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UNSC meeting scheduled to address situation in Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: December 10, 2023)

A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to be held Monday, 21 October, to discuss the implementation of recommendations made recently by an independent assessor.

A senior Human Rights Watch official says that this meeting will be hosted by the representatives of Switzerland, Japan and the United Arab Emirates.

According to this senior Human Rights Watch official, the lack of clarity regarding the next steps of the international community regarding Afghanistan is worrying.

“We are increasingly concerned about the lack of clarity about how the UN Security Council will move forward after receiving the independent assessment report on Afghanistan,” said Heather Barr, director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.

She said however the holding of such meetings behind closed doors was unacceptable and that women and girls and other Afghan citizens who face human rights violations have the right to know what is being discussed at the Security Council meeting and they should be part of these discussions.

“There was a first private meeting behind closed doors in which the Special Coordinator leading the independent assessment process briefed member states, followed by another closed-door meeting to discuss the report, and another one will be held behind closed doors and this time it will be hosted by the representatives of Switzerland, Japan and the United Arab Emirates to discuss the implementation of the recommendations of the independent assessment report on Afghanistan,” Barr added.

Recently, the United Nations Security Council announced that it would hold a special meeting on the situation in Afghanistan at the end of this month. In this meeting, Roza Otunbayeva, the United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan, the head of the Sanctions Committee on Afghanistan, and a civil society representative will participate and discuss.

Although the Islamic Emirate does not say anything about this meeting, it has always emphasized that without the presence of the representative of the Islamic Emirate, such meetings will not be effective.

Feridun Sinirlioglu, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Afghanistan, presented his evaluation report about Afghanistan to the United Nations Security Council about a month ago and asked the caretaker government of Afghanistan to pay attention to human rights, especially women’s rights. Regeneration of Afghanistan in all international systems and institutions requires the participation and leadership of Afghan women, experts have said.

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Turkish Airlines to resume flights to Afghanistan from Tuesday

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Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Afghanistan tomorrow (Tuesday), officials said on Monday.

The Ministry of Transport said that a Turkish Airlines plane will land in Kabul airport on Tuesday.

“Tomorrow, Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Kabul International Airport. There will be four flights between Kabul and Istanbul per week. This is good news for Afghan travelers. For those Afghans who travel to European countries, they can move easily through Turkey,” said Imamuddin Ahmadi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Transport.

However, the Chamber of Commerce and Investment emphasized that visas should be provided to businessmen and citizens of the country, otherwise companies will benefit the most, not Afghan citizens and businessmen.

“Not a single passenger is allowed, the reason is that they do not issue visas. If the Turks don’t start issuing visas, or the Arabs don’t issue visas, the plane will come for the cargo and there will be little movement of people,” said Khanjan Alokozay, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment.

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Kabir tells UN official IEA will attend Doha meeting if its ‘position is accepted’

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In a meeting with Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Deputy Prime Minister said the Islamic Emirate will participate in the third Doha meeting if its “position” is accepted.

He said that Afghanistan is under the complete control of the Islamic Emirate and that the country “has an Emir” and the government is “obeyed”.

According to a statement issued by Mawlavi Abdul Kabir’s office, the deputy prime minister told DiCarlo: “The previous meeting in Doha was incomplete due to some shortcomings of its organizers, and the position of the Islamic Emirate should be accepted in the next meeting so that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate in it.”

The Secretary General of the United Nations once expressed regret for the Islamic Emirate’s non-participation in the Doha meeting, but at the same time said that accepting the demands of the Islamic Emirate is equivalent to its recognition.

Meanwhile, the Islamic Emirate is asking the United Nations and other countries to recognize them as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

Kabir said that the Islamic Emirate has fulfilled all its obligations and “rules over the entire geography of Afghanistan… There is a central government in all of Afghanistan that has an emir and is obeyed.”

The United Nations is expected to hold the third Doha meeting with the participation of special representatives of countries for Afghanistan, but it has not set a date for it yet.

The Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the United Nations meanwhile visited Kabul this week and invited the Islamic Emirate’s officials to participate in the Doha meeting.

According to the deputy prime minister’s office, DiCarlo informed Kabir about the Doha meeting and said that “the Islamic Emirate’s conditions for participating in this meeting are not difficult.”

She expressed hope that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate.

She said that representatives of a number of international organizations and countries have been invited to the Doha meeting, including the World Bank.

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UN’s DiCarlo meets with Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah over Doha meeting

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Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai, and the country’s former CEO Abdullah Abdullah met with Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs this weekend, regarding the third Doha meeting.

In a statement issued by Karzai’s office, it is stated that during the meeting they emphasized the need to help and support the people of Afghanistan and said that they considered education in Afghanistan essential.

They also emphasized the need for national understanding to achieve peace.

DiCarlo, who is on a trip to Kabul, has already met and discussed numerous issues with a number of officials of the Islamic Emirate.

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