Category: Afghanistan

Hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan hurt the prestige of America: Pompeo

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Joe Biden’s decision to completely withdraw American forces from Afghanistan has damaged the country’s prestige on an international level. In an interview on Friday, Pompeo said: “President Trump campaigned on getting out of Afghanistan and the American people wanted them out, President Biden campaigned saying he would do the same, and […]

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Republicans probe chaotic US military withdrawal from Afghanistan

Republican legislators have launched an investigation into the chaotic United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Friday he had written to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting an array of records, from intelligence assessments to communications with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), AFP reported. McCaul, a […]

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Turkish ambassador to Kabul meets Muttaqi

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the Turkish Ambassador, Cihad Erginay, on Saturday night in Kabul. Erginay expressed his deep condolences to the affected Afghan families of the late terror attack that took place near the entrance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, resulting in the death and injury of scores of innocent […]

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Suicide bomber attacks Taliban regime in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing at least 13

A large explosion caused by a suicide bomber in Kabul’s diplomatic district left at least 13 people dead and others injured Wednesday in the latest attack targeting Afghanistan’s Taliban regime, according to a CBS News source. The blast happened at the main entrance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just as employees were leaving for the day, and images shared […]

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Russian special envoy meets Muttaqi in Kabul

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, and discussed bilateral relations, regional issues, economic cooperation and the current situation, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, said. Takal said Muttaqi emphasized the need for the extension of diplomatic presence in Moscow. He quoted the […]

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The Afghan Quagmire – OpEd

Afghanistan and Pakistan have had a tortuous shared history that has left a complicated legacy of divided ethnicity across a Pak-Afghan border. Despite having some serious concerns regarding TTP’s sanctuaries inside Afghanistan, Pakistan has been extending all possible political and economic assistance to Kabul over humanitarian grounds.  Since the fall of Kabul, chaos has engulfed Kabul, with Islamic Emirate of […]

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Council of Kabul’s scholars established

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said Tuesday that based on the decree of Supreme Leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada a council of scholars of Kabul province was established. “For the stability and further development of the Islamic system, taking advice from religious scholars is a Sharia order,” IEA said in a statement.The council consists of 29 members including chairman and […]

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Article In Urdu Daily ‘Roznama Jasarat’ Examines Growing Ties Between Afghan Taliban, China, U.S., And India: ‘America Was Forced To Exit Afghanistan; Now, It Wants To Occupy Afghanistan In A Different Way’; ‘ISIS… Is Being Patronized By America’

In a recent article, Pakistani writer Wajeeh Ahmed Siddiqui examined the current intricacies of relations between America, the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, India, China, and Pakistan. The article, titled “The Taliban In Modi’s Lap,” follows a series of attacks in Afghanistan that appear to have been against Chinese and Pakistani interests, especially the attacks on the Pakistani Embassy and a hotel in […]

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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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