By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, Apr 8, 2023 at 9:20 PMTurkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a press conference on Friday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that he will continue to interact with Kabul without recognizing the current Afghan government. Addressing the conference, Cavusoglu criticized the Islamic Emirate’s policy toward women and said that the recent orders issued by the current government are unacceptable. “We discussed the situation in Afghanistan during today’s meeting.…
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By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews Online, March 31,2023 at 10:59 PMThe Islamic Emirate denied the report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) claiming that the Tehreek Taliban-e-Pakistan group is based in Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said not only would they not allow TTP, but any other group that is trying to pose a threat from Afghanistan’s soil to other countries. “The problem of the TTP belongs to Pakistan, not the Afghans. If…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi IN Khaama Press, March 28, 2023Afghanistan University has announced to sell its library due to financial issues which led to the suspension of the private educational institution in the capital city of Kabul. The library accommodates nearly 3,000 books on different principles including political sciences, international relations, law, religious education, economics, security, and social sciences. The library includes bookshelves, a computer lab, equipped with e-books, and electronic search systems which facilitates issuing…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, Mar 27,2023 at 8:50 PMAt least six civilians were killed and several others, including three Islamic Emirate forces, were wounded in a suicide attack near a security checkpoint in Malik Asghar Square in Kabul, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran said. The eyewitnesses described the incident as a heavy explosion. “It was around 3:00pm. We were at the office of the deputy minister. A blast…
by Fidai Rahmati in Khaama Press,Mar27, 2023According to the intelligence department, Taliban security forces killed a key Islamic State fighter in a special counterterrorism raid against a Daesh hideout in the capital city of Kabul, District 12. The Taliban security forces launched a special operation on an ISIS hideout in the Butkhaak, 12 districts of Kabul city, which resulted in the death of Asad Laghamani, known as ‘Qais’ who was allegedly involved in the attack…
Report in TOLOnews, March 26, 2023 at 7:17 PMPakistan Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch called on the Afghan interim government to take steps against “terrorist entities and to ensure that they do not pose a threat to Pakistani people and Pakistani security forces.” Speaking at a press conference, Baloch said they are in “contact with the Afghan interim authorities on security and counter-terrorism matters including our concerns regarding terrorist entities which have hideouts in…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews, March 25,2023 at 7:40 PMFemale students in Kabul said on the opening day of the 1402 academic year that they once again felt hopeless as a result of the closing of their schools. They asked the Islamic Emirate to reopen girls’ schools above sixth grade across the country. Maryam, who was waiting for the schools to open along with thousands other students, said: “Why are schools closed to girls? When…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press online, March 19,2023Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Iran’s Ambassador to Kabul Hassan Kazemi Qomi and discussed the country’s economic and political situation. The foreign ministry in a statement said the two sides emphasized boosting economic relations and mutual relations between the two countries. Minister Muttaqi thanked Iran for returning the Afghan prisoners, the statement said. It is believed that the remaining Afghan detainees in…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, March 18,2023 at 8:37 PMIn response to the new UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution concerning the call for an “independent assessment to address the challenges in Afghanistan,” the Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the current government would cooperate with it if the assessment is aimed at fostering cooperation. Mujahid said the assessment should not be for producing propaganda against the system and based on false information. “We hope…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Mar 17, 2023Sheikh Abdul Rahim Muslimdost, in a recent interview with al-Mersaad Media, claimed that Pakistan is financing the ISIS group in Afghanistan. Muslimdost was a former founding member of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) who surrendered to the Taliban in March 2022, according to the media reports. In his interview, he claimed that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba provided 50 Lakh Pakistani Rupee to the ISKP in 2015. He…