Taliban voices serious concern over reported US plan to deport Afghans via Pakistan
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have voiced serious concern over reported plans by Washington to deport more than 150 Afghan nationals to Pakistan for eventual return to Afghanistan. The reported removals would include relatives of people who assisted US forces before the 2021 withdrawal, according to the supporting material. The issue has drawn attention because the people affected are said to include Afghans who may not yet have secured legal residency documents in Pakistan.Taliban foreign ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a statement that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was expressing its serious concern over reports that the United States intended... [Continue Reading]
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Oman pushes Gulf non-aggression pact amid fears of renewed Iran-US escalation
Oman is being presented as a possible mediator for a new Gulf security arrangement after a lecture by Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi at Cambridge University called for a non-aggression pact among all eight Gulf littoral states. The proposal would bring together the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, plus Iraq and Iran, under a framework intended to reduce the risk of conflict. The argument is being made at a time when another escalation between Iran and the United States is seen as a looming possibility.According to the lecture cited in the supporting material, Albusaidi described the pact as... [Continue Reading]