For Afghanistan, 2016 was another year coupled with both ups and downs that tested the government, people, and the international community’s resolve to assist the country....
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Kabul Deplores Exclusion from Trilateral Meeting
Russia, China and Pakistan meet in Moscow to discuss "growing ISIL threat" in Afghanistan - the third in a series. Government officials in Kabul have reacted with dismay to a...
Afghanistan Funds Abusive Militias as US Military ‘Ignores’ Situation, Officials Say
The US military and the CIA are turning a blind eye as Afghanistan’s spy agency spends foreign donor money on militias which are committing human rights abuses that help...
Afghanistan Funds Abusive Militias as US Military 'Ignores' Situation, Officials Say
The US military and the CIA are turning a blind eye as Afghanistan’s spy agency spends foreign donor money on militias which are committing human rights abuses that help...
Geo-Politics and Afghanistan
A new regional dynamism on peace and conflict led by Russia and China has emerged. With the presence of armed groups and the emergence of new terrorist bands such as Daesh there,...
Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, on the Situation in Afghanistan
Dateline: United Nations Security Council, 7844th meeting, December 19, 2016. “We are following the security situation in Afghanistan very carefully. We are concerned by the fact...
Russia, Partners Say Kabul Welcome at Future Talks on Afghan Security
Russia, China and Pakistan bowed to Afghan complaints Tuesday, announcing after talks in Moscow that Kabul will be invited to participate in future meetings on the threat posed...
Over Half a Million Afghans Flee Conflict in 2016: A Look At The IDP Statistics
In 2016, more than half a million Afghans fled conflict to places of safety inside Afghanistan’s borders. Over a third of the yearly total fled in just one month – October. This...
China, Pakistan, Russia to Meet on Afghanistan, Angering Kabul Leaders
Top Foreign Ministry officials from China, Pakistan and Russia will meet in Moscow on Tuesday to review what they perceive as a "gradually growing" threat to their frontiers...
How Peace Between Afghanistan and the Taliban Foundered
At a corner table of the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital, an emissary from the Taliban’s supreme leader arrived with a message of peace. It was 2007, as the Afghan Taliban...
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