Category: Afghanistan

Pressuring Afghanistan won’t help: Muttaqi

Using the option of pressure will not help, Amir Khan Muttaqi, foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said at a meeting in Kabul with Norway’s charge d’affaires Paul Coleman Bakr. The foreign minister said that the international community should adopt the policy of engagement and cooperation with Afghanistan. He said that history shows that pressuring Afghanistan doesn’t […]

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Issue 17 Of ISIS-K Magazine ‘Voice Of Khurasan’ Accuses Hamas, Afghan Taliban Of Working For Iran And U.S., Eulogizes Indian Jihadi Fighter, Says: ‘Infidels… Use The Palestine Issue As A Sleeping Pill For The Muslims For Taking Their Attention Away From The Actual Problems Of The Ummah’

The latest issue of “Voice of Khurasan,” an English-language monthly magazine published by Al-Azaim Foundation, the media arm of the Islamic State’s Khurasan Province (ISIS-K), eulogizes the slain Indian jihadi fighter Abu Khalid al-Hindi, condemns Egyptian Islamic scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for digressing from shari’a and for supporting the regimes in Qatar and Turkey, and is sharply critical of Hamas, the […]

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China has no destructive plan nor political agenda in Afghanistan: Baradar

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, says that China does not have a destructive plan nor a political agenda in Afghanistan and does not interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. Speaking in a video conference on Saturday, at the opening ceremony of the Sixth Exhibition of Economic Cooperation, Trade and Investment between […]

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Turkey pushing tens of thousands of Afghans back at Iran border: HRW

Turkey is routinely pushing tens of thousands of Afghans back at its land border with Iran or deporting them directly to Afghanistan with little or no examination of their claims for international protection, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday. The 73-page report, “‘No One Asked Me Why I Left Afghanistan,’” says that Turkey has stepped up […]

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Report names Trump-era deal with Taliban as factor in fall of Afghan leadership

The Trump administration’s exclusion of the U.S.-backed Afghan government in peace talks with the Taliban proved to be a key factor in its rapid collapse last year, according to a withering new report by a federal watchdog issued Thursday. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction report came in response to a call from Congress for analysis of why the […]

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SIGAR reviews reasons for collapse of former Afghan government

The US Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has assessed the underlying factors behind the collapse of the former Afghan government and listed nine factors that led to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s take over. SIGAR found the single most important factor in the former ANDSF’s collapse in August 2021 was the US decision to withdraw military forces and contractors […]

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IEA says it has eradicated war and corruption in Afghanistan

The Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, said at a meeting on Wednesday with officials from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that the Islamic Emirate has been able to eliminate war and administrative corruption in the country and pave the ground for progress and development. He said that the Organization of Islamic […]

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India-Russia-Iran to discuss Afghanistan situation on sidelines of Moscow meeting

The fourth round of the Moscow format meeting on Afghanistan gets underway on Wednesday in Russia, where India, Russia and Iran are expected to hold a separate meeting on the sideline of the consultations. According to Indian media reports, the special envoys for these three countries will focus on shared concerns their respective countries have. Special Afghan envoys from China, […]

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Takhar police confirm explosion but no casualties reported

Takhar police said an explosion shook Talaqan city court area on Tuesday morning but that no casualties were reported. Police did not provide further details but eyewitnesses said the explosion was caused by a landmine and that it happened when prisoners were being transported to the courthouse. According to witnesses, a Police Ranger and another car were damaged in this […]

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Defense minister: Afghan soil won’t be used against other countries

Afghanistan’s borders are secure and its soil will not be used against other countries, Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid has said. Mujahid said this in a meeting with representatives of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Kabul. He pointed out that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is committed to the Doha Agreement and will remain committed, the Ministry […]

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