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Chinese company signed oil extraction deal with Afghan Taliban

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Taliban agrees to work with Chinese company to collect oil. For their efforts to support the South Asian country’s isolated economy. According to the contract, the Chinese firm will invest up to $150 million a year. The Taliban, who are now in power, have agreed to work with a Chinese business to collect oil from … Read more

Afghan-China oil extraction agreement

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Eight IS members were killed and numerous more were detained. The 25-year agreement highlights China’s economic presence in the area. A copper mine in the country’s east may be operated by a state-owned enterprise in China. To dig for oil in Afghanistan’s north, the Taliban government will negotiate a contract with a Chinese company. Since … Read more

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

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  • 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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Kabul airport blast causes multiple casualties, says Taliban

Kabul airport blast

A huge explosion was heard close to the military side of Kabul airport. Local sources said security personnel closed all roads and walled off the area. The 8am blast has not been claimed (03:30 GMT). There have been numerous injuries from an explosion that occurred near the military airport in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, … Read more

Saudi Arabia and Turkey denounce Taliban’s women-only university ban

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia and Turkey are the latest Muslim-majority countries to oppose the Taliban’s ban on women. About two dozen women protested in Kabul on Thursday. Several Afghan cricketers also opposed the ban. Saudi Arabia and Turkey are the latest Muslim-majority countries to oppose the Taliban’s ban on women in universities. About two dozen women protested … Read more

Devastation for Afghan female students denied education

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Taliban had suspended university education for all Afghan women. Armed Taliban guards turned away every female student at Kabul campus. The Taliban’s decision on Tuesday was the latest in its savage onslaught on Afghan women’s freedoms since August 2021. The 21-year-old had spent weeks studying for her first-year university finals. She had two tests left … Read more

Tears and outrage as Afghan Taliban close women universities

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Wednesday, Kabul women protested the ruling. Taliban officials promptly put an end to the tiny protests. Three months ago, the Taliban decided to allow university entrance tests. Girls and women all around Afghanistan had been dreading this decree ever since the Taliban made a comeback. Girls wearing hijabs arrived at their university campuses on Wednesday, … Read more

Afghan Taliban free 2 Americans

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The Taliban released two Americans in Afghanistan. The revelations came while the UNSC met to discuss Afghanistan. It wasn’t a prisoner trade. The Taliban released two Americans in Afghanistan on Tuesday, a State Department spokesman said. The revelations came while the UNSC met to discuss Afghanistan. It wasn’t a prisoner trade, he said. Price: “We’re … Read more

Afghanistan: Taliban restricts women from attending institutions

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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

Salang tunnel: Fire claims 19 lives and dozens injured

Salang tunnel

Local authorities in Afghanistan report that a fire inside a road tunnel has resulted in at least 19 fatalities and numerous injuries. On Saturday night, an oil tanker overturned and caught fire in the Salang Tunnel, which connects Kabul to the northern provinces. Before it was extinguished the following morning, the fire had spread to … Read more

Afghan-Pakistan border shelling kills civilians

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Taliban forces kill 6 civilians and injure at least 17 others in an “unprovoked”. Pakistan asked Afghan forces halt establishing a roadblock. Afghan Taliban forces killed six civilians in Pakistan and injured at least 17 others in an “unprovoked” bombing and gunfire attack on a border town on Sunday, Pakistan says. The Pakistani military denounced … Read more

FO calls for probe into attack on Pakistan Embassy in Kabul

Pakistan Embassy in Kabul.

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said remained in active contact with the Afghan authorities regarding terrorist attack on Pakistan’s Head of Mission in Kabul. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch expressed the confidence that it would be fully investigated and the perpetrators and their abettors would be brought to account. Responding to media queries regarding remarks … Read more

UNSC condemns attack on Pakistan embassy in Kabul

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NEW YORK: The UN Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Pakistan embassy in Kabul targeting the Head of Mission and called for ensuring the safety of diplomatic and consular premises. The 15-member Council, acting by consensus, also wished a speedy and full recovery to the security guard who was critically injured in … Read more

US condemns attack on Pakistan embassy in Kabul

US condemns

ISLAMABAD: United States Embassy in Islamabad has condemned the attack on the Pakistan embassy in Kabul in which a guard was wounded. “We condemn in the strongest terms the attack on the Pakistani Mission in Kabul, targeting its Head of Mission in Kabul, Ubaid Nizamani,” it said in a tweet. “We offer our sympathies and … Read more

No plan to close embassy in Kabul, withdraw diplomats: FO

Pakistan Embassy in Kabul.

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Friday said there were no plans to close the Pakistan Embassy or withdraw diplomats from Kabul. ECP spokesperson issued a statement in response to a media query regarding the attack on Pakistan Embassy in Kabul. Pakistan is in contact with the Interim Government in Afghanistan and enhanced security measures are being … Read more

Hina Khar to hold political dialogue with Afghan interim govt

Hina Rabbani Khar

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affair Hina Rabbani Khar will lead a delegation to Kabul for a one-day visit on November 29 (tomorrow). The Foreign Office said the minister of state will hold political dialogue with Afghan interim government in Kabul. “Bilateral relations, including cooperation in the areas of education, trade and investment, regional … Read more

Suicide bombing attack at Kabul educational institute

Suicide bombing attack

A suicide bombing at an educational facility in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul resulted in the deaths of 19 persons At least 19 people were killed in the incident at the Kaj educational centre, A Taliban source said there were 33 fatalities. According to a Kabul police spokeswoman quoted by a news agency, a suicide … Read more

Attack in Kabul ‘Many casualties feared’

Kabul

Most of the victims from the mosque explosion had shell and burn injuries, Emergency said. Khalid Zadran, the Kabul police chief’s spokesperson, acknowledged the blast but did not disclose casualties. Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli was killed, an anonymous witness reported. Ten people, including a famous preacher, were murdered and 27 others injured when a mosque … Read more