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Nations Failing to Ensure Their Security Blame Afghanistan: Yaqoob Mujahid

report in Tolo News, Aug 156, 2023 at 11.28pmThe acting Defense Minister, Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, said that some countries fail to provide their own security and then blame Afghanistan. Mawlawi Yaqoob made the remarks on the 2nd anniversary of the Islamic Emirate, without specifying a particular country. He said that such remarks are possibly aiming to show Afghanistan as a dangerous country to the world. “These messages may be meant to reflect to the…

US Made U-Turn in Fundamental Position Toward Afghanistan: Report

By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews’, July 23, 2023 at 9:06 PMThe Peace Research Institute Oslo said that the US had made a U-turn in its fundamental position regarding Afghanistan, from seeing the preservation of the democratic state and the political order that it had stood behind since 2001 as an absolute, to prioritizing its own “military disengagement.” The report said the images of the Islamic Emirate’s seizure of Kabul and the dramatic evacuations…

Afghanistan: Ministry of Defense Repairs over 300 Military Vehicles

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 19, 2023327 different types of military vehicles were repaired by the technical and professional engineers’ team in collaboration with the Hazrat Ibn Masood training department, the National Defense Ministry said in a statement. The Department of the Military’s technical and professional engineers received 327 different types of military vehicles for repair; after being fixed, the vehicles were ready for use, the Ministry said in a tweet. The…

Two Men Flogged in Public in Afghanistan’s Laghman

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 19, 2023Taliban’s Supreme Court said on Tuesday that two individuals were flogged publicly in the eastern province of Laghman, Afghanistan. The two men received 30 lashes each after being accused of “having affairs” and being detained. In addition, the individuals received a one-year prison sentence, which increased the severity of their penalty. Earlier, six people allegedly accused of abducting women and raping, publicly flogged in a football…

Security Forces Seize Weapons and Ammunition in Afghanistan’s Paktika

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, June 26, 2023According to a statement released by the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) on Monday, Afghan security forces in the country’s eastern Paktika province have confiscated significant weapons and ammunition. The confiscated weapons and ammunition, according to the statement, include thousands of bullets and explosive devices, 35 rocket shells, four mines, 14 hand grenades, and some other unlawfully preserved munitions. They were found during operations in the…

Afghanistan, Among Worst Countries in Human Trafficking: US

By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, June 17, 2023The US Department of State on Thursday published its annual report on the situation of human trafficking around the world, in which Afghanistan is among the worst countries in human trafficking. According to the newly published report, millions of people are exploited every year by human trafficking groups. In the 2023 report of the US Department of State, Afghanistan and ten other countries are among the…

Afghanistan: Chinese Investors Keen on Investing in Different Sectors

By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, June 14, 2023Recently, several Chinese investors have traveled to Maidan Wardak to assess potential business opportunities in the central Afghan provinces, official sources said. During the visit, Chinese investors met with the governor of Maidan Wardak province Qari Bakhtyar Mouaz and stated they are interested to build production plants of kitchen utensils, wire nets, and diapers, according to reports. The report added, these foreign investors would like to…

Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan Denies UN Security Council’s Call to Lift Restriction on Women:

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 28, 2023The U.N. Security Council’s demand to lift the restriction on women working for the U.N. in Afghanistan was denied Friday by the Taliban’s Ministry of foreign affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, “The decision to restrict Afghan women from working with the U.N. in Afghanistan is an internal social matter of Afghanistan that does not impact outside states,” the statement said.…

US Weapons Left in Afghanistan Being Used by Insurgents in Pakistan

Report in Khaama Press, April 8, 2023The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Baloch separatist groups are using the US weapons left in Afghanistan for militancy in Pakistan, a report said by an international media outlet. According to a report by Radio Free Europe, after the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, it left behind military equipment and weapons worth $7 billion, which later boosted the military power of Pakistan’s outlawed militant groups. The report also stated…

Taliban holding three British men in detention in Afghanistan

report in The Guardian, Apr 1, 2023 at 22.23 BSTThree British men including a charity medic and a self-styled “danger tourist” are being held in custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan, it has been reported. The Mail on Sunday said Kevin Cornwell, a 53-year-old charity medic, and another British national who manages a hotel for aid workers in Kabul, who has not been named, were detained by the Taliban’s secret police in January. The other…

Mujahid: ‘Countries That Failed in Afghanistan’ Hindering Intl Relations

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, March 25,2023 at 7:49 PMThe Islamic Emirate spokesperson said that “some countries that failed in Afghanistan” over the past 20 years are preventing the current Afghan government from interacting with the international community. The Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a number of countries are still eager to interact with the current Afghan government. “The countries that failed in Afghanistan, and the countries that shamefully left, they did not…