Kabul residents said Sunday that food and fuel prices have increased sharply and that the levels of poverty and unemployment have increased dramatically across Afghanistan. Members of the public said that economic pressure on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), the increase in food and fuel prices and the lack of access to money has created serious problems. The people […]

Officials at the Minister of Interior Affairs (MoI) said Sunday that Daesh (ISIS-K) is not a serious threat to Afghanistan’s security and that they will crackdown on the group. MoI officials also said that Daesh claims responsibility for attacks in Afghanistan that are carried out by criminals. “Daesh is not a serious threat to Afghanistan’s security, and they (Daesh) are […]

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) forces raided a Daesh (ISIS-K) hideout north of Kabul on Friday, killing and arresting an unspecified number of militants, an IEA spokesman said. Since the IEA’s takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, there has been an increase in attacks by Daesh militants targeting IEA members. The IEA and Daesh are enemies, and the attacks have raised […]

The Turkish Red Crescent is sending aid to Afghanistan to feed internally displaced people in desperate need of humanitarian aid, the organisation’s head said on Friday. Half a million people have been displaced in Afghanistan in recent months, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, a number which would grow if health services, schools and the economy break […]

At least three people including a journalist were killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday evening, sources said. According to the sources, the gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in PD3 of the provincial capital, Jalalabad city. An Afghan journalist, Sayeed Maroof Sadaat was among the dead, sources added. Sources said that two others […]

A main bus terminal in Kabul is nowadays crowded as many residents of the city try to find their way out of Afghanistan into some neighboring countries. Bus drivers at the Paitakht Bus Terminal said many families were trying to leave Kabul each day, but many could not afford the bus fare to destinations near the border cities. “There are […]

The Past In April 2017, Ehsanullah Ehsan, a senior spokesperson of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan [TTP] who subsequently joined its breakaway faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar [JuA] supposedly, ‘surrendered’ to Pakistan army. It was a great moment for Rawalpindi and the then Director General [DG] of Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor proudly announced how “The state is […]

The Financial Times reported last week that numerous Afghan opposition leaders such as the famous Panjshir Valley commander Ahmad Massoud have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan and that they hope to use this safe haven as a base to fight the Taliban. But experts caution that the prospects are poor for any such attempt to continue the anti-Taliban resistance. According to […]

The most worrying concerns, though, about the Taliban’s ability to rein in the activities of Islamist terror groups stem from the composition of the new Afghan government which, far from reflecting the Taliban’s claim that it is pursuing a “moderate” agenda, is packed with hardliners and includes no women, minorities or opposition members. In particular, the appointment of Sirajuddin Haqqani, […]

The Taliban have attacked a sanctuary of the Islamic State terrorist group in central Parwan province. Several IS fighters were killed and detained in Friday’s raid in Charikar, the provincial capital, said Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi. Speaking to the Associated Press, Karimi confirmed the raid. However, he did not go into details of the attack. Nearly 170 Afghans and 13 […]