Kabul / Islamabad / Washington, 16 July 2021 (Anadolu News) A top Afghan delegation, led by the country’s peace council chairman Abdullah Abdullah, departed for Qatar’s capital Doha on Friday for crucial talks with the Taliban amid ensuing violence in Afghanistan. Speaking to reporters at the Kabul Airport, Abdullah said the Taliban must realize the...

Doha, 14 July 2021 (AlJazeera News) A high-powered Afghanistan government delegation, which will include the head of the country’s reconciliation council, is to meet the Taliban in Qatar to jump start a long-stalled peace process, says an Afghan official, according to a report by The Associated Press news agency. The Taliban is expected to bring...

Doha, 15 July 2021 (QT) The Turkish community in Qatar commemorates Democracy and National Unity Day today (Thursday), marking the fifth anniversary of the foiled coup attempt on July 15, 2016.ambassador of the republic of turkey to Qatar Dr. Mustafa Goksu expressed gratitude to the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, Qatari officials...

13 July 2021 Afghan Taleban in a press release this morning issued a Statement concerning extension of occupation by Turkish forces in Afghanistan. It says that everyone is aware that all foreign forces are to withdraw from our beloved homeland on the basis of the Doha agreement,  a decision endorsed by the United Nations and...

Doha, 09 July 2021 Taleban Spokesperson said today that a high-ranking delegation from the Political Office, headed by Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar has met Zamir Kabolove, Special Envoy of the President of Russian Federation for Afghanistan and his delegation in Moscow yesterday. The two sides discussed the new developments in Afghanistan, prevention of drug trafficking, the...

05 July 2021 (AlJazeera News) Father Stan Swamy, a jailed Jesuit priest and longtime Indian tribal rights activist, died on Monday in the western Indian city of Mumbai. He was 84. His lawyer and doctor told the Mumbai High Court that Swamy, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, died of cardiac arrest. The court was hearing...

Berlin, 05 July 2021 (Anadolu News) Germany remains committed to back the fragile inner-Afghan peace process in the wake of Berlin’s just-completed troop withdrawal, said a government spokesman on Monday. “We welcomed the (Afghan) negotiations which took place in Doha. We have always said that we are ready to continue to support the inner-Afghan peace...

Ankara, 05 July 2021 (Anadolu News) Mehmet Ferhan Yorulmaz, Turkey’s consul general in St. Petersburg, Russia, has passed away, the country's foreign minister announced on Monday. "Unfortunately, we lost our dear colleague Mehmet Ferhan Yorulmaz, Consul General of St. Petersburg, today. I wish Allah's mercy on our late Consul General, my condolences and patience to...

Gwadar, Pakistan, 05 July 2021 (Daily Dawn) Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday performed the groundbreaking of phase two of the Gwadar Free Zone (GFZ) and launched a number of other development and infrastructure projects including an expo centre, agriculture industrial park and three factories. During a single-day visit to Gwadar, the premier also inaugurated...

Vatican City (Rome), 04 July 2021 (Reuters) A prominent Italian cardinal was among 10 people sent to trial in the Vatican on Saturday charged with financial crimes including embezzlement, money laundering, fraud, extortion and abuse of office. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, formerly a senior official in the Vatican administration, as well as two top officials at...