the Taliban.
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World
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International
12/14/2021 12:35:40 PM
The Pentagon said Monday that no US troops or officials would face disciplinary action for a drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/13/2021 8:32:23 PM
Former students and faculty members from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music arrived with their families Monday in Portugal, where they are being granted asylum and where they hope to rebuild their acclaimed school.
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World
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International
12/13/2021 4:13:53 PM
Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers are committed in principle to education and jobs for girls and women, a marked departure from their previous time in power, and seek the world's 'mercy and compassion'' to help millions of Afghans in desperate need, a top Taliban leader said in a rare interview.
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World
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International
12/10/2021 6:18:26 PM
The al-Qaida extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since U.S. forces left in late August, and the country's new Taliban leaders are divided over whether to fulfill their 2020 pledge to break ties with the group, the top U.S. commander in the region said.
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World
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International
12/6/2021 10:03:49 PM
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday indefinitely postponing the international recognition of Afghanistan's Taliban and Myanmar's military junta, which would see their envoys accredited at the global forum.
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World
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International
12/6/2021 3:36:01 PM
Turkey and Qatar on Monday raised the possibility of jointly operating Afghanistan's Taliban-controlled airport, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off for two days of talks in Doha.
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