German security services are bracing themselves for the possibility of extremists in Europe travelling to Afghanistan to fight or train with Al Qaeda. Bruno Kahl, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, said the Taliban’s return to power had made Afghanistan a potential focal point for extremists around the world. In a speech in London, he also raised the concern […]

A special charity train carrying 750 tons of emergency goods from Turkey to Afghanistan reached its destination on Monday. The train was received in a ceremony by Turkey’s Ambassador Cihad Erginay and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials in the northwestern Herat province, according to the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency, Reuters reported. The aid will be distributed in all […]

The United States said on Monday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million each for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS-K (Daesh) leader Sanaullah Ghafari and for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for a deadly attack at Kabul airport in August last year. The Islamic State-Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K (Daesh), is […]

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on the international community to help the people of Afghanistan and warned that the ongoing humanitarian crisis could affect half of the country’s population. In an interview with China’s state-owned CGTN media outlet, Khan warned that the ongoing humanitarian crisis is getting worse and that it is threatening about half of all Afghans. […]

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa paid a visit to Balochistan province on Tuesday, days after two deadly terrorist strikes at different military bases killed nine soldiers. The terrorist raids on 2 February have been claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist organisation, an offshoot of […]

Lt Gen Erik Kurilla, the nominee to head Centcom, floated the prospect of co-operation as ISIS step up attacks in Afghanistan President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia is floating the possibility of co-operating with the Taliban in certain instances to take out ISIS targets in Afghanistan. Lt Gen Erik Kurilla — […]

Exclusive: first reported case of attempted international recruitment to IS since US left Afghanistan Two suspected Islamic State recruits, one of them carrying a British passport, were seized by the Taliban when they tried to slip into Afghanistan last autumn through its northern border, the Guardian can reveal. The men, who were carrying more than £10,000 in cash, military fatigues […]

The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan last August and the humanitarian crisis that followed have confronted the Biden administration with a dilemma: How to keep the flow of international assistance into a country facing mass hunger while ensuring the aid money does not enrich Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders? The answer has wide implications, not just for easing the […]

Militants firing from inside Afghanistan killed at least five Pakistani soldiers at a border post in northwestern Kurram district on Sunday, the Pakistan military said, the second such attack since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) came into power in August. The Pakistan army said it retaliated, causing heavy casualties, but independent confirmation was not immediately possible because the districts […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Monday rejected a report by the UN Security Council Monitoring Group that militant groups in the country enjoy greater freedom in Afghanistan since the take over by the IEA in August. According to the report, which was released last week, the UN stated that the return of the IEA to power has raised […]