Afghanistan: UN Delegation on Taliban authorities limiting women’s rights
New York, 20 January 2023 Afghans Must Not Be Abandoned, High-Level United Nations Officials Say...
WHO on Afghanistan: Women’s participation in aid delivery must continue
Geneva, 30 December 2022 The decision by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to ban women from working in...
Afghanistan: Ministerial Statement on the Taliban’s ban on women working for NGOs
Brussels, 29 December 2022 The following is a statement from the Foreign Ministers of Australia,...
UN: ‘Unfathomable restrictions’ risk destabilizing Afghanistan
New York, 27 December 2022 Women’s rights advocates engage in awareness-raising activities in Herat, Afghanistan....
Gender apartheid: EP Left stands with women in Afghanistan locked out of education
Brussels, 23 December 2022 “For Afghan girls, the earth is unbearable, and the sky is...
Norway contributes to debt relief for Afghanistan via World Bank
Oslo, 21 December 2022 Norway has provided approximately NOK 50 million to help clear Afghanistan’s...
Afghanistan: EU Spokeswoman on the public execution in Farah
Brussels, 7 December 2022 The European Union condemns today’s public execution of a man in Farah, Afghanistan, in...
FAC (Development): Press remarks by EU HR Borrell ahead of the meeting
Brussels, 28 November 2022 Check against delivery! Good morning, Today, I am going to chair...
Foreign Affairs Council (Development), 28 November 2022
Brussels, 23 November 2022 Agenda highlights The Foreign Affairs Council, in its development configuration, will offer...
Kabul: Press release regarding the terrorist attack near the Embassy of the Russian Federation
Ankara, 5 September 2022 We have learned with sadness that a suicide attack that took...
Foreign interventions and the future of European defence – EEAS blog post by EU HR Borrell
27.08.2022 HR/VP Blog – This Summer has given us plenty of food for thoughts on...
Finland: Ministry of Defence’s Afghanistan report published
Helsinki, 22 August 2022 The Ministry of Defence has completed a report on Finland’s participation...
EU action plan responding to the events in Afghanistan – EU Commission answer
Brussels, 17 August 2022 See question(s) : E-001707/2022 EN E-001707/2022 Answer given by Ms Johansson on...
Afghanistan: Statement by the EEAS Spokesperson on EU engagement
Brussels, 14.08.2022 One year ago, the Taliban broke their promises towards the Afghan people and the international community to negotiate a settlement...
Afghanistan: G7 Foreign Ministers deplore restrictions against women and girls
12.05.2022 We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom,...
Humanitarian aid to Afghanistan – EU Commission answer
See question(s) : E-000350/2022 Parliamentary questions 43k 10k 27 January 2022 E-000350/2022 Question for written...
Asylum and Migration: Hearing on Afghan asylum seekers
Brussels, 16 March 2022 On Thursday afternoon, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home...
Russia/Ukraine: China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin’s Press Conference
2022-02-15 20:10 “I want to start today’s press conference by wishing all of you a...
EU Commissioner Johansson travels to Berlin
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will be in Berlin tomorrow, where she will meet...
EU-Pakistan: Results of the 6th Round of the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue
Brussels, 07/12/2021 Joint Press Releases The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and...
EU-Pakistan: EU High Representative Borrell at the 6th Strategic Dialogue
Brussels, 07/12/2021 – 21:08 Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell upon arrival to the...
Afghanistan: EASO issues joint guidance on asylum applications
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a joint EU assessment of the situation...
Nato: More Afghans who worked with NATO being resettled in Allied countries
14 Oct. 2021 10:29 English French Russian On Tuesday (12 October 2021), seven Afghan citizens...
MEP Petras Auštrevičius (Renew) calls for urgent assistance in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries
Support is needed for the basic needs of the population in Afghanistan as well as...
Afghanistan: EU Commission announces €1 billion Afghan support package
Brussels, 12 October 2021 During the G20 meeting on Afghanistan, President of the European Commission,...
