Anxiety in Afghanistan as Taliban struggles for legitimacy
Deborah Lyons, UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said that despite an enhancement in the security situation, Afghans feel abandoned by the transnational community and anxious about their new leadership. Emphasizing that the Taliban are authentically trying to present themselves as a Government, the Special Representative said that […]
Islamic State expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces, Taliban unable to control, warns UN envoy
The UN envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday said that the indigenous chapter of the Islamic State group now appears present in nearly all Afghan businesses and “ decreasingly active”. Briefing on the Afghanistan situation following the Taliban’s preemption, Deborah Lyons, UN special representative for Afghanistan, told the UN Security Council that the Taliban “ appears […]