Taliban delegation led by Amir Khan Motaqi to visit Norway

Spokespersons of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that an Afghan delegation led by the acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaqi is supposed to leave for Norway on Saturday, January, 22. Inamullah Samangani said that the Afghan delegation that will be comprised of a number of Afghan ministers...

Turkey, Qatar Reach Preliminary Agreement on Kabul Airport

The governments of Turkey and Qatar have reached a preliminary deal over running the Kabul airport operations, Reuters reported quoting Turkish diplomatic sources. The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation also confirmed that it reached an agreement with the Turkish and Qatari technical teams...

Taliban: European Union Opens Embassy in Kabul

The Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that the European Union has officially opened its embassy with a "permanent presence" in Kabul and has "practically commenced operations." Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the ministry spokesman, wrote on Twitter that the decision was made following a series of meetings...

Pakistan played major role in peace, stability of Afghanistan: Arif Alvi

Pakistan�s President Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan played a major role in the peace and stability in Afghanistan and that Islamabad made sure Kabul was not isolated. Alvi said in a media interview, that during the recent Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) summit he told its members that Pakistan...

Video of mistaken U.S. drone strike on Kabul home made public

The U.S. Central Command on Wednesday released declassified videos from a botched U.S. drone attack that killed 10 civilians in Afghanistan in August, in the final days before American troops withdrew from the country. The release of the videos came after a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed...

Six people including Taliban local commander killed in gunfire

Local officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the eastern Kunar province confirmed that a local commander including six others was killed in gunfire on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Intelligence officials of the Taliban said that the commander, his son, and five others were shot killed in...

Taliban to convene Economic Conference in Kabul

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has announced that they will convene a one-day conference called "Economy of Afghanistan" in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. This is the first time the Taliban is arranging an economic conference after they recaptured power on August 15 last...

Sarajudin Haqqani asks Taliban commanders not to seek revenge on previous officers

Acting Minister of Interior Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Sarajudin Haqqani directed Taliban commanders in Kabul not to seek revenge on security officials of the previous Afghan government and obey the general amnesty announced by supreme leader Mullah Hebtullah Akhundzada. Speaking...

US unlikely to return Afghan helicopters parked in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan: Kirby

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said on Tuesday the US government was still dealing with the issue of Afghan helicopters parked in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan but indicated the aircraft would not be returned to Afghanistan. Addressing a press conference, Kirby said: "We�re still working out the...

Taliban asks Norway to take lead in recognition

Deputy of the Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in economic affairs Maulaee Kabir meets with the Norwegian ambassador to Kabul Andreas Linedman and expressed hope that Norway would take lead in recognizing the interim government in Afghanistan. The meeting took place on Tuesday,...

Minister Orders Police to Stop Unauthorized Operations

Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani ordered Kabul police districts to avoid launching unauthorized operations and to not detain suspects or search people�s houses without consulting the ministry. Haqqani in a meeting with officials of the Kabul police districts urged all security officials...

Pakistan fired 21 rockets towards Afghanistan

Military officials in the eastern zone told on Monday that clashes broke out between Taliban and Pakistani forces on Sunday night in the Sarkano district of Kunar province, close to the Durand Line. Officials said that Pakistani forces fired 21 rockets towards Afghanistan, but that no casualties were...

Home of Freedom of Speech:
media and journalists in Afghanistan have lost their independence

Home of Freedom of Speech in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the situation of media, Afghan journalists, freedom of speech, and freedom of media after the Taliban takeover. The foundation on Monday, January 17, 2022, in a statement said that media and journalists in Afghanistan have lost their...

Former female Afghan minister talks about �sexual assaults� and �corruption� in the Palace

Six months after the collapse of the Afghan government chaired by the former president, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, a former female minister of his time unveiled several cases of ‘sexual assaults� and ‘corruptions� in the Presidential palace. Nargis Nehan, a former female Afghan cabinet member...

Women in Kabul ask Taliban to reopen women�s ministry

A number of pro-Taliban women gathered in Kabul on Monday, January 17, 2022, and said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is a system that guarantees national and Islamic interest. The gathering is rare as all the all-women demonstrations have been carried out to criticize and oppose the Taliban. The...

Taliban locates arsenals of commander Alipoor

A statement of the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that they have found two caches of ammunitions that belong to the former prominent commander of the Hazara people, Commander Ali Poor. The statement on Monday, January 17, 2022, read that the arsenals...