Main results of the Informal video conference of development ministers, 11 October 2021
EU development ministers exchanged views on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, and discussed concrete...
Europol: Afghan smuggling network dismantled in Romania and Germany
06 October 2021 The German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and the Romanian Police (Poliția Română), supported...
EU High-Level Forum on providing protection to “Afghans at risk”
Tomorrow (Thursday), High-Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, are convening a High-Level Forum focusing...
Afghanistan: EU Council approves the EU’s “peace & stability commitment”
The Council today approved conclusions on Afghanistan emphasising the EU’s commitment to peace and stability in the...
MEPs call for special visa programme for Afghan women seeking protection
Facilitate further evacuation of EU citizens and Afghans at risk Engage operationally with the Taliban...
EASO: Asylum applications by Afghans approaching those by Syrians
While Syrians were still the largest group of asylum applicants in EU+ countries in July,...
Afghanistan: Renew Europe calls for a comprehensive EU strategy to fight the current crisis
Date: September 14, 2021 During today’s plenary debate on the situation in Afghanistan, the Renew...
EU-Abgeordneter Gahler (EVP/CDU) zur Situation in Afghanistan
Zur heutigen Plenardebatte über die Lage in Afghanistan erklärt Michael Gahler (CDU), außenpolitischer Sprecher der EVP-Fraktion: „Die dramatischen Ereignisse...
S&D: Europe must face up to its responsibilities and show solidarity with Afghans at risk
Speaking in the plenary debate on Afghanistan, the Socialists and Democrats deplored the violent takeover...
EU joining UN discussions on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan
Today, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič will be participating, on behalf of the European...
Afghanistan: EEAS statement on the de facto interim government appointed by the Taliban
Brussels, 09/09/2021 The EU expresses its concerns following the appointment of an interim government by...
Afghanistan: EASO updates report on security situation
9th September 2021 The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published an updated Country of...
Statement of the ECR Group on the situation of Christians in Afghanistan
We are particularly concerned about the situation facing religious minorities in Afghanistan. Even before the...
GUE/NGL on Afghanistan: Europe cannot look the other way
September 3, 2021 On Tuesday, the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council met to discuss...
Remarks by EU High Representative Borrell at Gymnich press conference
Brussels, 03/09/2021 Remarks Check against delivery! Today, our agenda was too long, too long to...
EU Foreign Ministers focused on the Union’s efforts in Afghanistan
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs are gathered at an informal meeting at Brdu pri Kranju...
EP Delegation for relations with Afghanistan – meeting on 9 September 2021
The Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (D-AF) will hold an ordinary meeting in the morning...
EU Council President Michel: Lessons to be drawn by Europe from the Afghan experience
Read the President’s remarks on Afghanistan The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban gives rise...
Press remarks by EU High Representative Borrell at informal EU Defence Ministers’ meeting
Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, 02/09/2021 Remarks Check against delivery! It has been a long discussion...
Gymnich meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers: Remarks by EU High Representative Borrell
Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, 02/09/2021 Remarks Check against delivery! This is the second part of...
Doorstep statement by German Foreign Minister Maas at the EU’s Gymnich Foreign Ministers’ meeting
Doorstep statement by German Foreign Minister Maas at the EU’s Gymnich Foreign Ministers’ meeting: There...
EU Council Presidency: Afghanistan shows the EU needs a credible response force
September 2, 2021 Defence ministers brought the situation in Afghanistan to the forefront of the...
EU Council President Michel: European influence will be our greatest challenge in the coming years
President Charles Michel participates in the Bled Strategic Forum, 1 September 2021. In his opening...
EU Council Statement on the situation in Afghanistan
31/08/2021 18:12 The EU Ministers of Home Affairs met today for an extraordinary Council meeting...
Main results of the special Justice and Home Affairs Council on Afghanistan
Home affairs ministers met to discuss developments in Afghanistan, more specifically in relation to potential...