Defence Minister conveys that fighting outside Afghanistan is not sanctioned jihad. Islamabad hints at “Afghan citizens” involvement in Pakistan’s suicide attacks. Supreme Leader cautions against warfare outside Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s supreme leader warns Taliban against carrying out attacks abroad, calling it war, not religiously sanctioned jihad, according to Defence Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid. The warning follows … Read more
Prohibition on women attending universities has sparked international outrage. “No nation can prosper if half of its people are held back.” – Antony Blinken. Women were denied access to parks, gyms, and swimming pools last month. Afghanistan’s Taliban-imposed prohibition on women attending universities has sparked international outrage and left many Afghans feeling hopeless. The statement … Read more
Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is attending a big assembly of clerics in Kabul. Some 3,000 clerics and elders gathered in Kabul for a three-day gathering to rubber-stamp Taliban rule. The media are not allowed to cover the event, but rumours have been going around for days. KABUL: A government spokesman announced Friday that … Read more
Cleric Habibullah Haqqani calls for absolute loyalty to Taliban’s rule. U.S. officials in Qatar for talks with Taliban. Anyone attempting to topple the Taliban regime to be beheaded. Two gunmen were shot dead in the Afghan capital Thursday near the site of a gathering by thousands of religious scholars called to endorse the hardline Islamist … Read more
According to interior ministry officials, a bomb blast in the Afghan capital on Friday blasted through a Sunni mosque, killing at least 10 worshippers, the latest in a string of bombings that have rocked the country during the fasting month of Ramadan. Scores of civilians have been killed in mostly sectarian attacks targeting Shiite and … Read more
