Khaama: Afghan refugees in the United States have been asked to report to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices on Christmas Day, Afghan Evacuee Organization (Afghan Evac) said on Tuesday. The letters, dated December 25, instruct recipients to comply with a “scheduled reporting” requirement, prompting concern from advocates who note that federal courts and legal offices are closed during the holiday period. Click here to read more (external link).
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Khawaja Muhammad Asif
Tolo News: Following remarks by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan, who condemned Pakistan’s strikes on Kabul and likened Islamabad’s approach to India’s attacks on Pakistan, Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has now rejected the comparison. Khawaja Asif claimed that Pakistan’s operations against Afghanistan were targeted and specifically aimed at verified Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) centers, which he said pose a serious threat to Pakistan’s security. Click here to read more (external link).
Joe Biden (father of Hunter Biden)
Ariana: In a wide-ranging interview aired Monday on The Shawn Ryan Show podcast, the former first son described the execution of the Afghanistan withdrawal as a failure, while maintaining that ending the war itself was the right decision. “I think the failure — one of the failures — was the way in which they executed the withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Hunter Biden said, calling it an “obvious failure” that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members. He added that while responsibility could be shared among military leaders and officials, “the buck stops with the president.” Click here to read more (external link).
Amu: The four-day competition is being held in the traditional Giro Giruman wrestling style and is aimed at identifying top performers for Afghanistan’s national wrestling team. Click here to read more (external link).
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Amu: Noor Jalal Jalali, the Taliban health minister, said on Tuesday that the country is seeking to reduce its reliance on medicines imported from Pakistan, which he said previously supplied up to 70% of Afghanistan’s pharmaceutical market. Taliban stopped the imports of medicines from Pakistan in November after heightened tensions with the neighboring country. Click here to read more (external link).
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Fazlur Rehman
Tolo News: Fazal-ur-Rehman said: “In seventy-eight years, Afghanistan has never been a friend of Pakistan. Isn’t that a failure of our policy toward Afghanistan? We must reflect on our own policies. From Zahir Shah to Ashraf Ghani, we’ve never had a friendly government in Afghanistan. Why is that? It’s true that we deliver speeches in our own country and place the blame on others, but we must also look into our own conscience, even for a moment.” In another speech yesterday at a gathering of religious scholars in Karachi, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman also criticized Pakistan for bombing Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: Afghanistan’s women’s volleyball team secured their first Central Asian Championship win, defeating Bangladesh 3–1 in Malé after earlier losses in the tournament. The Central Asian championship features teams from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Kyrgyzstan and runs from December 19 to December 25, providing a rare competitive platform for women’s volleyball teams from the region. Click here to read more (external link).
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Afghanistan International: Opposition parties in Pakistan have voiced concern over deteriorating relations between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban and called for disputes to be resolved through dialogue. Following a two-day meeting in Islamabad, the Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan coalition said in a statement that it supports reopening border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan and resuming bilateral trade. Click here to read more (external link).
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