8am: Abdul Hakim Shar’ee, the acting head of the Taliban-controlled Ministry of Justice, stated that “there is no place for parties in the regime of this group, and mentioning a party name is a crime.” He made these remarks two days ago at a meeting in Kabul, referring to recent tensions between the Taliban and
8am: In recent months, global concerns about the strengthening of the ISIS group have intensified. ISIS Khorasan branch has expanded its activities in the region in recent months. It can be said that ISIS Khorasan has never been as powerful as it is now. The expansion of this branch’s operational field and the increase in
Ariana: Russia is considering removing the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] from Moscow’s list of terrorist organizations, but the final decision must be made by the country’s top political leadership. The IEA [Taliban] was recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization in 2003, after it was included in the UN Security Council’s list. Russia has discussed the
Sultan Barakat via Al Jazeera: From the religious perspective, too, the Taliban leaders must realise that they are accountable before Allah SWT for thrusting ignorance upon a generation of girls just so they can claim a perceived localised victory of tradition. When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan in their previous avatar from 1996 to 2001, the
8am: Reports indicate that the Taliban guards opened fire on civilians who were attempting to prevent the destruction of a wheat silo. Allegedly, the silo was being demolished to facilitate the widening of the Kandahar-Herat highway. This incident follows yesterday’s occurrence in Paktia, where four civilians were also wounded due to Taliban gunfire targeting civilians.
Khaama: Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior adviser to the New York-based Counter Extremism Project, told CNN that ISIS-K “has the desire and a growing ability to project beyond Afghanistan and carry out regional attacks” in Pakistan, Iran and Central Asia, bolstered by a robust media output in Tajik, Uzbek and Russian. Fitton-Brown said that in Afghanistan,
8am: Taliban continued their arbitrary arrests of women activists, former military personnel, journalists, and social media activists over the past week. Three protesting girls, who are sisters, and their brother were detained in Kabul. Meanwhile, members of this group forcibly took an underage girl from her home in Pasaband district, Ghor province, and married her
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 31, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban government in Afghanistan confirmed Sunday that they had detained “a number of foreign citizens, including two Americans” for allegedly violating their laws. Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief Taliban spokesperson, told the state-run Afghan radio they had informed the United States about the detention of its citizens.
Nafees Takar VOA News March 30, 2024 WASHINGTON — There has been a wave of attacks across Pakistan in recent weeks by militant groups operating in the region that have widely varying objectives. This week, a suicide attacker killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver in a convoy in Pakistan’s northwest. Pakistani Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,
Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate has rejected the Brookings Institution’s report alleging that Iran has been allowed to continue recruiting Fatemiyoun forces in Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, described the relations between the Islamic Emirate and Iran as positive and stated that no country is permitted to recruit forces or conduct