Southeast Asian countries must avoid following in the footsteps of Ukraine and beware of being used as geopolitical pawns by foreign forces that are sowing discord in the region for their own gain, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned. “The crisis in Ukraine has sounded the alarm for mankind, and similar tragedies must not be staged in Asia,” China’s […]

The head of a delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said in a meeting with the acting minister of hajj and religious affairs that the organization will cooperate with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in various areas including education and development as needed. According to a statement released by the ministry on Sunday, Qutb Muhammad Sanu congratulated […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is dealing with the water rights issue a lot better than former president Ashraf Ghani did. “We will not forget what statement the then president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani used while inaugurating the Kajaki Dam, but the ruling body of Afghanistan clearly stated many times […]

Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s chief of army staff said Monday that for 20 years Afghanistan’s enemies tried hard to divide the country and its people but following the IEA’s takeover, plots by enemies failed and the people once again united. Speaking at a large public gathering in Takhar province, he said: “Before this, we saw that […]

Abstract: Starting around February 2023, a wave of Taliban operations against Islamic State Khorasan (ISK) led some observers to herald the Taliban’s “counterterrorism” capabilities and declare ISK a defeated, or at least irrelevant, organization. Across the Durand Line, however, in July 2023, ISK perpetrated one of its deadliest attacks since its official formation in 2015, which left over 100 casualties […]

There’s a paradox at the heart of U.S.-China relations—one the Washington foreign policy consensus doesn’t seem to rightly comprehend. On the one hand, Beijing stands with Moscow as one of just two plausible rivals to U.S. power on a global scale. China’s nuclear arsenal is smaller than Russia’s, but it’s backed by a markedly larger defense budget and GDP. A […]

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the economic deputy of the prime minister, said in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador in Kabul Hassan Kazemi Qomi on Saturday that Afghanistan does not interfere in the domestic affairs of any country and does not allow anyone to interfere in its internal affairs. According to a statement released by Baradar’s office, the two sides discussed […]

Acting Minister of Interior Affairs Sirajuddin Haqqani says the enemies of Islam and the country cannot tolerate Afghanistan’s freedom and are trying to launch a conspiracy against the Islamic system. On a trip to Paktia, Haqqani with some members of the cabinet of the Islamic Emirate met with some residents of this province and asked them to be united in […]

Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Islamic Emirate, has said that the members of the Islamic Emirate should not have a bad opinion about their compatriots even in their hearts. Haqqani said this at a ceremony in Khost province on the occasion of the unveiling of three monuments commemorating the withdrawal of British, Soviet Union and NATO forces from […]

Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) has reported the release of 9 journalists over the past 20 days, two of them Habibullah Sarab and Parwiz Sargand were freed today (Saturday). In a post on its Facebook page, AIJA confirmed their release and said that after continuous lawsuits by the organization supporting journalists and the efforts of the country’s media, 7 journalists […]