Taking a page out of the Afghan Taliban playbook, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Movement of Pakistani Taliban, TTP) has urged America not to support Pakistan against the TTP, saying the TTP’s sole target is Pakistan, and it has nothing to do with other countries, according to a TTP statement released in Urdu, English, and Pashtu. The Afghan Taliban used this […]

Inspired by the Afghan Taliban, the resurgent Pakistani jihadi organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Movement of Pakistani Taliban, TTP) has, for the first time, announced appointments in their organizational structure, virtually creating a parallel system of government. The TTP’s new moves include creating Wilayats (“provinces”) on the lines of the Islamic Emirate (Afghan Taliban) and appointing governors. The appointment of the […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will speak to Vladimir Putin by phone on Sunday to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine, spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said, adding Turkey was ready to help resolve the crisis, Reuters reported. NATO member Turkey shares a maritime border with Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea and has good ties to both, but opposes sanctions on Moscow. […]

More than 410,000 Chinese netizens have signed a joint letter by China’s Global Times newspaper urging the United States to return assets in full to Afghans immediately and unconditionally. This comes after US President Joe Biden moved to divert $7 billion in frozen Afghan assets for humanitarian assistance and to the families of 9/11 victims. China has repeatedly slammed US […]

Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and a longtime leader of the so-called Haqqani network with a US bounty on his head, has appeared in front of the media for the first time. Haqqani, nicknamed Khalifa, made the rare public appearance during a ceremony that saw the graduation of hundreds of police officers […]

At least 30 worshipers were in killed more than 50 have been injured in a suicide bombing during Friday prayers at a mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar in the Kocha Risaldar area, Peshawar, Dawn News reported that teams have rushed the injured to Lady Reading Hospital, while residents and people of the then neighbourhood also helped in transporting the injured […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Thursday called on the nation to voluntarily hand over weapons and government assets to security forces. This comes amid the IEA’s operation in Kabul and other nearby provinces to clamp down on criminals, kidnappers and other lawbreakers. In a statement on Thursday, the IEA said: “The Islamic Emirate urges all citizens who possess […]

An explosion went off in a mosque in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia on Friday, an official said. The incident happened in Dand Aw Patan district shortly after the Friday congregation prayers at the mosque, said Khaliq Yar Ahmadzai, the provincial director of information and culture. He said that the injured were taken to hospitals. Meanwhile, local residents said that […]

Authorities in southwestern Pakistan said Wednesday a roadside bomb explosion had killed at least three people, including a senior officer, and wounded 24 others. Initial police reports found the bomb was hidden in a motorbike, parked along a main road, and targeted a police convoy in central Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. A hospital spokesman, Waseem Baig, said several […]

An intrusive sweep that has spanned several provinces risks alienating Afghans and fueling the insurgency the new government is trying to stop. Trucks with heavy machine guns stopped at street corners, unloading men in camouflage carrying radios and assault rifles. Going door to door, they barged into homes, tossed open drawers and pored through cellphones — looking for any connection […]