On 26 February, the Islamic Republic of Iran joined a small but significant number of countries that allowed diplomats from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to take charge of the embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran. This development was a subtle shift from Iran’s earlier insistence on not handing over its embassy to a regime it doesn’t recognise, reiterating its […]

Pakistani Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani has returned to Kabul more than four months after he survived an attempt on his life, “Yes, I have resumed my responsibilities,” Nizamani told Dawn.com. This comes after Nizamani was evacuated in December after being shot at while walking in the embassy compound in Kabul. Nizamani was unhurt in the incident, but […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s supreme leader Mawlavi Hibatullah Akhundzada on Tuesday released an Eid ul-Fitr statement and said the people of Afghanistan “should be thankful that after many conflicts, we have got security and a Sharia system.” He also urged the wealthy to help the needy, including widows, orphans and families of martyrs, during this time. Akundzada called on […]

Defence has received the largest share of funds in Afghanistan’s budget as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government aims to boost forces by a third and build anti-aircraft missile capacity, the army chief told Reuters in a rare interview to foreign media. The defence ambitions of the IEA, which took over in 2021, come in the face of strong […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that Amir Khan Muttaqi has left Kabul for Uzbekistan to participate in the meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries in Samarkand. Hafiz Zia Ahmad, Deputy Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a tweet early Thursday that Muttaqi is expected to meet […]

Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzadah, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), has called for courts around the country to implement the law, saying that the government will survive on the back of justice. In an audio tape attributed to Akhundzadah, which was posted to the Twitter page of the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate Zabiullah Mujahid on Wednesday, […]

The Finance Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) announced Sunday it had collected around 194 billion Afghanis in the last solar year, 1401, which shows an increase of 37 percent compared to the year 1400. Meraj Mohammad Meraj, deputy director of revenues department of the Ministry of Finance said in a press conference that revenues in the year […]

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) says over the past year, around four thousand military vehicles have been repaired and handed over to the security and defense forces. Ministry officials say that work is underway on thousands of other military vehicles and they will be handed over to the security and defense agencies once repaired in the coming months. These vehicles […]

Afghanistan is seeking to develop its political and economic relations with Russia, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said. Russian Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov on Wednesday met with Amir Khan Muttaqi and discussed political, security and economic cooperation between Afghanistan and Russia, according to Hafiz Zia Ahmad, deputy spokesperson for the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Muttaqi added that the security situation in […]

The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the activities of the Daesh group in Afghanistan have been curbed and the group is being destroyed. In an interview with state-run TV RTA, Mujahid emphasized that some countries are trying to magnify and abuse the negative propaganda of Daesh threats in Afghanistan. He did not name a specific country, but added that […]