Category: Afghanistan

Interest of $270 million earned so far from Afghanistan’s frozen assets

Anwar ul-Haq Ahady, a member of the board of directors of the Afghanistan Trust Fund (ATF) in Switzerland, says the fund has so far earned $270 million in interest. Ahady told Radio Azadi on Wednesday that this interest, earned from the $3.5 billion, can be used in Afghanistan if necessary. “Some projects, some basic expenses of the government or the […]

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IEA’s PM says world trying to discredit the Islamic system

The Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, said in an inter-departmental coordination meeting that the world does not see the current oppression of the Palestinian people and instead seeks to discredit the Islamic system under the name of human rights. Akhund added that at this critical time, the protection of Islam and religion […]

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Daesh has been suppressed in Afghanistan: deputy PM

The Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs Mawlavi Abdul Kabir has said in a meeting with several ethnic elders of Nangarhar’s Nazian district that Daesh has been destroyed in Afghanistan. Kabir added that the people of Shinwar, like other residents, were victims of the sedition group of Daesh, but the Islamic Emirate was able to save them from this group. […]

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Trump: We were crazy spending billions of dollars on Afghanistan war

Former US president Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States was crazy to have spent billions of dollars on the war in Afghanistan. “If they listened to me with Afghanistan, we would have been back a long time ago,” Trump said speaking at an election rally in Richmond. He recalled that he had told Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar […]

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IEA’s acting defense minister leaves for Qatar

Acting Minister of National Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid left for Qatar on Sunday. Enayatullah Khwarazmi, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, said on X that Mujahid is accompanied by Chief of Army Staff Mohammad Fasihuddin Fitrat. He added that they will discuss with the Qatari authorities about strengthening bilateral relations, and will participate in the Doha International Maritime […]

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Looking Ahead In 2024 – The Taliban Factor In The Afghanistan-Pakistan Region

Introduction As the year 2024 began, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Movement of the Pakistani Taliban, TTP) appeared intent at creating – militarily, ideologically, strategically – a mini emirate in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the province now incorporating South and North Waziristan and other tribal districts, the TTP’s traditional strongholds. Whereas, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban), the […]

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Who Will Talk To Afghanistan’s Taliban? – Analysis

On Feb. 18 and 19, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres convened a meeting in Doha, Qatar, to discuss the “evolving situation” in Afghanistan and future engagement with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Taliban declined an invitation to the meeting after the U.N. refused their conditions, including recognizing the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Guterres reported that the […]

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IEA rebuffs Russia’s claim of terrorists in Afghanistan being ‘a threat to Central Asia’

The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in response to the Russian Defense Minister’s remarks that Afghanistan is a threat to the countries of Central Asia, that since the IEA’s takeover, the territory of Afghanistan has been of no threat to any Central Asian country, and such statements and opinions are not in the interests of any party. “No foreign […]

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President of Turkmenistan ‘satisfied’ with Afghanistan situation

On the last day of his visit to Turkmenistan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow for talks on a number of issues. Muttaqi presented information to Turkmenistan’s leader about security, stability and new opportunities for investment in Afghanistan. Muttaqi thanked Berdimuhamedow for paying special attention to […]

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Who Will Lead The Way To Diplomatic Recognition Of The Taliban? – Analysis

In January 2024, Chinese president Xi Jinping accepted the credentials of the ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) to China. And in September 2023 China was the first country to name a new ambassador to the Islamic Emirate since August 2021. Today, over a dozen countries maintain diplomatic representation in Kabul, though none have formally recognized the […]

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