Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is expected to travel to Russia next week to attend the Moscow-format meeting on Afghanistan, sources told Amu. The trip is scheduled for Oct. 6 and will include a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Ministry confirmed. The Taliban have not yet commented publicly. Muttaqi’s planned visit comes despite his being […]

Food prices rose sharply in Afghanistan during the Taliban’s 48-hour nationwide internet shutdown, with residents and traders in Kabul and Helmand reporting sudden jumps in the cost of basic goods. In Kabul, the price of a sack of flour climbed by about 100 afghanis ($1.50), while rice rose by 150 afghanis ($2.20) and cooking oil by 50 afghanis ($0.70). A […]

Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, Afghanistan has become a safe haven for a wide range of Islamist terrorist groups. Even those opposing the governing Taliban regime, such as the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), have been able to use the mountainous geography to create sanctuaries. By contrast, groups of the al-Qaeda (AQ) network operating in Afghanistan, have gained […]

Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has summoned members of his cabinet to Kandahar for consultations on the future of Bagram air base following repeated calls by U.S. President Donald Trump to reclaim the facility, multiple sources told Amu. The sources said the cabinet meeting is expected in the coming days and invitations have already been extended to senior Taliban officials. […]

L’accord de Doha comme acte de capitulation : Analyse de la faillite stratégique de l’empire américain qui, après avoir dépensé des milliers de milliards, n’a acheté que le chaos et a renforcé ses ennemis. Août 2021 est devenu un moment de vérité non seulement pour l’Afghanistan, mais aussi pour le monde entier. Les images de la fuite panique des soldats […]

In response to President Trump’s remarks about retaking Bagram air base, Taliban army chief Fasihuddin Fitrat said Sunday at an event in Kabul that they will not compromise on any part of Afghanistan’s territory. “We assure our fellow countrymen that not even an inch of our land is up for negotiation,” Fitrat said. “It is completely impossible and unacceptable.” His […]

Taliban on Sunday urged the United States to adopt what it called a “realistic and rational approach”, saying Afghanistan’s independence and territorial integrity are nonnegotiable following President Trump’s recent remarks about retaking the Bagram air base. In a press statement, the Taliban said their administration seeks “positive relations based on mutual interests” with all countries, but emphasized that Afghanistan’s independence […]

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States is trying to “get back” the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, more than four years after the U.S. military’s withdrawal at the conclusion of the nearly two-decade-long U.S. war in the nation. Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell responded to Trump’s comments in a statement to Newsweek. “The Department of War is […]

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for Islamabad to send a peace delegation to Afghanistan to address mounting tensions between the two countries, warning that military operations alone will not bring stability to the region. In a message shared from prison through his official X account, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief proposed that the delegation be led by […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has strongly rejected recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump accusing Afghanistan of failing in the fight against narcotics, calling the statements uninformed and contrary to ground realities. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the IEA, said Trump’s claim reflects his “unawareness” of the situation in Afghanistan. He said thousands of operations have been conducted […]