report in The Express Tribune, Jan 8, 2023KARACHI: Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, chief of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has said that his group is “open to guidance” from Pakistan’s religious scholars if they believe “the direction of our jihad” is wrong. In a video message addressed to the religious scholars, Noor Wali Mehsud, who also uses the nom de guerre of Abu Mansour Asim, sought to justify the TTP’s violent campaign against “the international…
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by Zafar Bhutta in The Express Tribune, Jan 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan-Tajikistan transit trade agreement remains stalled, along with Pakistan’s dream to include Afghanistan in the agreement. During the Ashraf Ghani government, Pakistan and Tajikistan struggled to include Afghanistan in a transit trade agreement. Afghanistan had refused to become part of the agreement as it insisted that India should also be included. Pakistan, however, had conveyed that this would not be possible due to diplomatic…
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…
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…
by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, Jan 5th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would approach the interim Afghan government with a fresh demand to deny the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliates any space on the Afghan soil, official sources told The Express Tribune here on Wednesday. While the civil and military leadership decided to deal with the TTP and other terror outfits with iron hands, the Afghan Taliban would be asked to cooperate in this…
report in The News, Jan 03, 2023KABUL: Reacting to Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s statement about targeting the TTP hideouts inside Afghanistan, the interim Taliban government Sunday said it would not allow anyone to attack the Islamic Emirate and asked Pakistan to share its reservations with Kabul. The interior minister, in an interview with a local news channel had hinted that Islamabad might target the TTP in Afghanistan if Kabul did not take action to dismantle…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, Jan 2,2023 at 9:41 PMThe Ministry of Defense reacted to recent comments by Pakistan’s interior minister about the presence of Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the possibility of a raid on them by Pakistan in Afghanistan, saying that the Islamic Emirate is prepared to protect the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Ministry of Defense in a statement called the remarks provocative and baseless and said that any issues or…
report in ToloNews, Jan 30, 2023 at 10:03 PMThe US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, is due to visit to Pakistan, Germany, and Switzerland to consult with partners, Afghans, and humanitarian relief organizations regarding shared interests in Afghanistan, the US State Department said in a statement. West’s trip will be from January 29 to February 4. “The Taliban’s recent edicts have presented the international community with extraordinary challenges as we seek to support the…
report in TOLOnews, Jan 1, 2023 at 9:01 PMThe chargés d’affaires of Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad, Sardar Ahmad Shakib, on Sunday said his office has maintained relations with diplomatic offices of at least 27 countries in Pakistan. Shakib said he has held at least 70 meetings with representatives of various countries in Islamabad. “There were 65 to 70 face-to-face meetings. They come here and we also went there and discussed Afghanistan’s reconstruction with them. We…