Taliban forces have arrested a suspected Islamic State militant who allegedly planned a bomb assault that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police stated Friday. IS has claimed obligation for the bomb blast that tore thru the Seh Dokan mosque in the course of noon prayers inside the northern metropolis of Mazar-i-Sharif … Read more
According to local officials and journalists, dozens of people were killed or injured in four blasts across Afghanistan on Thursday. In the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the first explosion ripped through a Shia mosque. According to the BBC, at least 31 people were murdered and 87 more were injured. The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for … Read more
At least 16 humans were killed with the aid of bomb blasts in two Afghan towns Thursday. counting in 12 at a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif claimed Islamic State (IS) group. The wide variety of bombings in Afghanistan has faded for the reason that the Taliban again to strength in August, but the jihadist and … Read more
Several deaths have been feared after bombs rocked a boys’ faculty in a Shiite Hazara neighbourhood of the Afghan capital on Tuesday, police said, with social media displaying grisly pix of useless and wounded at the scene. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran advised AFP that improvised explosive devices have been located outside the Abdul Rahim … Read more
On Saturday, the Taliban issued a warning to Pakistan after five children and a woman were killed in Afghanistan by alleged Pakistani military rocket fire in a pre-dawn border assault. Pakistan-Afghanistan border tensions have escalated since the Taliban took power last year, with Islamabad accusing militant organizations of attacking from Afghan soil. The Taliban … Read more
As the Taliban ban on female education demonstrates, the movement’s ultra-conservatives still have tight control of the Islamist organisation and reveals a power struggle, analysts believe. An worldwide outcry has been sparked by the restriction, which has left many in the Taliban organisation perplexed. Senior Taliban members described the order as “devastating,” according to AFP. … Read more
With the power in the hands of the Taliban now, the future of women’s cricket in Afghanistan is in the dark as the issue will be disclosed in the ICC meeting on April 10. The rising turmoil also threatened the careers of the national men’s cricket team as there was a debate over whether their … Read more
The Taliban’s top commander announced a ban on poppy growing in Afghanistan on Sunday, saying that the hardline Islamist regime would punish farmers who planted the crop. Afghanistan is the world’s largest grower of poppies, the source of sap that is processed into heroin, and its output and exports have skyrocketed in recent years. “All … Read more
The United Nations asked the world to support Afghanistan at a pledging conference on Thursday where it is aiming to collect a record $4.4 billion in humanitarian assistance to the war-torn country. After the Taliban took over the country on August 15 in wake of the withdrawal of the US military. the humanitarian crisis in … Read more
The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to stop women from flying unless accompanied by a male relative, in the latest crackdown on basic human rights by the country’s new rulers since seizing power. The hardline Islamists have imposed sweeping restrictions on freedoms, mostly targeting Afghan girls and women, and on Sunday also ordered local television channels … Read more
PESHAWAR: An Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber who killed 64 people at a Shia mosque in northwest Pakistan last week was an Afghan exile who returned home to train for the attack, police said Wednesday. There have been warnings Afghanistan could become a recruiting ground and staging post for militants since the Taliban returned to … Read more
KABUL – The Taliban will not allow any more Afghans to be evacuated until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left, as per their spokesman. Families wanting to leave in future would also need a good excuse for doing so, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference, adding a promise to … Read more
WASHINGTON – The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has been worsening and it has left more than 20 million people desperate for assistance, as per the United Nations. After the Taliban took over the war torn country in August 2021, several countries around the world halted or cut the funding to Afghanistan. Hence, recently, the World … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The new mandate for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) must be based on respect for the war-torn country’s sovereignty and conducted with the consent of the Afghan government — recognized or not — to promote stability and improve people’s lives, Pakistan told the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Read more: … Read more
WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, stating the money will go to UN agencies and international NGOs, while remaining “outside the control” of the country’s Taliban rulers. The reallocation from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) follows the $280 million in ARTF funds disbursed last … Read more
KABUL – The Taliban are creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, the official tasked with overseeing the military’s transformation. Latifullah Hakimi, head of the Taliban’s Ranks Clearance Commission, also told a news conference they had repaired half the 81 helicopters and planes supposedly rendered … Read more
The Taliban are going places! But whether it is a quest for peace or a bid to reinvent themselves for more acceptability at the world level will be ascertained with the passage of time. The 10-member Taliban delegation visited Geneva for a five-days trip on the invitation of the UK-based humanitarian organization, Geneva Call. This … Read more
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: At least two people were killed and several more injured on Thursday in border clashes between Afghan Taliban and Pakistani forces, hospital and security officials told AFP. Border tensions have risen since the Taliban’s return to power last year, with Pakistan alleging militant groups are planning attacks from Afghan soil. The Taliban deny … Read more
MAZAR-I-SHARIF – Contrary to alleged reports of women being confined to home under Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, nearly a dozen women and girls are seen hard at work in a confectionery shop in the northern city of Mazar-I-Sharif. The owner of the shop, Sayed Abas, told Xinhua that 10 women and girls work there regularly, making … Read more
KABUL – The Taliban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan’s new rulers make will be on their terms, the regime’s foreign minister said in an interview with AFP. In his first interview since returning from talks with Western powers in Oslo, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi also urged Washington to unlock Afghanistan’s assets … Read more
WELLINGTON: A pregnant New Zealand journalist denied re-entry to her home country to give birth said she has instead been offered refuge by the Afghan Taliban. “This just feels like such a breach of trust,” she said on Sunday (Jan 30) in an interview with Radio New Zealand. Ms Charlotte Bellis had been working for … Read more
HERAT: An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, and “not remain silent” under Taliban rule. The hardliners have alledgedly excluded women from public life since sweeping to power in mid-August, pushing many female entrepreneurs to flee the country … Read more
JALALABAD, Afghanistan – The Taliban promised to bring peace, but fear reigns above all in the eastern city of Jalalabad, hit by Islamic State group attacks and reprisals, and with corpses appearing mysteriously in rivers. In the evening, the inhabitants of the trade hub in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province hurry home before night falls and the … Read more
KABUL – The Taliban’s prime minister called Wednesday on Muslim nations to be the first to officially recognise the government that seized power in Afghanistan in August. No country has yet recognised the Taliban government, with nations watching to see how the hardline Islamists — notorious for human rights abuses during their first stint in … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Finally, the government has met all the conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the review of the $6 billion programme, and the entire nation is already bearing its repercussions in the form high inflation, an economic slowdown and increase in the cost of doing business. For Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin the current … Read more
KABUL – A prominent Afghan university professor who openly criticised the Taliban’s regime has been arrested in Kabul, a spokesman for the government said. Professor Faizullah Jalal has made several appearances on television talk shows since the previous US-backed government was ousted in August, blaming the Taliban for the worsening financial crisis and criticising them … Read more
KABUL – The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up, an official said. The poster, which includes an image of the face-covering burqa, was slapped on cafes and shops this week by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. “According to … Read more
GENEVA – The United Nations said it needed $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and offer the ravaged country a future after 40 years of suffering. In its biggest-ever single-country appeal, the UN said $4.4 billion (3.9 billion euros) was needed within Afghanistan, while a further $623 million … Read more
