IRC urges US, Europe to reset their policies towards Afghanistan before humanitarian crisis kills more Afghans

International Rescue Committee has expressed concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation of Afghan people and called on the US and Europe to reset their policies towards Afghanistan before it kills more people. The committee said Afghanistan�s catastrophe is driven by policies of the international...

9/11 unrelated to Afghans, we should not compensate for its victims: protestors in several Afghan provinces

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, and condemned US president Joe Biden�s decision over Afghanistan�s funds and asked him to stop enmity with the Afghan people. Protestors said that 9/11 has no relation with the Afghan people thus; they should not pay the...

Afghanistan will initially have a-110,000-member army: acting Defense Minister

Acting Defense Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid said that Afghanistan will initially have a-110,000-mbember army and will then increase if needed. Speaking in an interview with Afghanistan state TV-RTA, Mujahid said that they have trained 10,000 people...

Islamic Emirate Might �Change Policy� Toward US If Funds Withheld

The Islamic Emirate issued a statement on Monday in reaction to US President Joe Biden�s Executive Order regarding the frozen funds of Afghanistan�s central bank, and they called on him to abandon this course of action. The Islamic Emirate said the funds were frozen against all international norms...

Afghan women�s open letter to Biden: Reconsider your decision over Afghanistan�s assets

An open letter written to the US president Joe Biden on behalf of 4,000 Afghan women and singed by 100 women reads that they condole with the people of America but the money belongs to Afghan people and should not be given to others. Afghan women in the letter said that masterminds of 9/11 were all...

Taliban Meets Envoys of Gulf States in Doha: FM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a tweet that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by the acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, which arrived in Qatar on Sunday, has begun talks with representatives of the Gulf states in Doha on Monday. "A high-level Afghan delegation led by Mawlawi...

Pakistan�s Khan Calls for Intl Engagement with Islamic Emirate

Pakistan�s Prime Minister Imran Khan in an interview with CNN on Sunday said the only way for the international community to deal with the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is to work with the Islamic Emirate. He said the international community should incentivize the Islamic Emirate...

Family Claims Former MoD Officer Detained by Taliban

A family in Kabul claims that their son, who was a former officer of the Ministry of Defense, has been detained by the forces of the Taliban. According to Javad Jafari�s family, two nights ago some individuals claiming to be members of the Islamic Emirate, entered their house at 8 pm without a court...

Taliban delegation to leave Kabul for maiden London visit

Sources in the interim government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that a delegation headed by Qalandar Ebad-acting Health Minister- to leave Kabul to the UK. The Afghan delegation is believed to discuss humanitarian issues along with other relevant matters. This is the first time that...

Freed Activists �Feel Pressure� to Not Share Details: Relatives

The relatives of the detained female right activists confirmed their release but suggested the activists are not ready to publicize the details about their detention as they are "under pressure" not to do so. Four female rights activists Zahra Mohammadi, Mursal Ayar, Tamana Paryani and Parwana Ibrahimkhil...

Hamid Karzai: fund belongs to no governments, but to the people of Afghanistan / all of it should be returned to Afghanistan

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday at a press conference in Kabul called on the US President Joe Biden to reverse his decision on Afghan bank�s funds and return all the fund to Afghanistan. Karzai said the fund belongs to no governments, but to the people of Afghanistan and all of it should...

Afghans condemn US plan to fund 9/11 victims with their assets

Afghans firmly denounce the United States for unfreezing Afghanistan�s central bank assets to compensate victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack, claiming that the blocked assets belong to the Afghan people. US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order on the blocked property of Da Afghanistan...

Taliban: no women will be appointed to cabinet

Suhail Shaheen, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan�s (Taliban) designated envoy to the United Nations (UN), said in an interview with Ariana News on Friday night that there in no need to include women in the new cabinet and that the Taliban�s current caretaker government is inclusive. He did say however...

Islamic Emirate: Geneva Call Meetings a Success

The Geneva Call summit on Afghanistan ended after a week of closed-door consultations in Switzerland. Latifullah Hakimi, head of the delegation of the Islamic Emirate for the Switzerland summit (Geneva Call Summit) said that the delegation had separate meetings with representatives from Switzerland,...

Frozen Assets Earmarked for 9/11 Victims Sparks Intl Response

US President Joe Biden�s decision to allocate $3.5 billion of Afghan assets--roughly half--to the victims of 9/11, faced widespread reactions inside and outside of Afghanistan. Biden on Friday signed an executive order to unfreeze $7 billion of the Afghan central bank�s assets frozen in US banks....

