Amid escalating violence in Afghanistan, peace talks underway in Doha
The multilateral meeting on the peace process in Afghanistan convened Tuesday in Qatar’s capital of Doha
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Afghan Foreign Minister in Delhi, India reiterares support for Afghan peace process
This is the first high profile visit since the Moscow conference on Afghan peace process last week
US Embassy in Afghanistan warns against extremist attacks targeting women
The 2018 Women, Peace and Security Index rated Afghanistan as the second worst place in the world to be a woman, after Syria
World Leaders Call for Afghan Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peace Process
In the peace process underway in Afghanistan, the international community should prioritize women’s meaningful inclusion in order to help obtain the long-term security goals we have been working toward for decades.
India reiterates support to Afghanistan
New Delhi has gifted Afghanistan with consignments of hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol tablets to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Greater protection for civilians and reduced violence required for intra–Afghan talks: UN
In the first six months of 2020 more than 800 civilians were estimated killed and injured in deliberate attacks against civilians.
Afghan Government, Taliban Agree On Doha As Venue For Peace Talks
This intra-Afghan dialogue, will be the first high-level meeting between the two sides after years of fighting and is a key clause of the agreement that the Taliban signed with the United States of America on February 29th in Doha.
“Direct talks” in Afghanistan needed
The long Afghan conflict can only be resolved by “direct talks” between its own people, the chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) told the Security Council on Tuesday, underscoring that they must be inclusive and represent “the whole spectrum of Afghan society”.
Pakistan is still looking for strategic depth with a dual approach to Afghanistan
The recent visit of President Ghani to Pakistan was a message of regional reconciliation, but the insurgents launched a terrorist attack targeting one of the military units of the Ministry of Defense. This very likely was planned in Pakistan, and the implication is that Pakistan has not given up its vicious game
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Afghan women ‘must be heard at the table in the peace process and beyond’ UN deputy chief to Security Council
Afghan women have “paid a high price” during their country’s nearly four decades of conflict, the United Nations deputy chief said on Friday, addressing the Security Council a day after Kabul had been hit with a fresh round of “horrific” bomb attacks.
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