Khaama: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban, stated on the eve of the third anniversary of the fall of the republic that they had predicted the escape of Ashraf Ghani, the former President of Afghanistan. In an interview with BBC, Muttaqi said, “Ashraf Ghani was given power very easily by the
Afghanistan International: Former US President Donald Trump has labeled the Taliban as the largest illegal arms dealer in the world. On Monday, Trump criticised the current US President Joe Biden’s policies toward the Taliban during a public conversation on X Spaces. The Republican presidential candidate for the upcoming US election called the transfer of Afghanistan’s
Khaama: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the killing of its diplomats in Mazar-e-Sharif, has called on the Taliban administration to punish the perpetrators. In a statement released on Wednesday, August 7th, the Ministry described the murder of Iranian diplomats in Mazar-e-Sharif,
Afghanistan International: Afghanistan International has obtained the names of Taliban officials involved in transporting and sheltering Ayman al-Zawahiri, the former leader of al-Qaeda, in Kabul. According to the information, Ayman al-Zawahiri was brought to Kabul by Qari Khalid Hikmat, a native of Kandahar and the head of the 08 department of the Directorate General of
Afghanistan International: In a speech marking his first joint campaign with his running mate, J.D. Vance, Donald Trump asserted that the Afghanistan crisis would never have happened if he had been president. He also stated that he would have retained control of Bagram Air Base, which he claims is now under China’s control. Click here
Michael Hughes July 19, 2024 Afghanistan was not at the forefront of mind for most American voters in 2020, but four years later the situation is much different. With less than four months until the U.S. presidential election Afghanistan is at the center of attention, but not about go-forward policies. It is all about the
Tolo News: The Tomb of Nasir Khusraw, one of the historical sites in Yamgan District, Badakhshan, is facing the risk of collapse. Local residents said that no attention has been paid so far by the authorities and relevant institutions for the restoration of this tomb. According to historical narratives, Nasir Khusraw was born in 1005
The Conversation: For IS-K militants, Khorasan’s symbolic power is derived from the region’s importance to the emergence of one of the great Muslim dynasties, the Abbasid caliphate, in the 8th century. Yet Islamists are not the only group active in Afghanistan and the wider region to have gained inspiration from Khorasan’s history in recent years.
VOA News Carla Babb June 11, 2024 President Joe Biden picked the “worst of all possible worlds” when deciding how to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the former commander who oversaw the U.S. withdrawal there told VOA. Retired General Frank McKenzie writes in a new book, “The Melting Point,” that he briefed President Biden in February 2021
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 9, 2024 By Frud Bezhan and Shapoor Saber One of the Taliban’s first acts after seizing power in 2021 was to rename the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Since then, the militant Islamist group has changed the names of scores of prominent streets, squares, universities, and even a city.