Archive for June, 2022

Kabul Sikh Gurdwara siege ends, two dead: MoI confirms

The ministry of interior has confirmed that the attack on Sikh Gurudwara in Kart-e-Parwan area of capital Kabul ended and two people were killed in the incident. “The security forces (Mujahideen) were able to immediately mobilize to control the attack and eliminate the attacker in a short time to prevent further casualties,” said Khalid Zadran, Kabul Police Spokesman. According to […]

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Explosions rock Kabul, casualties feared

Several explosions shook Kabul city early Saturday morning in what appears to be an attack on a Hindu and Sikh temple. The first explosion happened at about 6.30am. The Ministry of Interior confirmed the blasts and said a group of armed insurgents, whose identity is not yet known, entered a Hindu and Sikh Gurdwara in Kart-e-Parwan area. “Before entering, the […]

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250,000 Afghans have fled to Pakistan in the last ten months

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says 250,000 Afghans have fled to Pakistan since August last year. UNHCR Deputy Chief Kelly Clements, traveled to Kabul last week to review the situation of refugees and then to Islamabad. In Islamabad, Clements spoke with the foreign minister and a number of Pakistani officials about the situation of Afghan refugees in […]

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IEA condemns attack on Sikh Gurdwara in Kabul

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Saturday condemned the attack earlier in the day on a Sikh temple in Kabul city that resulted in the death of two people. Zabihullah Mujahid, the IEA’s spokesman, said in a tweet the authorities condemn “in the strongest terms the attack of the enemies of the homeland against the Hindu shrine in Kabul.” […]

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China’s New Way of War

“Chinese thinkers have clearly stated that the core operational concept of intelligentized warfare is to directly control the enemy’s will. The idea is to use AI to directly control the will of the highest decision-makers, including the president, members of Congress, and combatant commanders, as well as citizens.” — Colonel Koichiro Takagi, senior fellow of Training Evaluation Research and Development […]

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7,000 Afghan refugees deported from Iran in past week

In the last seven days, more than 7,000 Afghan refugees in Iran have been sent home through Nimroz border, officials confirmed Friday. According to the Nimroz Department of Information and Culture, 4,350 of them were vulnerable people who have been referred to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for assistance. Officials said the number of people currently returning to the […]

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Protecting system is now 2nd phase of Jihad, says Haqqani

Anas Haqqani, a prominent member of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said Friday that while the protection of the current system was Jihad, the Islamic Emirate had not made sacrifices over the years to attain a position of power, but rather to be in a position to protect the beliefs and rights of the people. Haqqani also said that […]

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Hazara leader urges IEA to form inclusive government

Acknowledging achievements made by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), the political leader of the Hazara community, Jafar Mahdavi, has however called on the new authorities to fulfill commitments made to the people and form an inclusive government. “The leadership of the Islamic Emirate has faced a wide range of problems in the political, social, cultural, and especially economic fields; […]

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Iran Says It Can Fulfill Pakistan’s Energy Needs

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed the country’s readiness to satisfy Pakistan’s demand for oil, gas and electricity. In a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, held in Tehran on Tuesday, Raisi hailed the close ties between the two neighbors, saying the people of Iran and Pakistan are like relatives. “We consider Pakistan’s security to be our own security,” […]

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Pakistan-Afghanistan Economic Engagement: A Remedy For Financial Turmoil In Afghanistan

Afghanistan a landlocked state has great importance in South Asia due to its geostrategic location. It is connected through a land route with six countries including Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan in the North, Pakistan in the South, China in the East, and Iran in the West. Geographically, Afghanistan is taken as an essential state for economic activities at the regional […]

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