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After Clashes at Torkham, Kabul Calls for Dialogue to Solve Tensions

By Shamsurrahman Khpalwak in ToloNews, Sept 7, 2023 at 8:34 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that one of Islamic Emirate soldiers was killed and two others were injured as a result of yesterday’s clashes at the Torkham crossing between the Pakistani military and the Islamic Emirate forces. Mujahid did not address the cause of the clashes, but he emphasized that tensions should be solved through dialogue. “We ask the Pakistani side to be…

7 Media Outlets in Paktia Stopped Operations Due to Economic Challenges

report in TOLOnews, Sept 5, 2023The activities of seven media outlets in Paktia have stopped due to economic challenges after the Islamic Emirate took over the country. According to the officials, these include four radio stations, two print media outlets, and one online media outlet. “The media operating in the province have many economic problems and there is no specific source to finance them,” said Sayed Omer Adil, head of a radio station in Paktia.…

Islamic Emirate Committed to Implementation of Qisas: Deputy Supreme Judge

By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Sept 1, 2023 at 10:38 PMThe deputy of the Supreme Court, Abdul Malik Haqqani said that the Islamic Emirate is committed to the Implementation of Qisas (an Islamic term interpreted to mean retaliation in kind). In an interview with TOLOnews, he denied the existence of a desert court by the officials of the interim government. “Implementation of hudud (an Islamic method of punishment) is God’s order and the Quran’s.…

Hanafi: Islamic Emirate Established Policy of ‘Neutrality’

By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Aug 18, 2023 at 9:14 PMSecond Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi said that the Islamic Emirate has established a policy of neutrality in Afghanistan. Speaking at a gathering held by the Shia Ulema in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul, Hanafi asked the world to interact positively in relations with the current Afghan government. “Friendship should be mutual. We interact with them and expect the same interaction and relations with…

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir: Islamic Emirate Will be Recognized by the World

By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Aug 15, 2023 at 9:37 PMTwo years after the takeover of Afganistan by the Islamic Emirate, the political deputy of the PM, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said he is optimistic that the Islamic Emirate will be recognized by the world. Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, in a special interview with TOLOnews, said that they have completed the conditions for recognition and their government should be recognized by the international community. “The world…

Islamic Emirate’s Relations With World Are ‘Improving’: Deputy PM

By Naveed Samadi in Tolo News, Aug 13, 2023 at 10:01 PMThe Deputy Prime Minister, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said that the Islamic Emirate’s relations with the international community are improving. Speaking to a gathering of instructors who returned from their educational programs abroad, he said that the Islamic Emirate’s embassies are opened in 16 countries. “The world knows it and timely reaches a hand for engagement with the Islamic Emirate. You know that our embassy…

McCaul: Urgent Need for Transparency on Funding to Afghanistan

By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews, Auf 11, 2023US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul criticized the intervention of the Islamic Emirate in the country’s aid to Afghanistan. McCaul said that there is an urgent need for transparency from the Biden administration on funding to Afghanistan. “It is despicable that US taxpayer money is lining the pockets of a terrorist group like the Taliban, which persecutes Afghan women and girls. For months, I have…

EU Sanctions on Islamic Emirate ‘Not Beneficial to Any Side’: Mujahid

By Naveed Samadiin  ToloNews, July 21, 2023 at   9:42 PM Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid reacted to the European Union’s decision to sanction some leaders of the Islamic Emirate, saying that the move is “not beneficial to any side.” On Thursday, the European Council said that it imposed restrictive measures against 18 individuals and 5 entities under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, because of their responsibility for serious human rights violations and abuses…

Islamic Emirate Abolishes Attorney General’s Office

By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, July 18, 2023 at 9:00 PMThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has abolished the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). The Islamic Emirate’s spokesperson told TOLOnews that the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has been turned into the “Directorate of Supervision and Prosecution of Decrees and Orders,” and some of the AGO’s duties have been given to the courts and intelligence services based on the decision of the Islamic Emirate’s leader. The purpose of…

Islamic Emirate Says McCaul’s Remarks ‘Untrue’

By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, July 10, 2023 at 8:59 PMIslamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Twitter denied the remarks of the US House of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, who said the “Taliban” is selling weapons left behind by foreign troops to Washington’s “adversaries like Iran and the Palestinians against Israel.” In an interview with the CNN’s State of the Union program, Mc Caul claimed that the “Taliban” are selling the weapons left…

Islamic Emirate Urges Intl Community to Remove Sanctions

By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, July 9, 2023 at 8:34 PMThe Islamic Emirate has once again called on the international community to remove sanctions, saying that it is needed to facilitate engagement between the Islamic Emirate and the international community. With the Islamic Emirate taking over Afghanistan on August 15th, 2021, the Afghan assets in foreign reserves were frozen. In August 2022, the UN Security Council failed to reach an agreement on whether to extend…