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Afghan Taliban claim killing top IS-K commander

AFP report in Dawn, March 1st, 2023KABUL: Taliban forces claimed to have killed a top commander of the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militant group, who allegedly planned attacks against diplomatic missions in Afghanistan’s capital, a government official said. Violence in Afghanistan dramatically dipped after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. But in the past year, security has worsened, with a spate of mass casualty attacks claimed by Islamic State’s regional chapter, IS-K. Taliban forces killed…

Afghan Refugees With Poor Health in Pakistan Prisons: Afghan Consul

report in TOLOnews, Feb 27, 2023The consul of the Islamic Emirate in Karachi, Pakistan said that many Afghan refugees who are suffering from illnesses are in Karachi prison. The Afghan consul in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said an Afghan refugee named Faiz Mohammad has died from illness in a Karachi prison. He called on Pakistan to release the Afghan refugees. “I told the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan that he (the individual who died) came…

Kabul’s Isolation Undermining Aid, Development Efforts: ICG Report

By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, Feb 24, 2023 at 8:31 PMThe International Crisis Group said in a new report that the latest restrictions imposed by the Islamic Emirate have dealt women’s freedoms a “grievous blow” in Afghanistan and that they are also impeding delivery of life-saving assistance, disrupting the world’s largest aid operation even as half the population suffers from acute hunger. “The unrecognized regime’s isolation undermines humanitarian and development efforts,” the report said. “It…

Over 80,000 DrugAddicts Collected After Islamic Emirate Came to Power: MoI

By Nazir Shinwari in Tolo News, Feb 21, 2023 at 9:13 PMThe Ministry of Interior said that more than 80,000 drug addicts were collected from across the country after the Islamic Emirate swept into power. Speaking at a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry’s spokesman, Abdul Nafay Takor, said that the over 5,000 people have been arrested on charges of being involved in drug dealing. He said that more than 200 drug…

Inside the Taliban campaign to forge a religious emirate

by Susannah George in The Waqshington Post, Feb 18, 2023 at 2:00 a.m.KANDAHAR— When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the group quickly launched what officials called a “purification” campaign aimed at stripping the country of civil laws and institutions to build an entirely Islamic society. A year and a half later, the Taliban has gutted the country’s justice system in its campaign to forge a religious emirate, by scrapping the constitution and replacing the…

Mujahid: Afghanistan Has Right to Use Amu River Water

By Habib Rahman Qooyash in ToloNews, Feb 19, 2023The Islamic Emirate said that Afghanistan has the right to use Amu River water in the Qosh Tepa Canal. The Islamic Emirate spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, emphasized that Kabul and Tashkent have friendly relations and that Uzbekistan also supports the prosperity of Afghanistan. “We do not take even a drop of water from other nations because we not need it and do not wish to take it. Hence,…

Torture of a student: IU female students start leaving ‘Gana Room’ in fear

report in Prothom Alo, Feb 17, 2023Kushtia: After the news of a harrowing torture on a female student of Islamic University in Kushtia by some leaders-activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders broke, the students of Deshratna Sheikh Hasina hall’s Gana Room are now leaving in fear. The hall authorities, however, do not have any data on the number of students who left hall. Abdur Razzak, an assistant registrar of the hall, told Prothom Alo on…

Afghan Consulate in Karachi Calls for Release of Afghan Prisoners

report in The ToloNews, Feb, 16, 2023 at 10:19 PM At least 650 Afghan refugees are still in prisons in Pakistan, a senior diplomat of the Islamic Emirate said, calling on the Pakistan government to release them. The General Consulate of Afghanistan in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said 1,200 Afghan refugees have been recently released from prisons in Pakistan. On Wednesday, at least 200 Afghan refugees were freed from prisons in Karachi. “There are 650…

Mujahid Suggests Private, Not Public Criticism

By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Feb 12, 2023 at 9:14 PMIslamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that if someone has a criticism of the emir (leader), a person in charge, minister, deputy minister, or director—the Islamic ethic suggests that it is better to not denigrate him, and to respect his dignity. He made the remarks at a ceremony attended by university instructors. “The manner of criticism, in accordance with ethical guidelines, is that if someone…

CTD arrests ‘man linked to IS’

report in Dawn, February 9th, 2023KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a man linked with militant Islamic State group. “Acting on a tip-off, the CTD conducted a raid in Korangi Industrial Area and arrested Abdul Malik,” a police spokesperson said, adding that he was an Afghan national who had been living in Karachi since long. He used to collect ‘donations for IS’ in Ramazan and sent the money to Afghanistan. “Vital…

Islamic Emirate’s Statement on Smuggling of Currency

by Asma Saayin in ToloNews, Feb 8, 2023 at 9:49 PMThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued a statement forbidding the smuggling of currency, gold and precious stones into or out of the country. Bringing currency from other regional countries into Afghanistan is not allowed. According to the statement, no one has the right to transport across the border more than $5,000 in cash by air and more than $500 by land. “The money, gold, and…