KABUL – President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state Antony Blinken said that the Biden administration will review the peace agreement with the Taliban. “We want to end this so-called forever war. We want to bring our forces home. We want to retain some capacity to deal with any …
Read More »ILO Calls for Greater Protection of Homeworkers
GENEVA – The International Labor Organization (ILO) has called for greater protection of homeworkers, who have increased in the face of the impact for Covid-19. In its report “Working from home from invisibility to decent work”, UN agency shows that this group does not have the same level of protection …
Read More »U.S. is UN’s Defaulter, not Contributor: China
BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said that the international community clearly knows if the United States is the biggest contributor to the UN. This was the response of Zhao Lijian to US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo’s, assertion that the United States is the largest contributor to …
Read More »Ross Wilson: US Is Not Advocating for Interim Govt in Afghanistan
KABUL – Ross Wilson, the US ambassador to Afghanistan said that the interim government is not advocated for Afghanistan and that the Afghans need to accelerate the peace negotiations in Doha, Qatar. The US Chargé d’Affaires tweeted on Wednesday: “We have not advocated, and the United States is not advocating, …
Read More »US ‘Expects’ Kabul to Prioritize Fight Against Corruption
KABUL – US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson said Wednesday that Washington expects the Afghan government to strengthen its commitment to fight corruption and to address the issue of impunity against powerful people in this regard. Marking International Anti-Corruption Day, Wilson said in a series of tweets: “I want to emphasize …
Read More »Wilson: Taliban Expect Release of Their 7,000 Prisoners by Mid-December
KABUL – US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson in a chat with reporters Sunday said the Taliban are expecting release of thousands of their prisoners by mid-December under an agreement signed with the United States. “The specific provision relating to another 7,000 Taliban prisoners is contained in the US-Taliban agreement,” Wilson …
Read More »US to Keep Two Military, Satellite Bases in Afghanistan
KABUL – Amid the approval of troops drawdown in Afghanistan, America will keep two Large military bases in the country. Head of US Joint Chiefs of staff, General Mark Milley said on Wednesday, that US will also keep two satellite bases in the country. America will remain in the country …
Read More »EU Proposes Plan to Improve Ties with US
BRUSSELS – The European Union (EU) on Wednesday unveiled a comprehensive plan to improve its partnership with the United States, which the bloc says has been badly damaged under the current US administration. The plan, titled “A New EU-US Agenda for Global Change”, was proposed by the EU’s executive arm, …
Read More »US: Taliban Are Not Meeting Their Commitment
KABUL – A senior American diplomat has promised his country will mount pressure on the Taliban for failing to the honor their agreement with the US and reduce violence in Afghanistan. US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson declared on Monday the spike in violence across the country as unacceptable. He blamed …
Read More »Khalilzad Hails Positive Development in Pak-Afghan Relations
KABUL – United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad hailed the shared vision by Pakistan and Afghanistan on bilateral relations and regional stability. “We welcome and are encouraged by the positive development in Pakistan-Afghanistan relations,” said Khalilzad in a tweet Monday. “If implemented, it provides an opportunity to …
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