1TV: Pakistan’s interior minister said Sunday that the families of the Afghan Taliban live in his country, including in areas around the capital, Islamabad, and the militant group’s members receive some medical treatment in local hospitals. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 26, 2021 Local aid officials in north Afghanistan said on June 26 that thousands of families have been displaced as government troops battle Taliban militants for control of the key city of Kunduz. Taliban militants have already captured districts that surround Kunduz, which has briefly fallen under insurgents’ control at
Abdul Hai Kakar Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 21, 2021 Hafiz Naimatullah had his life ahead of him. Earlier this year he got married, and his conservative family had sent him to an Islamic school in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan to study as a mullah or Muslim cleric. Instead, the 21-year-old
Dorian Jones VOA News June 21, 2021 ISTANBUL – Turkey is seeking to play a vital role in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US forces by offering to provide security to Kabul’s international airport. But Ankara faces formidable obstacles. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the operation and security of Afghanistan’s Kabul airport are vital
1TV: “The Americans, before they leave, there must be a settlement,” Khan said in an interview with US news outlet Axios. “A political settlement in Afghanistan would mean a sort of coalition government. A government from the Taliban side and the other side. There is no other solution.” Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, has emphasized on the importance of Turkey’s presence at Kabul airport after foreign troops withdraw from the country. “It was raised also with the government of Pakistan, which had shown its consent with that issue. But meanwhile, the details of it has not been
Tolo News: [Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood] Qureshi rejected Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan and said most of their leaders “are in Afghanistan” and when asked about the presence of Quetta and Peshawar Shuras, or councils, he denied the existence of such institutions in Pakistan and said he “has been hearing of these terms for now
1TV: Certain madrasas in Pakistan provide military training to the Taliban, documents obtained by 1TV show. Such madrasas are located mostly in Chaman and Quetta, according to the documents. Afghan authorities believe that Pakistan’s government facilitates the operation of such madrasas. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s recent remarks and braggery of Mullah Baradar’s visit to Pakistan, in fact, unveiled Pakistan’s strategic depth in Afghanistan. The generals in Rawalpinidi are seeking to turn Afghanistan into a sixth province of Pakistan in the regional map and a solitude for its battle against India. Click here to
1TV: A top Pakistani politician has said that donations are being collected in mosques in Pakistan for supporting the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan military has long been accused of sheltering militants threatening the security of Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).