The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has urged the country’s neighbors to engage in bilateral talks with them in order to resolve common problems in a more coordinated way. A spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that domestic issues concern Afghans but countries concerned with Afghanistan’s political structure can advise the IEA, which will consider suggestions. However, he […]

Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan followed the disintegration of Earlier USSR in early 1990s and on account of its internal dissension, conflict and rivalry China remained in inactive position for a long time. On the other hand, Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan witnessed large-scale chaos, anarchy and instability in the country and Taliban, a terror militia group, taking benefit of the prevailing […]

The situation in Afghanistan was the focus of a telephone conversation between Tajik and Russian Presidents, Emomali Rakhmon and Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, the telephone conversation between Putin and Rahmon was at the request of the Tajik president. “The presidents exchanged views on developments in Afghanistan, primarily in terms of […]

The international community could recognize the new government in Afghanistan once it has been recognized domestically, the European Union’s special envoy said on Thursday. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Ariana News, Tomas Niklasson said the EU wants Afghanistan to develop in a positive way where it is not a threat to other countries and where the rights of its […]

At least three people were wounded in a blast inside a mosque in the Qambar Square locality of capital Kabul on Friday afternoon, an official said. The blast happened during Friday prayer inside Ayub Sabir Mosque in the Fifth Police District, Police Spokesperson Khalid Zadran told Pajhwok Afghan News. According to initial information three people were wounded in the blast, […]

Embers of resistance against the Taliban’s brutality are flaring up in Afghanistan, with clashes reported across the north and west of the country this week as armed resistance groups frontally take on the Islamists. Fighting has been reported in a number of provinces, including Panjshir, Ghazni, Herat, and others, as anti-Taliban groups make good on pledges of a “spring offensive” […]

Milad is packing his rucksack for the first time since his school in the west of Kabul was attacked by extremists last month. The 15-year-old pupil wasn’t hurt when the first bomb went off, but his father raced to the scene to try to find him, only to be killed in a second explosion. A poster commemorating Mir Hossein hangs […]

Frequent and violent border clashes have created political tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. This may surprise observers, since Afghanistan is being ruled by the Afghan Taliban, long supported by Pakistan’s security establishment. Recent incidents illustrate, however, that while the interests of Pakistan and its clients in Kabul may often converge, they are hardly identical. Divergent political ideologies, national histories, and […]

Acting Minister of Interior Sarajuddin Haqqani met with EU special envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday in Kabul and urged the foreign community not to support any armed opposition group in the country. Haqqani also said that the door to dialogue is open to all political opponents and that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is committed under the Doha agreement […]

US Ambassador to Tajikistan John Mark Pommersheim said in Dushanbe this week that Washington does not plan to hand back the Afghan air force planes and helicopters flown to Tajikistan by Afghan pilots fleeing the country in August last year. Addressing a press conference in Dushanbe on Tuesday, Pommersheim said:“These aircraft will not be handed over to the Taliban (IEA) […]