By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Aug 6, 2023 at 8:43 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that some foreign nationals including Americans have been detained on charge of various issues including security issues. Mujahid told TOLOnews that the decision about the detainees will be made by the interim government after the investigation of their cases is completed. The detainees will be released if they are proved innocent, Mujahid said, without providing details about the…
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By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Aug 6, 2023 at 8:54 PMSher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the intelligence of some regional countries are attempting to destroy the relations between Afghanistan and its neighbors. However, he didn’t name the countries. “Some of the intelligence circles try to defame the Afghans because thousands of Afghans exist there and some of them are detained in their prisons. Sometimes the intelligence are trying…
AFP report in Dawn, August 7th, 2023KABUL: Afghanistan’s supreme leader has warned Taliban members against carrying out attacks abroad, the defence minister said, days after Islamabad hinted at involvement of “Afghan citizens” in suicide attacks inside Pakistan. Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said in a speech to members of Afghanistan’s security forces, broadcast by state television on Saturday, that fighting outside Afghanistan is not religiously sanctioned jihad but rather war, which had been barred by Supreme Leader…
Bloomberg report, Aug 7, 2023 at 11.02 AM ISTIn mid-May, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a warning to the Taliban: Honor Afghanistan’s water-supply agreement or face the consequences. A well-known Taliban figure offered a mocking gift of a 20-liter water container in response and told him to stop making terrifying ultimatums. About a week later, a skirmish erupted on the border, leaving two Iranian guards and one Taliban member dead. The Taliban sent thousands of…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 5, 2023The political deputy of the foreign ministry, Sher Mohammad Abad Stanekzai, said that Afghanistan cannot develop without education. Stanekzai, speaking at an event in Kabul on Saturday, asked the higher education and education ministries to pay serious attention to the principle and create the necessary facilities in the education sector. “No country can develop without education, and the Islamic Emirate will open it for its citizens.…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, August 4, 2023At the UN Security Council High-level Open debate on famine and conflict-induced Global Food Security in New York, states’ representatives expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. The Representatives of the countries, including Russia, the UK, Pakistan, India, Qatar and Switzerland, mentioned the humanitarian crisis and expressed concern over the number of people needing aid. The UK ambassador to the UN, Barbara Woodward, said that…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 3, 2023Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, says his talks with the US delegation in Doha, Qatar were highly positive, and both sides agreed on continuing such interactions, including political, economic and security issues. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Muttaqi said that the Islamic Emirate asked the US to respect Afghanistan’s sovereignty, lift sanctions and unfreeze the country’s frozen assets. The Taliban’s foreign minister…
By Asma Saayin in ToloNews, Aug 3, 2023 at 9:13 PMThe Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a meeting with Qatari officials in Doha, called for more cooperation between Qatar and Afghanistan in various fields. According to the foreign ministry, In the meeting with Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Alkhater, both discussed the improvement of relations between the two countries. “Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister, Lolwah…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 3, 2023More than 17 immigrants have been detained in Islamabad, according to a statement from the Afghan Immigrant Council in Pakistan. Even though they had visas and passports, some immigrants said Pakistani police arbitrarily detained them. “I’ve been told seventeen people were arrested, and then the number rose. They frighten and threaten people in vehicles dangerously. Both those with passports and those without were detained till morning,”…
Report in Dawn, August 4th, 2023KARACHI: Kabul has refuted what it terms allegations levelled by Pakistan, saying that the Afghan Taliban do not allow anyone to use Afghan territory against another country. In a couple of tweets on Thursday, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said: “If there is any concern, it should be shared with the officials of the Islamic Emirate face to face, rather than making unnecessary claims in the media and confusing people’s…
report in TOLOnews, Aug 2, 2023 at 9:32 PMActing Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and his delegation in Qatar met ambassadors and representatives of a number of nations including the UK, the US, Spain, South Korea, the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and Canada. According to Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, deputy spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Muttaqi briefed the participants in the meeting about the political, economic, security and governance developments in Afghanistan. “Muttaqi and his delegation…