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Al Jazeera says the turmoil spills into Pakistan’s markets as investors worry it will be isolated in its alleged support of the Taliban. Afghanistan’s central bank acting governor reportedly departed the country as Taliban fighters took control of the capital, with the rising political turmoil pushing the nation’s currency to a record low. asiaplustj.info »
Former Interior Minister of Afghanistan, Ahmad Jalali will lead the transitional government in Afghanistan, Al Arabiya TV channel reported, according to TASS . According to information from diplomatic sources, Jalali has reportedly been chosen as head of the transitional government of Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday afternoon fled the country after Taliban militants entered Kabul and sought the surrender of the government. Media reports say senior officials confirmed his departure on Sunday as the Taliban made further, swift gains in and around the capital. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban militants on Sunday took over the Afghan capital and President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad, leaving the government in collapse, as a U.S.-led military operation began to airlift Western diplomats and civilians. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports say the city of Herat in the west of Afghanistan, which is the third largest city in the country, fell to the Taliban on Friday after key government institutions were captured by the group. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports say the Taliban yesterday seized Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province in the northeast of Afghanistan, which has a long border with Tajikistan and was once considered an anti-Taliban stronghold. asiaplustj.info »
Critics have consistently voiced concerns that the hasty withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan could trigger a new civil war in the country. Ex-chief of CIA David Petraeus warned that the decision by President Joseph Biden’s administration to withdraw troops from Afghanistan may, in view of the current situation, plunge Afghanistan into a civil war, TOLO News reported on July 27. asiaplustj.info »
An article by Huma Siddiqui posted on Financial Express website notes that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has all the regional powers that have security and financial stakes in Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Citing Mohammad-Reza Manafi, IRNA says irresponsible withdrawal of the US and NATO military forces from Afghanistan has created an undeniable necessity for the regional and neighboring countries to play a key role in strengthening security and stability in the war-torn country. asiaplustj.info »
A group of ethnic Kyrgyz from Afghan Pamirs who fled into Tajikistan last Tuesday and Wednesday due to threat from the Taliban have returned to Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon today has visited two districts in Khatlon province bordering Afghanistan. According to the Tajik president’s official website, the purpose of the visit was for the head of state to get acquainted with the state of combat readiness of border units deployed along Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Unstable political situation in Afghanistan has not become an obstacle in the way of Tajikistan’s international road cargo transportation, the Minister of Transport Azim Ibrohim told reporters in Dushanbe on July 14. asiaplustj.info »
Despite the difficult political situation in Afghanistan, Tajikistan is continuing to supply electricity to this country, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma told reporters in Dushanbe on July 12. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s border with Tajikistan is practically now in Taliban hands. On June 22, they captured the Sher Khan Bandar crossing into Tajikistan, a location around 60 kilometers north of the Afghan city of Kunduz. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday July 7, Ned Price, US State Department spokesman, held a press conference. He urged Afghanistan’s neighbors to play a constructive role in Afghan peace talks “in order for there to be a just and durable peace” in the country. asiaplustj.info »
Russia is worried that the Islamic State terror group is gaining strength fast in northern Afghanistan. Speaking at a press conference, Russian top diplomat Sergei Lavrov on July 2 that the Islamic State terror group is actively building up forces in northern Afghanistan as the United States and NATO troops are leaving the country. asiaplustj.info »
The eighth High-Level Political and Security Dialogue between the European Union (EU) and the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) took place in Tashkent on July 1, with the participation of Afghanistan as special guest, according to the EU Delegation to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The German military late on Tuesday concluded its withdrawal from Afghanistan after almost two decades. Reuters says It was in Afghanistan that Germany's military fought the first ground battles since the end of World War II. U.S. asiaplustj.info »
An article by Nic Robertson, International Diplomatic Editor, posted on CNN’s website yesterday, notes that earlier this week, Taliban militants sauntered up to the gates of Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan's fourth largest city. asiaplustj.info »
The latest developments in Afghanistan require close attention of both neighboring countries and international organizations, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said while delivering a statement at the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security, according to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban militants have seized Afghan border town Sher Khan situated at the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Ajmal Kakar, a reporter for Afghanistan’s Pajhwok news agency, told Asia-Plus Tuesday afternoon. asiaplustj.info »
Uzbekistan has temporarily suspended the movement of citizens across the Uzbek-Afghan border amid the aggravating epidemic situation in Afghanistan, the Uzbek Health Ministry said on June 22, according to Podrobno.uz . asiaplustj.info »
