Afghanistan’s Taliban claimed Tuesday that their crackdown on illegal drug production in the country has helped address a major global challenge but expressed frustration at the ongoing lack of international support in response. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told a national labor conference in Kabul that his country used to be the world’s largest opium-poppy producer. It was detrimental […]

Fazl-ur-Rahman also stated that during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, the Afghan governments manipulated people into believing that Pakistan was Afghanistan’s enemy. He said now, the Islamic Emirate, is trying to overturn this mindset through the school curriculum. Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahman, the leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam political party, has said that Islamabad blames Kabul for its security failures. Fazl stated […]

The relationship between the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Afghan Taliban (TTA) is a major threat to the stability of the region. The impact of terror activities from Afghan territories to the neighboring countries especially Pakistan has become a worrying issue. The TTP is a highly organized militant group that conducts systematic terror attacks to spread terror and insecurity in […]

A six-member delegation led by Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban), attended the third Doha meeting on Afghanistan in on June 30-July 1, 2024.[1] The text of his speech shows that the Taliban delegation leader’s attempt was to seek legitimacy for the Taliban regime, which has banished girls and women from […]

Authorities in northwestern Pakistan said Monday that a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into a military compound, followed by several armed insurgents storming it, resulting in the death of at least three soldiers and injuries to 12 others. The pre-dawn raid occurred in the garrison city of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan. Local police officials and […]

The third edition of the United Nations (UN)-led international conference in Doha on Afghanistan, held on June 30th and July 1st, ended without any significant development. The Taliban’s participation, with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) represented by a five-member delegation, along with the Special Envoys from 25 countries and some international organisations and the absence of women and other […]

In a stark reminder of the persistent security challenges in the region, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, recently conveyed to the UN Security Council that the Taliban government in Afghanistan has yet to fulfill its promises to curb cross-border terrorist activities by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Despite numerous high-level communications, the Taliban’s inaction has resulted in continued […]

Taliban security forces in Afghanistan claimed Sunday that they had killed a key Islamic State commander in an eastern province bordering Pakistan. An official Taliban media outlet reported that counter-terrorism forces in Nangarhar had raided a hideout of Islamic State Khorasan, also known as IS-K, an Afghan-based affiliate of the transnational extremist group. The Al-Mersaad outlet said that Sunday’s action […]

Tensions between neighbors Pakistan and Afghanistan are running high as the Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said this week that his country plans to continue launching cross-border attacks as part of a new military operation to curb terrorism. The comments mark a notable shift for Pakistani officials who, until now, had only admitted to one such cross-border strike in March. […]

Taliban security forces in Afghanistan claimed Sunday that they had killed a key Islamic State commander in an eastern province bordering Pakistan. An official Taliban media outlet reported that counter-terrorism forces in Nangarhar had raided a hideout of Islamic State Khorasan, also known as IS-K, an Afghan-based affiliate of the transnational extremist group. The Al-Mersaad outlet said that Sunday’s action […]