Amid reports of internal divisions, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) held a televised meeting of the Taliban government cabinet in Kandahar, not in Kabul where the government is based. Kandahar is considered the spiritual capital of the Taliban movement. The cabinet meeting was reportedly presided over by Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Afghan Taliban leader who is viewed […]

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is a branch of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Afghan Taliban jihadi organization that seized power in August 2021) – has launched Ramadan Operations in the Pakistani tribal region starting on April 2, the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Afghanistan. As the TTP follows the Islamic Emirate, which announced the first […]

Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Sunday (April 9) voted in favour of removing Prime Minister Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning (April 8). Opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the 342-member house in support of the no-confidence motion, the house speaker […]

Deborah Lyons, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) in Afghanistan said in a meeting with acting minister of culture and information Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa that she was concerned over restrictions against the local media. Lyons called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to engage with journalists. “Concerned by threats & restrictions against media”, she said adding that […]

After reports of ill-treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran, Ahmad Yasir, deputy head of the office of First Deputy PM Mullah Baradar, said on Friday that the foreign ministry “summoned” Iranian officials. Afghanistan’s foreign ministry also said that Faizanullah Naseri, head of the ministry’s Second Political Department, on Thursday met with Iranian officials at the ministry to discuss ill-treatment of […]

An Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority official has said there are a number of Qatari forces stationed at Kabul airport. The source, who did not want to be named, told BBC the Qataris have been stationed at the airport for a few months.

During a visit to Kabul, officials from a Chinese company said they are interested in investing in Afghanistan. The head of the corporation (CNPCI), said Wednesday in a meeting with Abdul Salam Hanafi, Deputy Prime Minister, that the company wants to invest in Afghanistan. During the meeting, Abdul Salam Hanafi welcomed the company’s interest and said that now, with the […]

Eleven people were wounded when a grenade was thrown into the Pul-e Khashti mosque in central Kabul on Wednesday, an official from Emergency Hospital said. The Emergency Hospital official said that seven of the injured were hospitalized and four were treated as outpatients. According to police, the blast happened after a hand grenade was thrown at worshipers at the mosque. […]

At least 3,000 Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan from Iran every day, many of whom are forcibly returned, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials have reported. Investigations by the Ministry of Refugees found that 7,500 people entered Afghanistan from the Iranian border in the past two days. According to the ministry, of these people, 5,500 were forcibly returned to Afghanistan […]

Conducting effective counter-terrorism operations is “more difficult” following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of the U.S. military from Afghanistan, U.S. Gen. Richard Clarke testified in the Senate on Tuesday. Clark, the commander of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOC), testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding Biden’s proposed 2023 military budget. Republican Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer questioned Clarke about […]