KABUL (Pajhwok): The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), sticking to its stance, sees no need for the appointment of a special United Nations representative. Suhail Shaheen, head of IEA's ...

Muhammad Suhail Shaheen appointed by the Taliban movement ... Several days ago, you claimed the Taliban is ready to represent Afghanistan in the UN. Do you expect Russia as a permanent UN member ...

A spokesman for the Taliban has told the BBC that the militants want a "peaceful transfer of power" in Afghanistan the next few days. Suhail Shaheen called the BBC's Yalda Hakim, live on air.

Central to the proposal was the appointment of a UN special envoy for Afghanistan, a move rejected by the Taliban authorities. Concurrently, the UN secretary-general proposed the formation of a ...

The Taliban has for the first time appointed a chargé d'affaires to head the Afghanistan embassy ... Doha and designate ambassador to the UN, Suhail Shaheen, confirmed the development and called ...

The United Nations Security Council is likely to discuss the appointment of a special envoy for Afghanistan on Monday despite ...

British politician Paddy Ashdown today withdrew from the contest to be UN envoy for Afghanistan, saying he did not have enough support in the country. "Last night I informed the secretary-general ...

A top U.N. diplomat held talks with the foreign minister of the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan to convey international concern about restrictions they have placed on women's access to work ...

TASS/. The staff of the Russian Consulate General in Mazar-e-Sharif have been temporarily moved to Uzbekistan for safety reasons, Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan and Director of the ...

Abdoulaye Bathily, the United Nations envoy for Libya has resigned. Bathily held the post for 18 months. He submitted his resignation Tuesday. He said that while under his direction, the U.N ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, lashed out at the country’s feuding parties and their foreign backers at a U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday and then ...