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Iran Commander Calls Border Clashes ‘Unimportant’

By Ahmad Yosufkhail in ToloNews, May 30,2023 at 9:45 PMThe commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF), Amir Ali Hajizadeh, referring to recent border clashes with Afghanistan, said that “enemies” are seeking to turn the border tension with Afghanistan into a war and that there is no need to be concerned about it. Speaking at the Tehran University of Science and Technology, Hajizadeh called the clashes with the border forces of the…

Guidelines Finalized for Figures Returning to Country: Commission

by Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, May 30,2023 at 10:02 PMA framework created by the Commission for the Return and Communications with Former Afghan Officials and Political Figures has been finalized, a spokesman for the commission said. According to the spokesman, obeying the government is one of the main stipulations in the framework. The framework is comprised of 15 principles—including property, legal, and commuting issues. “In the initial time, the number of returnees was high. I…

Afghan Drug Trade; Cartels, Trafficking Route, and Government Complicity

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, May 30, 2023Several related economic activities are involved in Afghanistan drug trafficking. Cartels maintain a symbiotic relationship with the Taliban by giving farmers advances to plant ephedra and opium while providing the financial assistance necessary to keep the jihadist proto-state alive. These cartels use Pakistani sources to facilitate the acquisition of chemicals required to produce drugs. In addition, diverse nationalities are used as hostages until their cartels can afford…

Mine Explosion Kills 3 Children, Injures 1 in Afghanistan’s Wardak:

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 29, 2023At least three children were killed and another injured in mine explosions, left over from past wars in Wardak province of Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Monday. The children were killed and injured in two incidents in the same province. The first happened when three children found a toy-like explosive device in Sayed Abad district on Sunday afternoon; the device exploded, killing two on…

Kabul Does Not Want Tension with Anyone Including Neighbors: Karimi

By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 29 2023 at 9:26 PMDays after the armed disputes between the Islamic Emirate and Iranian border guards, Kabul said that it does not want tensions with any side including neighbors. On Saturday, the Islamic Emirate’s forces and the Iranian border guards engaged in fighting which left two Iranian military personnel killed, according to Iranian media. One member of the Islamic Emirate forces was also killed in the clash, said…

Norwegian Refugee Council Chief Says European Envoys Should Return to Kabul

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, May 28, 2023The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, said that he is lobbying for his country’s ambassador — as well other European ambassadors — to return to Afghanistan. In an interview with TOLOnews’ Hamid Bahram, Egeland said that Norway has recognized Afghanistan “for a very long time” and that regimes have come and gone but Oslo has recognized the country. “In diplomacy. You don’t recognize…

Kabul Appoints Seven Attachés in Three Countries

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, May 27, 2023 at 8:45 PMSeven “commercial attachés” have been appointed to three countries since the Islamic Emirate took power in Afghanistan. According to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC), these attachés have been appointed in Pakistan, Iran, and most recently Turkmenistan, with the aim of strengthening economic cooperation with various nations. The Ministry spokesperson Akhundzada Abdul Salam Javad said that Mohammad Haroon Saeedi was recently appointed as…

Iran-Afghanistan border clashes leave three dead

report in Dawn, May 28th, 2023 & Khaama Press, May 27, 2023KABUL: Three people were killed and many others suffered injuries after shooting broke out between Taliban fighters and Iranian border guards near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said on Saturday. Both sides blamed the other for shooting first. It was not immediately clear what had provoked the incident but it comes amid tensions between the two countries over water…

Afghan Charge’ d’Affaires Meets Pakistan’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan

By Ahmad Yosufkhail in ToloNews, May 27, 2023 at 8:57 PMThe chargés d’affaires of Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad, Sardar Ahmad Shakib, said that he discussed cooperation and the expansion of ties between Kabul and Islamabad in a meeting with Asif Ali Khan Durrani, the new representative of Pakistan in Afghanistan affairs. According to this Islamic Emirate official, Durrani has experience in Afghan affairs, and his appointment will enhance ties between Kabul and Islamabad. The chargés…

US Seeking to Destabilize Region Using Terrorists in Afghanistan: Russia

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 25, 2023Sergey Shoigy, Russian Defense Minister, on Thursday, accused the United States of aiming to exploit militant groups in Afghanistan to destabilize the region. The Russian Minister made the remarks while visiting Minsk, Belarus, where he met with counterparts from other CSTO member states to discuss regional challenges and issues. He said that Afghanistan remains a hotbed of instability, stating that the United States intends to…

UN High Commissioner Criticizes ‘Repressive’ Policies Against Women:

By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, May 25, 2023 at 7:33 PMFollowing the reactions to the restrictions imposed on women in the country, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that “repressive policies against women and girls’ should immediately be overturned” in Afghanistan. Speaking in a press conference at the UN in Geneva Türk said that that restrictions on women are leading Afghanistan to poverty and despair. “I will never understand how anyone…