Report in TOLOnews Online Dec 29, 2023 at 8:57 PMEmomali Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan, recently said at a conference that he has established 75 security checkpoints on the border with Afghanistan in the past year. Emomali Rahmon said: “In one year, 75 high-quality border security checkpoints were built on the border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan.” At the same time, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan has said that Islamabad will…
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report in The Nation, Sept 15, 2023Peshawar – The closure of the Torkham border for all types of traffic between Pakistan and Afghanistan for the past seven days has resulted in thousands of trucks loaded with goods lining up in both countries. Director of Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, claimed that the impasse following a firefight between security forces over the construction of an unlawful structure at zero point has…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, June 21,2023 at 10:08 PMThe UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said that the “April 5 restrictions against the Afghan women working for the United Nations place a question mark over our activities across the country. We have been given no explanation by the de facto authorities for this ban and assurances that it will be lifted.” Speaking at UN Security Council’s Meeting on the situation in…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 16, 2023International media has reported the United Nations agencies including UNICEF, World Health Organization and WFP have failed to protect the rights of their female Afghan employees under the Taliban administration in Afghanistan. The London-based news agency Tortoise Media has recently highlighted in one of its reports titled “UN betrays women in Afghanistan” that the organization does not protect its Afghan female employees against gender apartheid…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, May 17, 2023Taliban’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in a special decree has appointed Mawlawi Abdul Kabir as the acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan. It is reported that Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund the acting Prime Minister is ill and until he recovers, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir will serve as the head of the Taliban government, TOLOnews reported. Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund has served as the Prime Minister of the Taliban government…
By Karoun Demirjian in The NY Times, Apr 20, 2023WASHINGTON — The top inspector general for Afghanistan accused the Biden administration on Wednesday of stonewalling his efforts to procure records about assistance to the country since the U.S. military evacuation, warning that American taxpayer dollars were probably ending up in the hands of the Taliban. “I cannot assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban,” John Sopko, the special…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Apr 8, 2023 at 7:18 PMThe fourth foreign minister’s meeting of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on April 13, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Friday. According to TASS, the participants of this meeting will discuss the fight against narcotics production and the activities of terrorist groups in Afghanistan. “The fourth ministerial conference of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries (with the participation of Russia, China, Iran,…
report in Khaama Press online,April 3, 2023The Daesh group’s activities in Afghanistan have been reduced, and the organization is being dismantled, said Zabihullah Mujahid, a senior spokesperson of the interim government. In an interview with state-run TV RTA, Mujahid stressed that some countries are attempting to exaggerate and take advantage of the false propaganda about Daesh’s threats in Afghanistan. “Some countries accuse Daesh of their activities or claim Daesh has increased activity and is a…
Report in Dawn, April 2nd, 2023HYDERABAD: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Hyderabad police arrested a suspected member of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan who claimed to have links in past with Tehreek-i-Taliban Afghanistan as well, and found a hand-grenade in his possession. A CTD spokesman said in a press release issued here on Saturday that the suspect Ammar Khan alias Qalandar Umar, a resident of Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was picked up after an intelligence-based operation near…