Pakistan-Afghanistan border closed
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Entire trade activities between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been suspended since last five days following the closure of Torkham Border due to unprovoked firing and illegal construction of a check-post by the Taliban authorities. Pakistan authorities had closed the Torkham border after the Taliban opened fires from the […]
Central Asian diplomats, US Special Representative for Afghanistan meet in Astana
By Kuban Abdymen ASTANA: Special US Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West made a visit to Astana to participate in a special C5+1 session on Afghanistan, as reported by Sputnik with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. C5+1 is a regional diplomatic platform founded in 2015 for the interaction of five Central Asian […]
She spoke no French when she arrived … Afghan girl obtains French baccalaureate with honors
CAEN: A young Afghani girl has become a media star after she impressed with her learning aptitudes and linguistic skills. When Zainab arrived in France with her family in 2021, the 16-year-old girl did not speak a word of French. Two years later, she obtained her baccalaureate (the secondary school certificate) with honors from a […]
Pakistan delegation visits Kabul, holds talks with Taliban
By Nasir Aijaz, The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), country’s spy agency, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar visited Kabul and held important meetings with acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and other high-ranking officials of Afghanistan on Wednesday. Defence […]
U.N. chief appoints former Kyrgyzstan president as Afghanistan envoy
UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed former president of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva as his new Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Otunbayeva replaces Deborah Lyons who stepped down in mid-June, the United Nations said in a statement. According to the U.N. statement, Otunbayeva brings […]
NATO recommendations should be used to save lives
With Anders Fogh Rasmussen NATO Secretary General (2009 – 2014) and Nicola de Santis By Habib Toumi BAHRAIN: Going through the recent assessment of NATO’s engagement in Afghanistan and the ensuing recommendations, I had an eerie feeling of déjà-vu. One recommendation read: “When planning and conducting future operations, Allies should continuously assess strategic interests, remain […]
Iran and Afghanistan: So far, so close
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: The relationship between Iran and Afghanistan has historically been a series of contradictions and similarities. During the Persian Empire, in the distant years, Afghanistan and Tajikistan were also part of Greater Persia. In modern political geography, Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan are the three countries where the majority of people speak Persian. […]
Setting the record straight in Afghanistan: Need to explain what NATO really did
ROMA: The former number two of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has insisted on setting the record straight on what happened in Afghanistan, making a clear distinction between what the Americans did and what the alliance did. “In Afghanistan, the mistakes made are there for all to see, but we must be careful not […]
Singapore keeps an eye on Kabul after aiding refugee pull-out
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: During the last acts of the United States’ precipitous retreat from Afghanistan in mid-August, Singapore got a piece of action -helping in the historic, if chaotic, airlift of thousands of Americans and Afghans fleeing the Taliban forces closing in on the capital, Kabul. US President […]
Afghanistan and media top agenda as AJA discusses options in virtual meeting
SEOUL: Keen on properly understanding and assessing the latest development in Afghanistan and their repercussions, the Zoom meeting of the Asia Journalists Association (AJA) was devoted to Afghanistan. The journalists coming from 10 countries discussed the situation from different angles with a multitude of views to share and explore, “just like those who paint landscapes set up […]
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