“Therefore, selling coal cheaply to Pakistan would inevitably paint them as Pakistani puppets,” said Hameed Hakimi, an Afghanistan expert at the Washington-based Atlantic Council.
It is not in US interest for Afghanistan to be a failed state: Khalilzad
It is not in the interest of the United States for Afghanistan to be a failed state, Washington’s former special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, has said. In a discussion released on Saturday by US-based …
Cash-Strapped Taliban ‘Exploiting’ Afghanistan’s Natural Resources To Boost Revenue
The Taliban has turned to Afghanistan’s easy-to-extract coal reserves to generate much-needed revenue. Most of the coal has been exported on the cheap to neighboring Pakistan, a move that has …
Tom Tugendhat: From wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to front line at Westminster
He was highly critical of the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 … to reduce fuel duty by 10p a litre and to increase tax incentives for business investment, He has pledged to increase …
From Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa to Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani, leaders who left their countries in turmoil
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka amid widespread chaos, as it tackles the worst economic crisis. A brief history of leaders who made hasty exits in times of crisis …
Afghan refugee in B.C. going on hunger strike to help family back home
In a desperate attempt to help her family from Afghanistan, B.C. resident Hassina Shahidyar plans to stage a hunger strike in Ottawa.
Flash floods in several parts of Afghanistan claim lives of 39 people
As many as 39 people have died in incidents of flash flooding in the past week with new districts in the east, south, south-east, and central regions of Afghanistan impacted by heavy rains …
Afghanistan: People suffer as spending capacity shrinks and prices rise
A deepening economic crisis, fueled by decades of conflicts, is affecting the people of Afghanistan on many different levels.
OTB Foundation Supports Orphanage in Afghanistan
With the OTB Foundation’s support the orphanage’s operators are regularly paid. “It’s absurd that we have to choose which humanitarian emergencies to support globally. There are too many,” said …
China Threatens To Halt Coal Imports Afghanistan As Electric Prices Skyrocket In Pakistan
In response to the Taliban regime’s decision to increase the sale price of coal to Pakistan, China-based firms have threatened to halt imports from Afghanistan.