Qatar has called on the international community not to ignore the improved security situation in Afghanistan and other positive realities. Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani, Qatar’s Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar for Afghanistan, during a meeting with Mawlavi Amir Khan Miraqa, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), discussed […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Wednesday warned of consequences if the United States did not stop flying drones over Afghan airspace. The IEA said in a statement, that in flying drones over the country, the U.S is in violation of international rights and laws “as well as its commitments made to the IEA in Doha, Qatar” in February […]

Afghan lawyers have welcomed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) willingness to govern based on a constitution. The Ministry of Justice said in a statement this week that the IEA will implement the constitution of the era of former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir (King Zahir Shah). According to the statement, the IEA will implement the constitution “for the interim period […]

US General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin to use Russia’s military bases in Central Asia to respond to emerging terrorist threats in Afghanistan, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Milley brought up the offer last week during a meeting with Russian Chief of General Staff Valery […]

On Feb. 15, 1989, Col. Gen. Boris Gromov became the last Soviet commander to leave Afghanistan, crossing the Friendship Bridge into what was then the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Gromov’s departure ended the USSR’s decade-long military occupation of Afghanistan, characterized by some as the country’s version of the Vietnam War. Moscow left behind capable local security forces, infrastructure projects and […]

Gen. Mark Milley testified for the first time before Congress since the United States ended its longest war in Afghanistan. During a Senate hearing held on Tuesday, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that it is a “strategic failure” with the Taliban back in power and U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Milley, alongside Secretary of […]

What do the new appointments signify? On 22 September, the Taliban published several new appointments, including at ministerial levels. The announcement came a day after the Chinese, Russian and Pakistani envoys met with the head of the Taliban government, Mullah Hassan Akhund, calling for more inclusive governance. The list of new appointees very slightly broadens the new government’s makeup, as […]

Miami imam Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi said that the West is concerned with Afghan women, and asked whether what they want for them are popular competitions like Afghanistan’s Got Talent, Miss Afghanistan, or something like Hollywood. He spoke at a Friday sermon that was delivered at Masjid As Sunnah An Nabawiyya North Miami, and was posted on its Facebook page […]

Former Afghan diplomat Fazlollah Momtaz said that all the international community cares about is preventing terrorism in Afghanistan, while the Afghan people are facing a “humanitarian catastrophe” if they does not receive aid. He made his remarks in an interview that aired on Sky News Arabia (UAE) on September 18, 2021. Momtaz said that if other countries, such as the […]

On August 15, 2021, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban jihadi organization) seized power in Afghanistan. On September 7, it announced an interim government, declaring a list of 32 acting ministers and the prime minister.[1] Two weeks later, on September 21, the jihadi group released a second list of 16 acting ministers.[2] As of September 24, the Taliban ministers […]