OIC to hold emergency Afghanistan meeting on Sunday at Saudi invitation

A Taliban fighter stands guard on Afghan side while people wait to cross at a border crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Torkham, in Khyber district, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (AP)
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Updated 21 August 2021
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OIC to hold emergency Afghanistan meeting on Sunday at Saudi invitation

  • OIC meeting comes at the invitation of Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Afghanistan on Sunday.

The meeting comes at the invitation of Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Taliban leaders gathered in the Afghan capital Saturday to begin mapping out an “inclusive government.”

Thousands of Afghans and foreign nationals are scrambling to leave the country after the militants took control.


Saudi Foreign Ministry: Israel's decision on the West Bank undermines efforts to achieve peace and stability

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Saudi Foreign Ministry: Israel's decision on the West Bank undermines efforts to achieve peace and stability

The Saudi Foreign Ministry said Israel's decision on the West Bank undermines efforts to achieve peace and stability, in a statement published by Alarabiya on Monday. 

The Ministry said Israel had no right over Palestinian territories and was undermining the two state solution with it's decisions to take control of parts of the west bank. 

Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved ‌further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank and make it easier for settlers to buy land, in a move Palestinians called “a ​de-facto annexation.”