A recent string of deadly terror attacks across Afghanistan has left the country reeling, challenging the Taliban’s already strained governance just eight months after the US withdrawal. An explosion at a mosque on Friday in Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul killed at least 10 people and left 20 others injured, according to multiple reports. It’s the latest in a series of […]
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Second bombing in two days in Kabul on eve of Eid al-Fitr holiday
A bomb blast in a passenger van in Kabul on Saturday killed at least one person, officials said, in the second explosion in the Afghan capital in two days, as security concerns rise on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, according to the group’s telegram channel. “One woman […]
Read more ›Uzbekistan sends in another shipment of aid to Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Sunday that Uzbekistan has sent in another shipment of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the form of food and clothing. According to IEA spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, 4,000 tons of goods arrived in the country. “By the order of the President of Uzbekistan, 4,000 tons of materials such as flour, wheat, rice, oil, clothing, spices […]
Read more ›Iran accuses US of using Daesh to destablize Afghanistan
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has accused Washington of using ISIS (Daesh) to create insecurity and a rift among religious and ethnic groups in Afghanistan. Addressing an open session of parliament in Tehran on Sunday, Qalibaf said the US is using Daesh to create insecurity in Afghanistan in order to create ethnic-religious sedition in Afghanistan and to put pressure […]
Read more ›Thomas West says Afghanistan is still a priority for Washington
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West says Washington has not forgotten Afghanistan but that the Islamic Emirate (IEA) needs to fulfil its commitments in order to be recognized as the legitimate government by the international community. In an interview with Ariana News, West said the leaders of the Islamic Emirate can gain global legitimacy by fulfilling their obligations […]
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