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Taliban govt appeals Pakistan to give illegal Afghans more time to leave country

Taliban govt appeals Pakistan to give Afghans more time to leave country

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has made an appeal to Pakistan, urging them to grant more time for undocumented Afghans residing in Pakistan to leave the country, according to media reports. This request comes in the midst of mounting pressure at border posts, as thousands of Afghan returnees flee the looming threat of deportation. The … Read more

Hundreds Dead in Powerful Afghanistan Earthquake

Hundreds Dead in Powerful Afghanistan Earthquake

Powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes western Afghanistan Death toll expected to rise as search and rescue efforts continue Thousands injured, overwhelming already inadequate medical facilities A powerful earthquake has struck western Afghanistan, near the Iranian border, raising concerns about a high death toll. Initially, the Taliban government reported that the number of casualties could exceed … Read more

Militants involved in attack on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul killed

Militants involved
  • Afghan security forces carried out operations in Kabul.
  • Spokesperson Afghan Taliban said operation also conducted in Nimroz province.
  • Eight Daesh members were killed in the operations.

KABUL: Taliban Government in Afghanistan on Thursday said that Daesh militants involved in the attack on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul have been killed in an operation.

Spokesperson Afghan Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid said that Afghan security forces carried out operations in Kabul against a network of the Islamic State group or Daesh who were involved in attacks on the Pakistani embassy and on a hotel where Chinese nationals were staying.

China had asked its nationals to leave Afghanistan after five Chinese were injured in the attack on December 12.

He said that a similar operation was also conducted against Daesh in the Western Nimroz province.

Eight Daesh members were killed in the operations on Wednesday, he stated, adding that several foreigners were among those killed.

Many small arms, hand grenades, mines, vests and explosives were also recovered from their possession.
Mujahid went on to say that the killed terrorists had planned more attacks on key targets.

 

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Iran not recognising Taliban’s government

Iran

TEHRAN: Iran has not reached the point of recognising the Taliban government in neighbouring Afghanistan, the foreign ministry said. “Today, we are basically not at the point of recognising the Taliban,” foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a news conference. “We hope that the governing body of Afghanistan will move, through its actions, in a … Read more

Taliban prepare new Afghan budget without foreign aid

Afghan budget

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Finance Ministry under the new Taliban government has prepared a draft national budget that, for the first time in two decades, is funded without foreign aid, a spokesman said. It comes as the country is mired in economic crisis and faces a looming humanitarian catastrophe the United Nations has called an “avalanche of hunger”. … Read more

Interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 escapes Afghanistan

Interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 escapes Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: An interpreter who helped rescue US President Joe Biden in a 2008 Afghan snowstorm has escaped Afghanistan with his family after hiding from the Taliban for weeks, the State Department confirmed Monday. After crossing into Pakistan over land, Aman Khalili and his family flew on a US government aircraft to Doha, Qatar, where thousands … Read more

Pakistan would recognize Taliban govt. when it honours rights pledges: Ambassador Khan

Pakistan would recognize Taliban govt. when it honours rights pledges: Ambassador Khan

Pakistan is monitoring the ability of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan to deliver on the commitments and promises to uphold human rights that they have made to the international community before extending recognition to it, Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan has said. “Whether the Taliban actually abide by those (commitments) is their call,” the Pakistani … Read more

Afghan women wearing full-face veils hold rally in support of Taliban

Afghan women wearing full-face veils hold rally in support of Taliban

Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre Saturday, pledging commitment to the Taliban’s hardline policies on gender segregation. About 300 women — covered head-to-toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education — waved Taliban flags as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for … Read more

Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government: sources

Mullah Baradar co-founder of the Taliban will head the new Afghanistan governance set-up as the world eagerly waits to see how the rebels form a comprehensive government and comprise other groups. According to the sources Baradar, who heads the Taliban’s political office, will be merged by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban founder … Read more