Pakistani NSA to Visit Kabul Tuesday

A high-level delegation of Pakistan, led by the country�s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf, is due to visit Afghanistan on Tuesday, Pakistani media reported. The visit comes amid rising tension between Kabul and Islamabad over the fencing of the Durand Line. The Pakistani media reported that...

UN: Taliban Trying to Erase Women From Public Life

A group of UN human rights experts warned on Monday against attempts to "steadily erase women and girls from public life," the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a recent statement. The experts said that large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and...

Islamic Emirate Deploys Around 2,500 Troops to Sar-e-Pul

The Islamic Emirate deployed more than 2,500 troops to the northern province of Sar-e-Pul to provide security there. "Over 1,500 Mujahedeen are settled in Squadron-3 and over 1,000 others stationed in Squadron-4. Now, also 200 Mujahedeen have graduated after taking six weeks of training," said Mufti...

Kabul Protest Spotlights Recent Killing of 2 Women

Women activists took to the streets of Kabul city on Sunday to protest the restrictions on the rights of women, as well as to call attention to the the recent killing of two women. Protestors also said that three high-profile women have been taken into custody by the Islamic Emirate. Activists claimed...

Detained Islamic Emirate Commander Brought to Kabul

Makhdoom Alam, a local commander of the Islamic Emirate who was detained by the government, has been brought to Kabul, officials said. Commander Makhdoom Alam, who was based in Faryab province, was arrested last Thursday in Balkh. The arrest of the commander sparked widespread demonstrations by residents...

US revenging Afghans by imposing economic sanctions: Chinese envoy to Kabul

Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu in a meeting with acting Minister of Interior Sarajudin Haqqani said that the US has been defeated in Afghanistan and now the country revenges the Afghan people by imposing economic sanctions on them. The meeting was conducted in the Ministry of Interior Affairs...

Pakistan: Final Durand Line Fencing Completed

Pakistan reiterated its pledge to fence the Durand Line, saying that the rest of the fencing would be conducted in a way that satisfied the Islamic Emirate. The issue of the Durand Line has recently raised tensions between the Islamic Emirate and Islamabad. Pakistan�s interior minister Sheikh Rashid...

In response to Imran Khan�s remarks�
Karzai: There is no need for foreign manpower in Afghanistan:

Following the furious reactions of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, common people, social media activists, and former Afghan officials to the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan�s statements over his willingness to send qualified and trained manpower to Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

US Representatives Demand Report on Equipment Left in Afghanistan

US Congress members in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for an overdue report on US equipment and property removed, left behind or destroyed in Afghanistan with the departure of the US soldiers from Afghanistan in mid-August of last year. In a letter sent to the Department of Defense,...

Taliban, common people react to Imran�s Khan:
Taliban: Afghanistan not need foreigners from any country

After common people, social media activists, and former Afghan officials furiously reacted to Pakistani PM Imran Khan�s statements over sending qualified and trained workforce to Afghanistan, the Taliban also reacted saying the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan does not need cooperation and assistance in...

US focused on supporting individuals of Afghanistan: Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday said in a tweet that he had met with top UN and International Committee of the Red Cross officials and that the US is committed to helping the people of Afghanistan. "The American people are committed to supporting the people of Afghanistan," tweeted...

Pakistan�s PM Orders Skilled Personnel Be Sent to Afghanistan

Pakistan�s Prime Minister Imran Khan said Friday his nation is focused on offering help to Afghanistan in a bid to turn away a philanthropic emergency. Tending to the third Apex Committee meeting on Afghanistan, went to by top Pakistani authorities, Khan requested them to investigate respective collaboration...

Young Girl Shot, Killed at Checkpoint in Kabul

Zainab, a young girl was shot dead at a security checkpoint while she was on her way home from a wedding party along with other relatives, her family claimed. Zainab�s family said their car was stopped at a checkpoint by the Islamic Emirate forces. The forces of the Islamic Emirate opened fire on...

Demise of a vote based system in Afghanistan, we acquired ethnic conflicts:Taliban representative

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan reacted to the recent so-called intra-Taliban conflict in the northern Faryab province and added that ethnic conflicts have been inherited from the previous Afghan government. A spokesman of the Taliban Inamullah Samangani in a Twitter post said that escalating and strengthening...