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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…

Afghanistan’s Domestic, International Political Challenges in New Year

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 8:29 PMAt the turn of the solar year, no country has officially recognized the interim government of the Islamic Emirate, however, its diplomats have been sent to some consulates and embassies of regional countries. The Afghanistan consulate in Istanbul and the Afghan embassy in Tehran were handed over to the Islamic Emirate. “The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to send a team…

The Taliban Government Runs on WhatsApp. There’s Just One Problem.

By Christina Goldbaum and Safiullah Padshah in The NY Times, June 18, 2023Kabul: Late one night two months ago, a team of Taliban security officers assembled on the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital to prepare for a raid on an Islamic State hide-out. As the zero hour approached, the men fiddled with their automatic rifles while their leader, Habib Rahman Inqayad, scrambled to get the exact location of their target. He grabbed his colleagues’ phones and…

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…

UNSC Report: ‘Taliban Have Reverted to Exclusionary Policies of Late 1990s’

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, June 11, 2023 at 8:35 PMAn annual report by the United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team for the UN Security Council Committee has criticized what it considers the return of the Islamic Emirate to “exclusionary” policies of the late 1990s. According to the report, the threat of terrorism is rising in both Afghanistan and the region, and “there are indications that al-Qaida is rebuilding operational capability.” “The…

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing Badakhshan’s Deputy Governor

By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, June 7, 2023Islamic State (ISIS) fighters claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s car bomb attack in north-eastern Badakhshan province, which killed the Taliban deputy governor and his driver. On Tuesday, ISIS wrote on Telegram, saying its fighters succeeded to detonate a bomb targeting Taliban deputy governor Mawlavi Nisar Ahmad Ahamdi, which also left six others injured, according to provincial officials. Mazudeen Ahmadi, the head of the Information and Culture Department of…

Islamic Emirate to Relocate Refugees Settled Along Durand Line:

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, June 04, 2023 at 8:32 PMThe Islamic Emirate is planning to relocate the refugees alongside the Durand Line to other provinces in the country, an official said on Sunday. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that the move aims to assure Islamabad that the refugees are not involved in attacks against the Pakistani government. “To give a general assurance, the Islamic Emirate planned to take the refugees, who…

Kabul Does Not Want Tension with Anyone Including Neighbors: Karimi

By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 29 2023 at 9:26 PMDays after the armed disputes between the Islamic Emirate and Iranian border guards, Kabul said that it does not want tensions with any side including neighbors. On Saturday, the Islamic Emirate’s forces and the Iranian border guards engaged in fighting which left two Iranian military personnel killed, according to Iranian media. One member of the Islamic Emirate forces was also killed in the clash, said…

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…