Necessary To Build Security Belt Around Afghanistan, Says Tajik President

In the video clips obtained by Afghanistan International from the demonstration, a female protester stressed that it is only girls and women who hold demonstrations and pay the price for freedom in Afghanistan.

In the resolution issued at the end of the demonstration, the female protesters demanded the reopening of girls’ secondary and high schools in Afghanistan. They also said that the decision about dismissed female students from Kabul university must be reconsidered.

One of the participants in the demonstration said that the Taliban has expelled about 50 female students from Kabul university, and they are systematically removing women from society.

According to Maiwandi, a commission comprising representatives of the Taliban’s Ministries of Defense and Interior affairs and the General Directorate of Intelligence has been established to retrieve the debt amount from its DABS customers.

According to the DABS spokesperson, the Taliban Prime Minister had ordered the formation of the commission.

Maiwandi said that the over 680 million Afghani debt has been collected from Kabul and other provinces of Afghanistan.

He has not provided details about the share of Afghanistan in the transfer of goods from Pakistan to Central Asia.

Earlier, Naveed Qamar, Federal Minister of Trade, and Investment of Pakistan had said that Islamabad plans to become a commercial hub by sending goods to the region through Afghanistan.

According to the Pakistani media, after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the obstacles to Pakistan's trade with Central Asia have been removed.

The National Union of Journalists in France held a meeting on October 12-14 in Paris. SNJ has sent a proposal to the French government and urged authorities to remain faithful to their commitments regarding the evacuation of Afghan journalists.

They have emphasised that France should take immediate action to deal with the current situation of Afghan journalists.

SNJ stressed that Afghan journalists are in a dire situation and while in hiding, they constantly change their safe houses.

According to SNJ, so far, 64 Afghan journalists have entered France, and 30 others have been relocated to Germany and Canada.

The National Union of Journalists in France added that over 174 Afghan journalists are waiting for their relocation from Pakistan and 81 others are in Iran.

SNJ reported that the visa appointments of journalists with the French embassy in Tehran have been cancelled in recent days.

SNJ has criticised the process of evacuation of Afghan journalists by France and stressed that the process of obtaining visa from a third country makes it in contradiction with the commitment of French President, Emmanuel Macron, to support Afghan journalists.

The UK Charge d’Affaires for Afghanistan reacted to a statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin who had said that western intelligence services, primarily American and British, fuel the formations opposing the Taliban, and stressed that these efforts are aimed at shelling the borders of Central Asian countries.

Shorter called Putin’s statement “classic disinformation” and that the UK supports stability, human rights, and good governance in Afghanistan.

Earlier, the Russian president had also emphasised that they had to prevent the return of civil war in Afghanistan. Putin added that he was aware of the dangers in the country and maintains necessary contacts with the Taliban leadership.

Meanwhile, Tomas Niklasson, the European Union's Special Representative for Afghanistan, had also said that he agreed with Putin for the first time that civil war in Afghanistan is not in the interest of the people of Afghanistan and Central Asia.