Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 17, 2022 Many of Afghanistan’s diplomats watched from abroad as the government they served collapsed in August. But five months since the Taliban takeover, many of them remain loyal to the fallen Western-backed government and have refused to hand over their diplomatic missions to the militant group. Many
8am: Taliban forces arrested Mawlawi Din-Mohammad Azimi, a former deputy head of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC). He is a prominent member of the Jamiat-e-Islami party. The incident comes as the Taliban announced a general amnesty after taking control of Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 5, 2022 Afghanistan’s embassy in Rome says it was forced to call Italian police for help after a sacked Afghan diplomat attacked the ambassador. The embassy said in a statement on January 5 that the former diplomat — identified as Mohammad Fahim Kashaf — entered the embassy building a day
Tolo News: Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in an interview with Radio-Television of Afghanistan (RTA) on Monday said that the Islamic Emirate will not include members of the fallen republic government in its cabinet. Baradar accused the former government officials of “being corrupt” emphasizing that even including a few of them will harm the integrity of the
Tolo News: Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said that some professional military and intelligence officials as well as strong army units were given promises before the fall of Kabul that they would be evacuated, and their departure was one of the main reasons for the collapse of the Afghan military. Ghani posted on Facebook a
Tolo News: “I believe political recognition will be more like a symbolic act. As you see, the recognition is happening in practice. A delegation of the Taliban attended a summit within the Moscow structure here with us and they had the opportunity to talk face-to-face with the (envoys) of ten countries,” Kabulov told the Russian
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 30, 2021 Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has again defended his sudden departure from Kabul in August, saying he had no choice but to leave the country as Taliban militants bore down on the capital after an agreement with the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump paved the way
Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate in a new move dissolved the State Ministry for Peace, the State Ministry for Parliamentary Affairs, the Independent Election Commission (IEC), and the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC). Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, said currently there was no need for these institutions and the leadership decided to
Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 24, 2021 The Taliban stunned the world with its rapid military takeover of Afghanistan in August, just as the last foreign troops were leaving the war-torn country. But observers say the militant Islamist group faces a battle to hold on to power as it struggles to transform from
8am: In an interview with CNN, former President Hamid Karzai has called on the international community to work with the Taliban. “The reality on the ground is that the Taliban are now the de facto authorities in the country,” the former president, who has recently been criticized for some of his remarks about holding the