By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, July 13, 2023 at ‘ 9:10 PMThe deputy Minister of Public Work (MoPW), Din Mohammad Haqbin, claimed that 95 percent of the population of Afghanistan do not want women to work in the society. Deputy Minister Din Mohammad Haqbin in an interview with TOLOnews said that the Islamic Emirate in a decree is creating opportunities for widows to work. “Out of 100 percent, 95 percent of Afghans do not…
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By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, July 11, 2023 at 8:57 PMThe Islamic Emirate on Tuesday suspended all Swedish activities in Afghanistan in reaction to a Swedish citizen burning the Quran. Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid issued a statement saying that the Islamic Emirate in reaction to the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden has stopped the activities of all institutions of this country in Afghanistan, and until this country apologizes to Muslims, its activities…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 12, 2023Turkish Investors asked for funding for mines and processing facilities in Afghanistan at a meeting with Shahbuddin Delawar, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said in a statement. According to the ministry, Turkish investors reportedly expressed interest in investing in Afghanistan’s mineral resources and indicated they wanted to invest in Afghan mines and mineral processing facilities. At the same time, Delawar welcomed Turkish investors’ interest and…
AFP report, July 12, 2023Twitter owner Elon Musk’s freewheeling approach to the platform’s handling of censorship has won support from an unlikely quarter — Afghanistan’s Taliban. Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban leader without an official portfolio, said late on Monday that Twitter had “two important advantages” over other social media platforms following the launch of Meta-owned rival Threads. “The first privilege is the freedom of speech. The second privilege is the public nature and credibility…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, July 12, 2023Taliban’s Interior Minister in a letter stated that Islamic State (ISIS) militants are planning to launch attacks targeting senior Taliban leaders, provincial governors, officials and more. Abdul Mateen Qaneh, Taliban’s spokesperson for the interior ministry on Tuesday, July 11, confirmed the content of the letter but avoided providing further details about the potential threats. The letter was delivered on July 9 to the Taliban’s police command throughout…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press, July 12, 2023Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that four people including a woman were publicly flogged for allegedly accused of committing “immorality” in the Paghman district of Kabul city. According to a news release, these people were arrested from the Kargha area of Kabul, adding the Taliban officials sentenced the convicts to three months imprisonment. Taliban’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 12, in a press release stated that…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, July 10, 2023 at 8:59 PMIslamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Twitter denied the remarks of the US House of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, who said the “Taliban” is selling weapons left behind by foreign troops to Washington’s “adversaries like Iran and the Palestinians against Israel.” In an interview with the CNN’s State of the Union program, Mc Caul claimed that the “Taliban” are selling the weapons left…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online,July 10, 2023A freight train departed from Lanzhou, the capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province, on July 5 and headed for Hairatan in Afghanistan, marking the launch of a new cargo route. The train travelled to Kashgar, a city in the far western part of China’s westernmost province, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, carrying 39 containers, including furniture, office supplies, mechanical equipment, and automobile parts. The train followed many…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, July 9, 2023 at 8:34 PMThe Islamic Emirate has once again called on the international community to remove sanctions, saying that it is needed to facilitate engagement between the Islamic Emirate and the international community. With the Islamic Emirate taking over Afghanistan on August 15th, 2021, the Afghan assets in foreign reserves were frozen. In August 2022, the UN Security Council failed to reach an agreement on whether to extend…
by Bibi Amina Hakimi in ToloNews, July 9, 2023 at 9:59 PMThe Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said in a statement that the construction of a pipeline to transfer gas from Sheberghan to Mazar-e-Sharif began on Saturday. The project will cost 609 million Afs and will be funded by the interim government. The acting Minister of the MoMP, Shuhabuddin Delawar, said that the pipeline will be 95 km and that the project will be…