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Eroding the Western Border Myth: op-ed byAli Imran Atta in The Nation, Jan 23, 2023

Relations between Islamabad’s policy makers and the TTP are in dire straits because of the groups increasing transborder attacks from the Afghan territory. A lone shooter opened fire on the consulate general bunker on Friday, December 2nd. Although no one has yet claimed responsibility, the timeframe of the offence on Pakistan’s consulate general in Kabul clearly indicates a connection with the TTP breaking its peace accord with the Islamabad. On December 11, at least eight…

Muttaqi Asks Uzbekistan to Stay Committed to Power Supply Pact

By Bibi Amina Hakimi in ToloNews, Jan 22, 2023 at 9:25 PMThe acting minister of foreign affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Sunday called on Uzbekistan to provide the amount of electricity mentioned in an agreement signed between Kabul and Tashkent. Muttaqi criticized Uzbekistan for cutting the power supply to Afghanistan amidst a freezing winter in the country. “They should stay committed to their promise that they have committed to Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat that they…

UN Seeks Afghanistan’s Active Role in Int’l Community: Spokesman

By Imran Danish in TOLOnews, Jan 19, 2023 at 9:23 PMA spokesman for the prime minister’s office said on Thursday that the United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, who met with officials in Kabul this week, said they seek Afghanistan’s active role in the international community. Mullah Hassan Akhund’s spokesman, Qari Mohammad Yousuf Ahmadi, said the UN top official assured of the continuation of aid to Afghanistan. “She added that we want Afghanistan to…

Karzai Stresses Need for National Dialogue in Afghanistan

by Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews, Jan 18, 2023 at 8:43 PMFormer president Hamid Karzai said he sees “national dialogue” as essential for Afghanistan as he met with United Nations deputy chief Amina Mohammed in Kabul on Wednesday. “At the meeting, the two sides discussed the United Nations support and reopening of girls’ schools, the resumption of women’s work (in NGOs), and for sustainable peace and stability in Afghanistan and emphasized the need for national dialogue,”…

Blast Happened Near Foreign Ministry in Kabul

By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in ToloNews, Jan 11, 2023 at 11:35 PMA blast took place in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in downtown Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. At least five civilians were killed and several others were wounded in the blast, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran, said. He said the Islamic Emirate condemns such “heinous” attacks and will punish the perpetrators. He said the explosion happened on the…

Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats

AP | Jan 12, 2023, 11.19 AM ISTKABUL: Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. Beatings from her mother and jeers from her neighbors never stopped her from the sports she loved. But the 20-year-old Afghan woman could not defy her country’s Taliban rulers. They have not just banned all sports for women and girls, they have actively intimidated and harassed those who once played, often…

Taliban hard-liners consolidate control with crackdown on women

By Susannah George in The Washington Post, Jan 10, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. ESTISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Taliban hard-liners are consolidating their control over Afghanistan with the recent bans on women’s education and work, overriding the wishes of some Taliban officials in the capital, Kabul, and at the provincial level, according to government and aid officials. The Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and his fellow ultraconservatives based in Afghanistan’s second city of Kandahar are cracking down…

War of words

by Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry in Dawn, January 8th, 2023The writer is a former foreign secretary and author of Diplomatic Footprints.PAKISTAN’S leadership has lately been engaged in a war of words with the Afghan Taliban. Our frustration is understandable. The Taliban regime in Kabul was not doing enough to stop the TTP from using Afghan soil to launch terrorist attacks against the people of Pakistan. The National Security Committee meeting on Jan 2, without naming Afghanistan,…

Taliban ‘committed’ to safety of Chinese in Afghanistan after Isis attack on Kabul hotel

by Amy Chew in SCMP, Jan 8, 2023The Taliban has said it will guarantee the safety of Chinese nationals in Afghanistan, three weeks after an Islamic State affiliate attacked a Kabul hotel that caters to Chinese businessmen. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the Post on Wednesday that the regime had an “obligation” to maintain the safety of Chinese nationals. “The current government reiterates its obligation to maintain the safety of Chinese nationals and all other…

Afghan Taliban claim killing of Pakistan embassy attackers

Report in Dawn, January 6th, 2023KARACHI: Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday the Islamic State (IS) militants involved in the attack on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul have been killed in an operation, Dawn.com reported. Afghan security forces carried out operations in Kabul against a “dangerous network” of the militant Islamic State group who were involved in attacks on the Pakistan embassy and on a hotel where Chinese nationals were staying, Mr Mujahid said…

Seven Daesh Members Killed in Kabul

By Mursaleen Muwahed in Tolo News, Jan 4, 2023 at 10:47 PMSeven Daesh members were killed and seven more were arrested during an operation by security forces in Kabul on Wednesday. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, said on Twitter that the operation was conducted in Qalacha and Shahada-e-Saliheen areas in Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. Mujahid added that meanwhile, two Daesh members were arrested in another operation in Nimroz on Wednesday.https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-181477