Ariana: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has accused Washington of using ISIS (Daesh) to create insecurity and a rift among religious and ethnic groups in Afghanistan. Tasnim news agency meanwhile reported that Qalibaf also stated that the IEA had failed to provide security and that he called the creation of an inclusive government with
8am: On Saturday night (April 30), the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces led by Khair Mohammad Andarabi carried out attacks on Taliban bases in the villages of Taghanak and Paskundi in the Pul-e-Hesar district (in the Andarab region) of Baghlan province. According to independent sources, casualties were reported on both sides. Eleven Taliban members and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 1, 2022 The Islamic State (IS) extremist group claimed responsibility on May 1 for a bomb attack on a passenger bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the previous day. One woman was killed and three people were injured in the April 30 bombing, Kabul police said. No group has taken
8am: The National Liberation Front claims that they have attacked a Taliban checkpoint in the PD5 of Kabul. In a newsletter sent to Hasht-e Subh, the attack [had] taken place on Thursday night, April 29, 2022. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Mohammad Mohaqeq said the Taliban and the ISKP in Afghanistan are so intertwined that it is difficult for people to distinguish between the two. The remarks come as hundreds of people have been killed and injured in recent bloody attacks on religious and educational institutions, especially those affiliated with the Hazara religious and ethnic
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS April 29, 2022 President Vladimir Putin told Russia’s Security Council that while the situation in Ukraine is the country’s top national security issue, Moscow must also address possible threats emanating from Afghanistan and elsewhere in Central and South Asia. Violence in Afghanistan has been on the rise highlighted by an Islamic State
Navbahor Imamova VOA News April 29, 2022 TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN — Defying Taliban demands, authorities in Uzbekistan say dozens of aircraft flown into their territory as the former Afghan government collapsed last summer are the property of the United States and will not be returned to the interim government in Kabul. The decision is likely to complicate
BBC News: Lt Gen Sami Sadat said that eight months of Taliban rule has convinced many Afghans that military action is the only way forward. He said operations could begin next month after the Islamic Eid festival, when he plans to return to Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The Taliban Intelligence has arrested more than 10 former local commanders in Samangan province over the past three days, local sources have reported. In the past three days, more than 100 former local commanders have been displaced in the province to prevent from being detained by the Taliban Intelligence, according to sources. Click here
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 29, 2022 At least 10 people died on April 29 in a bomb blast at a mosque in Kabul, said a spokesman for the Taliban-led government police force. More than 30 people were injured in the blast in the Afghan capital’s Darul Aman district at around 4 p.m. local time. A