The Herat governor called for greater attention to expanding trade and transit through Herat, Farah and Nimroz provinces.
“The reason was made up,” Murphy said, arguing that the decision was not about safety but a “cover-up.”
The remarks renew political debate over the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
The meeting was attended by Türkiye’s consul general in Balkh, the mayor of Mazar-i-Sharif and the provincial head of foreign affairs.
A delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, led by Mohammad Amin Jan Omari, Deputy Minister for Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Communications and...
According to the report, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen together account for another 47% of the region’s population living below the same poverty line.