ISLAMABAD: Jamat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Thursday appealed to the Islamic world to come forward to help the Afghan Taliban in nation-building. The JI chief, in a meeting at Al-Khidmat Foundation head office with Hilal-e-Ahmar Afghanistan chief Maulvi Matiul Haq Khalis, said that a looming food crisis in the neighbouring country was on the cards. … Read more
A spokesman for the Taliban-led administration Zabihullah Mujahid has said talks between the Taliban and the United States would resume in Qatar’s capital Doha. “The officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would resume talks and continue the talks with U.S. representatives in line with the Doha agreement and the talks could be helpful,” the … Read more
KABUL – Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said Wednesday that the threat posed by the IS group in the country was “more or less under control” despite recent attacks that have killed dozens. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference that IS was “not a great threat”, adding that around 600 members or sympathizers had been arrested … Read more
KABUL – Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced a ban on the use of foreign currencies on Tuesday, threatening further disruption to an already ailing economy. Since the Taliban seized power in mid-August, the national currency the Afghani has depreciated and the country’s reserves are frozen abroad. With the economy teetering banks are running short of cash … Read more
According to the journalists, the Taliban violently suppressed a small women’s rights demonstration on Thursday, firing rounds into the air and driving protestors back. A group of six ladies gathered outside a high school in eastern Kabul to demand that girls should be allowed to return to secondary education after being expelled earlier this month. … Read more
The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has cautioned the United States against irreverent airspace of the country, saying the US drone flights could lead to “negative consequences.” The new afghan government also stated that the US drone flights over Afghanistan disrupted the February 2020 Doha agreement between the US and the Taliban. However, the United States … Read more
Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan’s interim Foreign Minister, has declared that anyone who engages in divisive politics will be abandoned. On Sunday, the Afghan Ministry of Commerce made the announcement at a ceremony in Kabul. When speaking on the Afghan war, Muttaqi stated that the Afghan people are completely responsible for bringing peace to the country. … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that Pakistan would make a conclusion on whether to officially identify the Taliban government alongside other neighboring states. In an interview with the Private news channel, PM also pronounced his concerns that there could be a philanthropic catastrophe and civil war and that an “unstable and chaotic Afghanistan” would be … Read more
Islamabad Police arrived at Jamia Hafsa to remove the Afghan Taliban flag from its rooftop, according to media reports. On the images circulating on social media, it can be seen that Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz was sitting outside the seminary carrying a weapon. Scenes outside Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad after policemen arrived at … Read more
The director-general of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency, Faiz Hameed, on Saturday hosted a meeting of intelligence chiefs of some countries in the region on the situation in Afghanistan. According to the report, no official statement was issued regarding the meeting but an intelligence source confirmed that the meeting was held privately. The meeting was attended by intelligence chiefs … Read more
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
Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said he would “fight to the death” the night before he fled Afghanistan as the Taliban closed in on Kabul, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told an Afghan television channel. “What he told me in that conversation the night before he fled is that, as he put it, he … Read more
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Sunday that Pakistan had very clear policy on Afghanistan, and that was that it wanted stability and peace in the neighbouring country. Talking to the media after offering condolences to Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, editor of Daily Pakistan, over the death of his elder brother here … Read more
“Everything will be okay,” said Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), during his visit to Kabul. In a video released by Channel 4 News on its Twitter account, the ISI chief can be seen at a hotel in Kabul with Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Mansoor Ahmad Khan. "Will you be meeting senior … Read more
Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Faiz Hameed is in Kabul to hold talks with the Afghan Taliban, reported multiple media outlets on Saturday. According to sources, the DG ISI arrived in Kabul under the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan. They added that the PM sent the intelligence chief of the country … Read more
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
Qatar’s Foreign Minister has stated that identifying the Taliban’s government was not an urgency but has cautioned against isolating the group presently controlling Afghanistan. Whereas, No country has recognized the Taliban as a government of Afghanistan after they took complete of the country on August 15. The White House has repudiated last week any chance … Read more
Taliban leader Shahabuddin Dilwar stated that India will soon know that the Taliban can run the country’s affairs smoothly, in response to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement forming reservations on the sustainability of the new government in Afghanistan. Modi stated that “an empire on the basis of terror may dominate for some time but … Read more
