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Calls in Oslo for Islamic Emirate to Fulfill Commitments: Source

By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, June 14, 2023 at 9:20 PMParticipants at the meeting in Oslo, Norway on the Afghan situation stressed the need for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan and discussed the Islamic Emirate’s commitments to the international community as well as the education of girls, a source told TOLOnews. The second day of the meeting was held on Wednesday, and members of the Islamic Emirate were in attendance. The UN…

Islamic Emirate Rejects UNSC Report as ‘Biased’:

By Ahmad Yosufkhail in TOLOnews Online, June 11, 2023 at 8:05 PMIn reaction to a report by the monitoring and analysis team of the sanctions committee of the United Nations Security Council about the situation in Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate in a statement on Sunday called the findings of the report “biased and far from the reality.” “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan considers the continuation of UN Security Council sanctions and such reports as full…

Qatar PM Meets Islamic Emirate Chief for Secret Talks

Reuters Report in TOLOnews, May 31, 2023 at 10:56 PMThe Qatari prime minister held secret talks with the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate this month on resolving tension with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting said, signaling a new willingness by Afghanistan’s rulers to discuss ways to end their isolation. The May 12 meeting in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar between Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and Mawlawi…

Iran’s Interior Minister Calls for Official Field Visits to Helmand River:

Report in TOLOnews Online, May 24, 2023 at 9:58 PMThe Iranian Minister of Interior, Ahmad Wahidi, at a public forum rejected the statements of Islamic Emirate authorities about the lack of water in the Helmand River and said that the existing reports are “contrary to the claims made, and that is why the officials’ field visit is proposed and if there is no water, the issue will be resolved.” The tension between Kabul and Tehran…

Practical Work on TAPI Project in Afghanistan Still Not Begun

report on TOLOnews, Apr 29, 2023 at 8:41 PMIt has been two years since the Islamic Emirate takeover of the country, but there has been no reported start to practical work on the TAPI pipeline project. Previously, officials of the Islamic Emirate talked about beginning of practical work on this project. Some economists believe that the lack of support from the World Bank plus regional rivalries have caused the work on the project to be…

Kabul Wants Positive Engagement With World: Islamic Emirate

By Fatima Adib in ToloNew, Apr 23, 2023 at 9:08 PMThe Islamic Emirate said that it wants positive engagement with the world but the international community makes “excuses” regarding recognition of the Afghan interim government. Islamic Emirate’s apokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that recognizing Afghanistan benefits both Afghanistan and the world. “No, this is an excuse, whenever this excuse is solved, they will make another excuse. For example, we did not have this problem last year—the…

Islamic Emirate Denies Washington Post’s Report on Daesh in Afghanistan

By Fatima Adib in ToloNew, Apr 23, 2023 at 9:08 PMThe Islamic Emirate denied the report of The Washington Post saying that Afghanistan has become a significant coordination site for a Daesh group that plans attacks across Europe and Asia, and conducts “aspirational plotting” against the United States. The Washington Post cited a “classified Pentagon assessment that portrays the threat as a growing security concern.” “The attack planning, detailed in US intelligence findings leaked on…

UN Spokesman: Recognition of Afghanistan in Hands of Member States:

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 20, 2023 at 11:25 PMFollowing the remarks of the UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed about the recognition of the Islamic Emirate, now the UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric, in a press conference, said that “the topic of recognition is in the hands of the member states.” Earlier, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking at an academic event in the US said the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to arrange…

Office of Islamic Emirate’s Spokesman Opened in Kandahar:

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 05, 2023 at 10:14 PMAn office of the Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid was opened in Kandahar, the spokesman told TOLOnews. Mujahid said his “deputies are in Kabul” and a major “part of my office’s work will be in Kabul.” He said that the move was made based on the presence of the Islamic Emirate’s leadership in Kandahar. “We have shifted a part of the office for performing…

UN Afghan Staff Told to Stay Home Amid New Restrictions:

By Mohammad Amin Pacha in TOLOnews, April 05, 2023 at 11:24 PMThe UN instructed its female Afghan staff to stay at home for the next two days after the Islamic Emirate signaled that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the UN agencies. Reuters reported that the UN told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days. UN officials in Afghanistan “received word of…

Security Situation of Afghanistan in 1401 (Solar Year):

By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 10:14 PMThe Islamic Emirate has conducted 70 military operations in the past year with the aim of suppressing the Khorasan branch of Daesh group in Afghanistan, officials reported. According to government-provided numbers, more than a hundred Daesh fighters have been killed in these operations. The operations of the Islamic Emirate forces intensified against Daesh hideouts in Kabul, Herat, Balkh and other provinces. Ijaz Amin Ahangar, the…