Category: Afghanistan

Iran and Pakistan stress the need for inclusive govt in Afghanistan

Iranian and Pakistani foreign ministers reviewed the current situation in Afghanistan in a phone conversation and once again emphasized the need for an inclusive government to be formed in Afghanistan. In a statement issued on Friday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian had a telephone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Amir-Abdollahian expressed his regret about […]

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IEA’s supreme leader visits 215 Azam Army Corps in Helmand

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Saturday Mawlavi Hebatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has, for the first time, visited the 215 Azam Army Corps and its related units in Helmand province. During his visit to the corps, the leader of the Islamic Emirate emphasized the need for the military forces to protect the country’s […]

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Pakistan Kills 11 Militants Near Afghan Border Amid Spike in Terrorism

Pakistan said Thursday that a military counterterrorism raid in a remote region near Afghanistan’s border had killed at least 11 militants linked to a banned militant organization. The “intelligence-based operation” in the South Waziristan district “successfully foiled a high-profile terrorist activity,” a military statement said.

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Afghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight Islamic State militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government spokesman said Thursday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban government, said the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz province on Wednesday targeted IS militants who organized recent […]

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Afghanistan’s Taliban administration in oil extraction deal with Chinese company

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country’s north, the acting mining minister said on Thursday. The contract would be signed with Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Co (CAPEIC), officials told a news conference in Kabul. It will be the first major public commodities […]

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On Its Urdu-Language Website, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Claims It Executed 59 Attacks, Including A Drone Strike, In November 2022

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, the Movement of Pakistani Taliban) has released numbers of its attacks against Pakistanis security forces in various regions of Pakistan, especially in the lawless tribal regions along the Pakistan-Afghan border, in November 2022, and of the resulting casualties among Pakistan’s security forces. According to an Urdu-language report posted on December 1, 2022, on the TTP’s official […]

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Karzai urges Pakistan to avoid threatening Afghanistan

Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called on Islamabad to stop issuing threats and to carry out a “deep review” of its policies related to Afghanistan, saying that prevailing “insecurity” in Pakistan is the result of its own policies. Karzai had been responding to a statement issued after Pakistan’s National Security Committee (NSC) meeting early this week which stated […]

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IEA court to rule on validity of media licenses

The Ministry of Information and Culture of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said a court decision will be made on Thursday regarding the validity of licenses of a number of media outlets. However, Abdulhaq Emad, head of the publication department of the Ministry of Information and Culture, rejected reports that the court decision will be made in the absence […]

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Pakistan urges Afghanistan to take action against TTP

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to take action against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants. Calling Afghanistan a “brotherly and Islamic country,” Sanaullah urged the government to prevent TTP attacks which he claimed were being carried out from Afghanistan soil, and handover militants. The official, who was speaking in an interview with Pakistan’s Express […]

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China ready to invest in water dam and energy projects in Afghanistan: officials

China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) is interested in investing in the construction of water storage dams and energy production projects in Afghanistan. On Twitter, the Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) said that the head of CRBC and a number of technical officials of this company met with Abdul Latif Mansoor in Tashkent and discussed investment in these projects in the country. […]

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