But internal divisions and the Taliban get a vote, too. Armed resistance against the Taliban is picking up momentum across Afghanistan, with militias run by former political and military leaders of the collapsed republic recruiting and arming fighters, notably from the ranks of the former republic’s U.S.-trained security forces. Some are trying to drum up international support for forcible regime […]

The country’s Central Bank – Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) – said on Tuesday that another shipment of $32 million in cash has arrived in Kabul. “This is the 22nd package of cash aid that arrived in Kabul and was delivered to the International Bank of Afghanistan (AIB) since the start of humanitarian aid [campaign] to Afghanistan,” tweeted DAB. DAB welcomes […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Economic Commission, headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting first deputy prime minister, instructed security agencies on Monday to work with the country’s power utility company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), to recover money owed to them by government departments and powerful individuals. According to DABS officials, many government departments and powerful individuals have […]

Iran on Tuesday summoned Afghanistan’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran to protest attacks on Iranian diplomatic missions in Kabul and Herat. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said consular services at diplomatic missions in Afghanistan would cease their operations until full security is assured, Anadolu Agency reported. The ministry urged Afghan authorities to take action against those who attacked its diplomatic missions in […]

Amid reports of internal divisions, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) held a televised meeting of the Taliban government cabinet in Kandahar, not in Kabul where the government is based. Kandahar is considered the spiritual capital of the Taliban movement. The cabinet meeting was reportedly presided over by Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Afghan Taliban leader who is viewed […]

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is a branch of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Afghan Taliban jihadi organization that seized power in August 2021) – has launched Ramadan Operations in the Pakistani tribal region starting on April 2, the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Afghanistan. As the TTP follows the Islamic Emirate, which announced the first […]

Deborah Lyons, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) in Afghanistan said in a meeting with acting minister of culture and information Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa that she was concerned over restrictions against the local media. Lyons called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to engage with journalists. “Concerned by threats & restrictions against media”, she said adding that […]

After reports of ill-treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran, Ahmad Yasir, deputy head of the office of First Deputy PM Mullah Baradar, said on Friday that the foreign ministry “summoned” Iranian officials. Afghanistan’s foreign ministry also said that Faizanullah Naseri, head of the ministry’s Second Political Department, on Thursday met with Iranian officials at the ministry to discuss ill-treatment of […]

An Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority official has said there are a number of Qatari forces stationed at Kabul airport. The source, who did not want to be named, told BBC the Qataris have been stationed at the airport for a few months.

During a visit to Kabul, officials from a Chinese company said they are interested in investing in Afghanistan. The head of the corporation (CNPCI), said Wednesday in a meeting with Abdul Salam Hanafi, Deputy Prime Minister, that the company wants to invest in Afghanistan. During the meeting, Abdul Salam Hanafi welcomed the company’s interest and said that now, with the […]