Afghanistan’s Taliban said Wednesday they have rounded up nearly 600 members of the local Islamic State affiliate, known as Islamic State-Khorasan Province, since returning to power in mid-August. A spokesman for the General Directorate of Intelligence, the new name of the Afghan spy agency under Islamist Taliban rule, told reporters in Kabul that “high-ranking” commanders of IS-Khorasan were also among […]

As many as 4,000-5,000 Afghans have been crossing into Iran daily since the collapse of the former government in August and hundreds of thousands more are expected to arrive in the coming winter, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Wednesday. The aid group said as many as 300,000 Afghans have crossed the border since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan […]

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday he has always stood by the people of Afghanistan and assured visiting Afghan acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that Islamabad would continue to support their neighboring country. He also pledged to provide as much humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as possible. In a series of tweets, Khan said that Pakistan is sending […]

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials on Thursday rejected reports published in the media that the new government is selling off US military equipment to Pakistan. IEA officials said there was no truth in these reports and that it was simply propaganda. “We have faced propaganda for the past 20 years… there are video clips that show some military equipment […]