By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, June 06, 2023 at 9:09 PMThe Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, has once again reiterated his country’s support for an inclusive government in Afghanistan. Lavrov arrived in Tajikistan on Monday for a two-day visit. He will meet with the foreign minister and the president of the country and will visit Russia’s 201st military base, Interfax reported. In a meeting with his Tajikistani counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Lavrov stressed countering…
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By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, June 6, 2023Unknown gunmen killed Muslim Nuristani, a local singer, and his brother on Monday in the Mandol district of eastern Nuristan province, according to sources. According to provincial officials, Mr. Nuristani continued to live a normal life in his village after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, and imposed restrictions on the music and entertainment industry. Relatives of Nuristani say that the local singer had…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, June 7, 2023Islamic State (ISIS) fighters claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s car bomb attack in north-eastern Badakhshan province, which killed the Taliban deputy governor and his driver. On Tuesday, ISIS wrote on Telegram, saying its fighters succeeded to detonate a bomb targeting Taliban deputy governor Mawlavi Nisar Ahmad Ahamdi, which also left six others injured, according to provincial officials. Mazudeen Ahmadi, the head of the Information and Culture Department of…
By Nazim Qassim in TOLOnews Online, June 06, 2023 at 8:59 PMThe acting governor of Badakhshan province, whose formal position was deputy governor, Mawlawi Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, was killed in a vehicle bomb blast that occurred on Tuesday morning in Faizabad, the provincial capital, an official said. Mauzuddin Ahmadi, head of Badakhshan’s department of information and culture said that a vehicle bomb targeted the convoy of the deputy governor in Mahkama square of Faizabad. The…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi IN Khaama Press, June 6, 2023A considerable number of exiled Afghan prosecutors and lawmakers on Monday gathered in Islamabad and urged the international community to help them resettle because they have fought criminals and sacrificed the most to protect democracy and human rights values over the past two decades in Afghanistan. On May 5, these exiled prosecutors, lawmakers and civil society activists peacefully protested in Afghanistan Hotel in the capital city of…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, June 05, 2023 at 8:59 PMChina’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu reiterated Beijing’s support for stability in Afghanistan, saying that China will continue to work to restore stability in the country without interfering in its internal affairs. The Chinese defense minister made the remarks at the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue. He also said that China has provided more than $49 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, June 04, 2023 at 8:32 PMThe Islamic Emirate is planning to relocate the refugees alongside the Durand Line to other provinces in the country, an official said on Sunday. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that the move aims to assure Islamabad that the refugees are not involved in attacks against the Pakistani government. “To give a general assurance, the Islamic Emirate planned to take the refugees, who…
AP report, 5 Jun 2023Nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education official said on Sunday. He said the person who orchestrated the poisoning had a personal grudge but did not elaborate. The attacks took place in Sar-e-Pul province over Saturday and Sunday. It is thought to be the first time this kind of assault has happened since the Taliban swept to…
By Banafsha Binesh in Tolo News, June 3, 2023 at 8:59 PM The second Central Asia-European Union leaders’ meeting’s participants expressed concern about the situation in Afghanistan in their closing statement, while also highlighting the stability and growth of this country. Speaking at the meeting, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, called for the establishment of inclusive government, respect for human rights, especially the right to education and work for women and girls in…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, June 4, 2023 Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that two convicts accused of allegedly stealing in the Khusamand district of eastern Paktika province were flogged in public. The Supreme Court on Saturday in a statement said that Taliban security forces arrested the criminals who confessed to their crimes. According to the announcement of the Taliban’s Supreme Court, the convicts were punished in public so it should be an example…
By Fatima Adib in TOLOnews Online, June 01, 2023 at 9:15 PM19 US Republican senators on Wednesday were preparing to introduce a bill titled the “Taliban Sanctions Act” to impose sanctions on the Islamic Emirate for “human rights abuses” in Afghanistan. The bill would block and prohibit all transactions of property held by the Islamic Emirate, as well as invalidate all visas or other documentation permitting entry to the US. The Islamic Emirate “allowed Afghanistan…