Troops from the United States and its allies are scheduled to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11 this year. The United States has been promising the Kabul government continued support in endeavoring to bring stability to Afghanistan, including the Afghan military's efforts to keep Taliban militants, and others, at bay. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday received Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan, who was in Dushanbe on a working visit, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday April 14, Tajik Minister, Ms. Zulfiya Davlat, received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to Tajikistan, Mr. Mohammad Zahir Agbar. During the meeting, Afghan diplomat proposed to establish the Cultural Association of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, according to the Ministry of Culture (MoC) press center. asiaplustj.info »
U. S. President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U. S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America’s longest war, U. asiaplustj.info »
On March 17, 2021, a virtual trilateral meeting was held between Tajikistan, the United States and Afghanistan at the ministerial level, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
Villagers in southern Tajikistan along the border with war-torn Afghanistan have been told they should be prepared "to take up arms" if militants try to enter the region, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi . asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has increases electricity deliveries to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, many Tajik rural areas have had electricity only eighteen hours per day. Compared to December last year, Tajikistan in January this year increased electricity deliveries to Afghanistan by almost 20 percent. asiaplustj.info »
Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national power utility company) has concluded agreements with energy companies of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan on the supply of electricity to these countries this year during spring-summer period. asiaplustj.info »
The Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS), Saimumin Yatimov, has met in Kabul with the Chairman Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, to discuss regional security issues. Dr. asiaplustj.info »
Khatlon customs officers have prevented the transfer of almost 2 tons of medicines to Afghanistan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Khatlon chief customs officer Zafar Mahmadiyev remarked this yesterday at a meeting with reporters in Bokhtar, the capital of Khatlon province. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is currently supplying electricity only to Afghanistan, while electricity deliveries to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have been suspended, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma told reporters in Dushanbe on February 1. asiaplustj.info »
Citing Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS - Afghan state-owned utility company), TOLONews says the imported electricity from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan has increased from 300 megawatts (MW) to 400MW. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan is conducting negotiations with Tajikistan on increasing the electricity supply, Avesta news agency reported on January 8. Afghan state-owned utility company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has applied to the Tajik authorities asking to increase the power supply to Afghanistan from 80 megawatts (MW) to 120 MW. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has always spoken out for peace in Afghanistan, and Afghanistan views Tajikistan as its protector, the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan (HCNR), Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, noted at a media briefing yesterday after his meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Prime Minister Rasoul Qohirzoda yesterday received visiting Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan (HCNR), Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. In the course of the talks, Tajik prime minister said Tajikistan supports peace efforts of Afghanistan and expressed hope that they will yield positive results. Dr. asiaplustj.info »
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has called for measures to improve the safety of journalists following the killing of journalist and women’s rights activist Malala Maiwand and her driver Mohammad Tahir in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on December 10. asiaplustj.info »
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon today met in Dushanbe with US Special Representative for Reconciliation in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad. Zalmay Khalilzad is in Tajikistan on a working visit, the press service of the head of state reports. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan and Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding on environmental protection. It will serve as a basis for joint work to protect the common mountain ecosystem of the Pyanj and Amu Darya river basins. asiaplustj.info »
The railway departments of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan discussed the further construction of the railway on Afghan territory to the border of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has resumed the supply of electricity to neighboring Afghanistan, Nozir Yodgori, a spokesman for Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national power utility company), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the Afghan economy into a deep recession. The economy is projected to contract by 8.2 percent in 2020, with the rate of poverty increasing from 55 percent in 2017 to around 72 percent in 2020, according to the press release issued by the University of Central Asia (UCA). asiaplustj.info »
Nearly a third of Afghanistan's population — or 10 million people — has been infected with the coronavirus, according to health ministry estimates published Wednesday. asiaplustj.info »
A statement released by IFRC on July 14 says more than 34,000 people have been infected by COVID-19 in Afghanistan and nearly 1,000 people have died, with hospitals and health clinics pushed to the limit. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan reported on June 8 that 575 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Afghanistan yesterday. Kabul was reportedly on the top of the list with 193 new cases, followed by Herat with 151. asiaplustj.info »
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