report in ToloNews, Dec 13, 2023 at 9:34 PMAt least seven journalists have been detained in the southern zone of Afghanistan in the current solar year (March 22, 2023, onward), a media watchdog said. Sultan Ali Jawadi, editor in chief of Naseem radio station, was arrested in September in Daikundi. He was recently sentenced to one year in prison. “Jawadi has been detained for one-year in prison for not obeying the Islamic Emirate. They were…
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Report in Dawn, December 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A day after Pakistan issued a demarche to Kabul following a deadly gun and bomb attack targeting a military compound in Dera Ismail Khan, the interim Afghanistan government promised to probe the terror attack, but also asked Islamabad to refrain from blaming Kabul for every problem. Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Kabul would investigate the attack. “We are shocked at the attack in Pakistan. We will look into…
Report in Dawn, Dec 14th, 2023QUETTA: A member of the caretaker government of Balochistan on Wednesday raised eyebrows by suggesting that Pakistan should offer the United States “drone bases to target militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan”. However, caretaker Information Minister Jan Achakzai subsequently deleted his post on X (formerly Twitter), where he had proposed a set of seven counterterrorism measures. But when asked about his tweet and why he deleted it, at a subsequent press conference,…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 10, 2023The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called upon the authorities in Afghanistan on the occasion of “World Human Rights Day” to embrace human rights commitments as the cornerstone of a stable, peaceful, and prosperous future, and to lend their full support to it. On Saturday, UNAMA reiterated its commitment to the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan by issuing a statement on…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 10, 2023 at 8:50 PMThe Islamic Emirate reacted to the recent remarks of Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian regarding the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, saying that its government is inclusive and that other countries should not interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan. Amirabdollahian said in a gathering that the “Taliban are not [like] Daesh and that they are today’s reality in Afghanistan.” He said that the…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Dec 08, 2023 at 9:17 PMIn a letter to the US Congress, President Joe Biden said that US forces stationed in the region are ready to respond to “possible threats” arising from Afghanistan. He said that the US military personnel remain postured outside Afghanistan to address threats to the United States “homeland and United States interests that may arise from inside Afghanistan.” However, Biden did not give details about…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 07, 2023 at 9:32 PMAmnesty International called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prioritize and accelerate the delivery of justice for victims of crimes committed by the Taliban, as well as by other actors in Afghanistan. In part of the declaration of Amnesty International, it stated that the delivery of justice for the victims of war crimes should be accelerated. The statement said: “The International Criminal Court (ICC) must…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 07, 2023 at 3:22 PMThe Iranian Minister of Interior Ahmad Wahidi once again emphasized that the citizens of Afghanistan who are living in Iran illegally should be returned to their country. Wahidi did not name a group or a country, but he added that the “enemy” wants to start anti-Afghan sentiments by creating a conflict between Afghans and Iranians. Wahidi emphasized that Tehran also has plans for immigrants with documents.…
by Mateen Haider in The Nation, Dec 8, 2023ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan has once again become the hub of global terrorism as 23 terrorist organizations are based there and involved in planning and executing terror plots in various countries including Pakistan. According to security sources, these terror outfits are posing security threats to particularly the United States, China, and Pakistan. The sources also said that 17 out of 23 terrorist organizations based in Afghanistan are directly…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, Dec 8th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The UK envoy on Thursday called on JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his residence and asked the latter to use his influence on the Afghan Taliban to remove a bar on women’s education in Afghanistan. Maulana Fazl, however, told High Commissioner Jane Marriott that the Western model of education was “not possible in Afghanistan due to its cultural and traditional norms”. He suggested the West…