Chaos and confusion is the order of the day at Chaman. The international checkpost with Afghanistan is witnessing mayhem, and none are sure in ascertaining as to what is the reason behind it. The border came under fire from Afghan elements for the third consecutive time in a month, which literally proved that conciliatory and confidence building measures are not working. What is not clear, however, is whether the trigger-happiness is on the part of…
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by Amir Wasim in Dawn, Dec 13, 2022• JI, JUI-F lawmakers call for engaging Taliban regime through parliamentary committee• Dawar opposes talks with Afghan govt, warns of IS threatISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday informed the National Assembly that Kabul had apologised to Islamabad over Sunday’s “unprovoked attack” on a village along the Pak-Afghan border, while lawmakers called for engaging the Afghan Taliban government through a parliamentary committee. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned…
A convicted murderer has become the first person executed in public since the Afghan Taliban retook control of the country in August 2021, confirming apprehensions that the group would eventually return to the same hardline interpretation of Islamic jurisprudence that made them international pariahs two decades ago. Since Taliban supreme leader’s order last month for courts to begin issuing punishments such as public executions, stoning, flogging and amputation of limbs, several cases of flogging and…
Reuters report in The Guardian, Dec 8, 2022The Taliban put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said on Wednesday, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year. The execution in western Farah province was of a man accused of fatally stabbing another man in 2017, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, and was attended by senior officials of the group. The execution…
by Zahid Hussain in Dawn, Dec 7th, 2022The writer is an author and journalist.THE attack on the Pakistan embassy in Kabul last week raises questions about the Taliban administration’s capacity and resolve to fight terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil. The shooting that targeted the chargé d’affaires seems to be an extension of the militants’ war on the Pakistani state. Although the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) has reportedly claimed responsibility for the assault, the identity of…
By Pamela Constable in The Washington Post, Dec 2, 2022 at 4:46 a.m. ESTKABUL — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Thursday blocked transmissions by two news radio stations funded by the U.S. government, saying they had repeatedly “failed to adhere” to government press laws, “violated journalistic principles” and aired “one-sided broadcasts.” The Ministry of Information and Culture announced that it had stopped FM broadcasts by the Voice of America in 13 of the country’s 34 provinces…
Short of according diplomatic recognition Pakistan has done everything possible to help the Taliban interim government feel its feet on the ground and function as a viable entity to help the Afghans move out of their bitter past and join the international community as an equal partner. But the response has been laconic, in that it wants recognition first and anything then, and thus the Pak-Afghan bilateralism falls short of fulfilment, conceding space to elements…
Reuters in Dawn, Dec 2nd, 2022KABUL: The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan said on Thursday they had asked the Taliban to hold a ‘credible investigation’ into reports of extrajudicial killings, including of children, in northern Daikundi province. The Taliban have said that a gunfight in Daikundi between security force members and suspected armed rebels had resulted in deaths but denied that children had been killed. The UN mission (UNAMA) said it was working to establish…
report in Hindustan Times, Dec 1, 2022Taliban founder’s son and Afghanistan defence minister Mullah Yaqoob reportedly had rejected a request for meeting by Pakistan’s deputy foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar yesterday in Kabul. Afghan media reported that Yaqoob is unhappy with Pakistan’s conduct towards Afghanistan and reportedly conveyed his anger to the Pakistani side through concerned offihttps://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/pak-embarrassed-as-taliban-defence-minister-refuses-to-meet-hina-rabbani-khar-report-101669833142889.html.
Report in Dawn, Nov 16th, 2022LOWER WAZIRISTAN: A local militant commander, who had announced a few days ago to start policing in Wana town from Nov 15 (Tuesday), has said that peace is not possible in the area without the presence what he said ‘good Taliban’. Mir Ajam Khan alias Commander Tiger, having affiliation with a local militant group, came to the city police station, Wana, in a pickup truck along with a dozen of…
By Saqalain Eqbal in Khaama Press, Nov 14, 2022The Taliban supreme leader in a meeting with judges stated that enforcing Sharia law and obeying his orders are “Wajib” and stressed that the judges should not hesitate in implementing Hadd and Qisas. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesperson, described the judges’ meeting with Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader, and quoted him as instructing them to apply Hadd and Qisas punishments in cases that meet the…