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Kazakhstan Removes Islamic Emirate From Banned Group List

By Naweed Samadi in TOLOnews Online Dec 29, 2023 at 8:54 PMKazakhstan ambassador to Afghanistan Alim Khan Yasin Galdiev in a meeting with the acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said that his country has taken the Islamic Emirate off the list of groups whose activities are banned in this country. The deputy spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, quoted Alim Khan Yasin Galdiev as saying that Kazakhstan wants to expand its…

Muttaqi: Islamic Emirate Controls All Territory in Afghanistan

By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Dec 26, 2023 at 9:29 PMActing Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said that all lands of Afghanistan are under the rule of the Islamic Emirate and that there is no political detainee currently in Afghanistan. In his meeting with some of the Afghan refugees in Iran, Muttaqi said that security is provided all over Afghanistan. “The opposition does not have control even over one meter of land. All feudal…

Muttaqi Discusses Bilateral Relations, Refugees with Iran FM:

By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Dec 25, 2023 at 10:11 PMThe acting foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, to discuss the diplomatic ties between the two countries, the situation and problems of Afghan prisoners and refugees, and the Islamic Emirate’s stance on the Palestine issue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ deputy spokesperson, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, said on X that Abdollahian praised the…

Islamic Emirate Considers Witholding of UN Seat ‘Illegal’

By Hadia Ziaei in ToloNews, Dec 19, 2023 at 9:42 PMThe Islamic Emirate considers the UN members’ decision to not hand over the Afghanistan seat at the United Nations to its ambassador “illegal.” This comes as the UN Credentials Committee has deferred its decision on assigning Afghanistan’s seat in the organization to the Islamic Emirate for the third consecutive time. The committee reviewed two conflicting communications regarding Afghanistan’s representation at the seventy-eighth session of the…

MoI: Nearly 40 Members of TTP Detained in Past Year

report in TOLOnews, Dec 16, 2023 at 8:57 PMThe Ministry of Interior of the Islamic Emirate for the first time said that in the past one year, nearly forty members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been arrested and imprisoned across the country. The spokesman of the ministry, Abdul Mateen Qani, told TOLOnews that Kabul wants good interactions with neighboring countries and will never allow Afghanistan’s soil to be used against other countries, including neighboring…

UNSC Renews Mandate of Team Monitoring Sanctions on Islamic Emirate

by Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews, Dec 15, 2023 at 7:41 PMThe UN Security Council said in a statement it has extended for another year the mandate of the team monitoring sanctions on the “Taliban and associated individuals and entities, which threaten Afghanistan’s peace, security and stability.” The 15-member body, the statement said, “unanimously adopted resolution 2716 (2023) (to be issued as document S/RES/2716(2023)), directing the Monitoring Team to support the Committee established by resolution 1988…

Pakistan Trying to Pressure Kabul With Refugees: Minister

By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Dec 14, 2023 AT 11:03 PMThe acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs, Noorullah Noori, criticized the deportation of refugees by Pakistan, saying that Islamabad is seeking to put pressure on the Islamic Emirate through the deportation of Afghan refugees. Speaking at a gathering in Kabul held in the Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs, Noori called Pakistan’s decision to deport Afghan refugees “cruel”. “The neighboring country has made a…

Pakistan Envoy Claims TTP in Afghanistan:

Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 07, 2023 at 8:49 PMAsif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, accused the Islamic Emirate of hosting the TTP in Afghanistan, and said that the attacks of the TTP have increased by 65% on the Pakistan border. Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan claimed that 14 of the 24 attacks by TTP this year were carried out by Afghans. He has openly said that TTP has a sanctuary in Afghanistan. “Attacks…

Islamic Emirate Never Sought to Harm Other Countries: Deputy PM

By Nazeer Shinwari in TOLOnews Online, Dec 06, 2023 at 9:12 PMThe Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs, Abdul Salam Hanafi, said that the Islamic Emirate never sought to damage other countries, and urged the neighboring countries to be politically neutral towards Afghanistan. Speaking at a gathering in the Academy of Science of Afghanistan, the Deputy PM said the Islamic Emirate wants to have good relations with all countries and that the foreigners should also…

Cash crunch lingers at crisis hit Islamic Banks

by Md Mehedi Hasan in The Daily Star, Dec 5, 2023Five Shariah-based banks are still experiencing liquidity crisis despite significant support from the central bank, which hit the overall surplus cash situation in the Islamic banking system in the July-September quarter, a Bangladesh Bank report said. The crisis-hit five banks are — Islami Bank Bangladesh, Social Islami Bank, First Security Islami Bank, Union Bank, and Global Islami Bank..At the end of September, Islami Bank Bangladesh’s…

Islamic Emirate: Over 450,000 Afghans Expelled From Pakistan:

Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 03, 2023 at 9:47 PMThe Islamic Emirate said that more than 450,000 Afghan migrants have been deported from Pakistan since November 1. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, told TOLOnews that the deportation of Afghan immigrants is still ongoing and they are trying to address the challenges of the immigrants. “In general, we can say that more than 450,000 immigrants have returned to Afghanistan so far, and the…