Intelligence forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) have seized 40 weapons which were being smuggled to Pakistan, officials said Monday. Mohammad Bashir, head of IEA’s intelligence agency Istikhbarat, said that the seizure was made by special forces of the agency in different parts of Nangarhar province, including at Torkham border crossing, in the past three days. He said […]

Uzbekistan is playing a key role in support of the Afghan people, says the US special representative for Afghanistan. Thomas West tweeted: “Important humanitarian hub in Termez; Tashkent continues to provide Afghanistan with electricity.” Wrapping up his two-day trip to the Central Asian country, the diplomat noted the Uzbek leadership engaging the Taliban on terrorism, human rights and stability. His […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has spurned UNSC monitoring team’s report regarding the presence of foreign militants in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs vehemently denied the existence and operations of foreign terrorist groups in Afghanistan. Since their return to power last year, the Taliban had been able to stop the world and the region being harmed from […]

Qatar has urged the West to step up its engagement with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), warning that failure to do so would risk Afghanistan falling into deeper chaos and a rise in extremism. Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the Financial Times that maintaining the status quo “where the West is boycotting Afghanistan, and just […]

It was a surprise for the whole world when the Taliban captured Kabul on 15th August 2021, cementing its renewed grip on the country two decades after the US ousted it from power. The Afghanistan capital was controlled by the Taliban without any resistance from Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). On 12 May 2022, SIGAR released a report […]

India has underlined the imperative of improving Afghanistan’s capacity to counter terrorism in the region. India’s national security adviser (NSA) issued the call while addressing the fourth Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in Dushanbe on Friday. India Today quoted Ajit Doval as calling his country an important stakeholder in Afghanistan. He also touted India’s special relationship with the Afghans over […]

Moscow has renewed its call for the immediate unfreezing of Afghanistan’s foreign reserves blocked by the United States. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev also stressed efforts to hike international humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. TASS news agency quoted Patrushev as saying: “It is necessary to facilitate the earliest possible unfreezing of Afghan assets illegally blocked by US…” Speaking at a […]

Acting Defence Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid has urged troops in the east to defend their motherland. The minister and the officials accompanying him visited the Durand Line in eastern Nangarhar province on Friday. A brief statement from the Ministry of Defence said Yaqoob Mujahid visited the 201st Khalid bin Waleed Corps brigade in Achin district. The defence minister directed soldiers […]

Regional countries met this weekend to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and emphasized the need for a non-interference approach in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. This comes after security representatives from the region gathered for a two-day meeting in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, that ended Saturday. The 4th Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan brought together national security advisers and secretaries of security councils […]

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) acting deputy minister of refugees and repatriation Muhammad Arsala Kharoti said on Saturday that about 700,000 Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran in the past nine months. Addressing a press conference during a visit to Herat province, Kharoti said many of these refugees have been forcibly deported. He said the issue of mistreatment of […]