The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing over the weekend at a cultural center run by the minority Shiite community in northern Afghanistan that killed one person and wounded eight people. The Tabian center of the Hazaras in Balkh’s provincial capital, Mazar-e-Sharif, was struck on Saturday, during an event honoring local journalists. The regional affiliate of IS […]

The U.S. and NATO hastily evacuated Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, ending the two-decade, $2 trillion-dollar effort to turn Afghanistan into Denmark with mountains or, more truthfully, to reform Pashtun culture to Western standards. The “mission transition” AKA “retreat” left Afghanistan without the hardware mod cons that, with the software – an enlightened Afghans populace – would ensure the country […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) announced Saturday special forces carried an operation against Daesh hideouts in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province, late last night, killing several militants. Zabihullah Mujahid, IEA’s spokesman, said on Twitter that the operation took place in the fifth, sixth and eighth districts of Mazar-e-Sharif city. He didn’t provide an exact figure of how many Daesh […]

Afghanistan will come under discussion at the fifth edition of the Global Security Forum, which started on Monday in Qatar. The theme of this year’s forum is ‘Reshaping the Global Order’ with a particular focus on global conflict and threats. The session on Afghanistan will be held on Wednesday and includes at least three Afghan panelists. According to a statement […]

A delegation from the Ministry of Refugee Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) met with official in Iran on Monday to assess problems relating to Afghan refugees in the neighboring country. According to the ministry, the delegation, headed by Mawlavi Mohammad Jan Khadarkhil, will investigate the problems and visit the Afghan embassy in Iran. “Besides assessing the issues […]

Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, the deputy prime minister, met with Chinese businessmen in Kabul on Tuesday and called on them to invest in Afghanistan. According to a statement issued by the Islamic Emirater, the Chinese businessmen expressed their satisfaction with the security in Afghanistan, and noted there were investment opportunities in a number of areas. They said they are “ready to […]

Pakistan recorded the second largest increase in terrorism-related deaths worldwide in 2022, with the toll rising by 120 percent to 643 deaths from 292 deaths in 2021, the annual Global Terrorism Index (GTI) reported. However, Afghanistan remained the country “most impacted” by terrorism for the fourth consecutive year, despite attacks falling by 75 percent and deaths being reduced by 58 […]

Hekmat Khalil Karzai, a former deputy foreign minister of Afghanistan, on Wednesday called for intra-Afghan talks to begin. Speaking at the Global Security Forum in Doha, Karzai emphasized that the talks should be Afghan-led and Afghan-owned, as any talks led by the West would fail. He said that the group of Afghans talking to the IEA should not involve those […]

The leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mawlavi Hibatullah Akhundzadah, met with ministry of finance customs officials on Wednesday and shared necessary guidance and recommendations. According to the ministry statement, Deputy Minister of Finance for Revenue and Customs, Mullah Muhammad Nasser Akhund, General Director of Customs, Mufti Abdul Matin Saeed, and all the officials of the country’s customs were […]

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on Thursday it will send a team of scholars to Afghanistan for dialogue on aspects related to Islam’s position on women’s education and work. “The OIC will continue its efforts and dialogue with the concerned authorities in Afghanistan and, in coordination with the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), will send an expanded team […]