Armed attack on former Afghan government deputy CE left two dead in Kabul

Armed attack on the house of Deputy Chief Executive of the former Afghan government Engineer Muhammad khan left two dead and one wounded in Kabul on Friday night. Security officials of the Afghan capital Kabul said that the attack was triggered by family issues and conflict inside the house and that...

Biden Order Splits Frozen Assets, Half to Aid Afghans

US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an Executive Order to free up half of the $7 billion assets of Afghanistan�s central bank frozen in the United States. White House said the order was signed to address the humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan. According to the order, the US will facilitate...

Turkey to resume visa issuance in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif

The Foreign Ministry of Turkey in a statement said that visa issuance for people in the Afghan capital Kabul and the northern Balkh province will resume soon. The decision by Ankara was made after Afghanistan-acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaqi talked with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu...

Muhammad Wali Naeemi appointed Afghanistan�s Permanent envoy to UN

Afghanistan Permanent Mission in the United Nations in a statement announced that Muhammad Wali Naeemi has been appointed as PR and Charge d�affair to the UN. The statement reads that Muhammad Wali Naeemi could not assume his post on time due to his health issues and added that he will occupy his...

US seeking Taliban�s cooperation in anti-ISIS fight

Joe Biden�s nominee for CENTCOM Lt General Erik Kurrila said there are pragmatic instances where the US and the Taliban can come together and fight the ISIS-K and take out the terrorists� targets in Afghanistan. During his nomination hearing before the Senate on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, Erik Kurrila...

UN Reiterates Concerns Over Missing Afghan Women Activists

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as well as the UN Secretary General�s special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, continue to press for information and action on the "disappeared" Afghan women activists, calling for their release. The spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner...

Dispute Over Afghanistan�s Seat at UN Continue

Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Chargé d�affaires of Afghanistan Permanent Mission to the United Nations said corrupt officials of the collapsed government are attempting to stifle his voice to prevent him from sharing Afghan�s concerns for justice. Faiq�s remarks come after Mohammad Haneef Atmar, calling...

Ex-UK Defense Chief Suggests Recognition of Islamic Emirate

The former UK defense chief David Richards recently suggested that the West recognize the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan. Interviewing with the BBC, General Sir David Richards said it is time to accept that the war has been lost in Afghanistan and it is necessary for the world to work with the new...

Former UK defence chief urges the West to �recognise� the Taliban

The former head of the UK�s armed forces, General Sir David Richards, has called on Western countries to formally recognise the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban). Richards, the UK Chief of Defence Staff from 2010 to 2013, said it was time to accept that the war in Afghanistan had been lost...

Taliban reacts to UN report over Al-Qaida presence in Afghanistan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan reacted to the recent report of the UN and denied the presence of Al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan. The Ministry in a press release on Monday, February 7, 2022, said that these ungrounded claims that are based on no evidence and proof...

Five Pakistani soldiers killed in attack �launched� from Afghanistan

Militants firing from inside Afghanistan killed at least five Pakistani soldiers at a border post in northwestern Kurram district on Sunday, the Pakistan military said, the second such attack since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) came into power in August. The Pakistan army said it retaliated,...

Pakistan, China reiterate release of Afghanistan�s funds

During wide-range bilateral talks between the visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Chinese President Xi Jinping the two stressed provisions of international aid to Afghanistan and asked for the nearly $10 billion assets of the country to be unfrozen. After the meeting, a joint statement...

UN committed to providing aid for Afghanistan, despite political predicaments

The UN Secretary General�s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov said they will continue providing humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan in spite of political obstacles that impacted the lives of millions of people in the country. Speaking at a joint press conference...

Tens of ISIS-K affiliates surrender to Taliban in eastern Afghanistan

Provincial officials of the eastern Nangarhar province said on Sunday, February 6, 2022, that up to 50 ISIS-K or Daesh fighters surrendered to them. The local officials said that the terrorists surrendered following mediation by tribal elders of the province. Head of the Nangarhar Intelligence Directorate...

Mullah Baradar Calls on Govt Bodies to Provide Economic Plans

First Deputy of the Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, called on the government institutions to present their plans to tackle the economic meltdown and root out poverty in the country. Speaking to a conference in Kabul today, Mullah Baradar accused the previous governments of corruption, saying...