8am: Sources in the National Resistance Front (NRF) confirm that Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the front, and Salahuddin Rabbani, the leader of Jamiat-e Islami of Afghanistan, are traveling to Moscow. The purpose of the visit of the top leaders of the (NRF) to Moscow is to meet with senior Taliban officials, according to sources.
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 18, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Top leaders of Afghanistan’s Tajik community warn if the Taliban fail to deliver on their recent commitment to form an “inclusive” government in Kabul, they will not be able to maintain their hold on power. These former staunch Taliban foes, however, say they are willing to cooperate with
Tolo News: Mohammad Ismail Khan, a senior member of Jamiat-e-Islami party and a former mujahedeen leader, on Monday said the party congress that was held last week was “fake” and that the leaders of Jamiat who attended the event thought it was aimed at building a consensus among political parties around peace. The meeting was
CBS News: “He, in effect, is partnering with the Taliban against, in many ways, the Afghan government,” McMaster said of the president’s plan in Afghanistan. See the full interview with the former national security adviser, Sunday on 60 Minutes. Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and partnering with the Taliban has made the United States less safe,
Tolo News: Atta Mohammad Noor, the chief executive of the Jamiat-e-Islami party, on Saturday accused Salahuddin Rabbani, the chairman of the party, and Ahmad Zia Massoud, a party member, of trying to monopolize the chairmanship of the party. This comes two days after a number of members of the Jamiat-e-Islami Leadership Council, in a move
Tolo News: Chairman of the Jamiat-e-Islami party Salahuddin Rabbani has warned that if the main parties involved in the Afghan peace process initiate the talks without seeking domestic and international consensus, the process will be subjected to a setback. Rabbani also accused some members of the party of putting their own interests ahead of the
Michael Hughes: It is impossible to decipher the true motives that drove Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani to suddenly resign from his post although his allegiance to CEO Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani’s primary electoral opponent, is likely a factor. However, there are also other reasons to be considered including the reality that he was
Ariana: President Ghani has appointed Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Idrees Zaman as Acting Foreign Minister, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted. Mr. Zaman has been serving as Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs since October 2018. His new appointment comes days after resignation of former Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani. Click here to read more
Ariana: Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani resigned from his post on Thursday. In his resignation letter to President Ashraf Ghani, Rabbani said that the foreign ministry had been sidelined and that it was treated as a private NGO. Immediately, it was unknown if President Ashraf Ghani will accept his resignation. Salahuddin Rabbani had [a] tense