Abbas Karimi wins silver, secures second Paralympic Medal in Paris
Abbas Karimi
Khaama: Abbas Karimi, a swimmer from Afghanistan and a member of the US Paralympic team, clinched the silver medal at the Paralympic Games in France, becoming the runner-up champion. Mr. Karimi, on Friday, August 30, outperformed teams from Brazil and Spain in the Mixed 50m Freestyle swimming competition. Click here to read more (external link).
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Taliban Report Installation of Nearly 1,000 Security Cameras in Parwan Province
Afghanistan International: On Saturday, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), under Taliban control, reported that these cameras have been placed in important and busy areas. This move comes amid occasional attacks on Taliban forces in Parwan province. The National Resistance Front and the Afghanistan Freedom Front have claimed responsibility for these armed attacks. Click here to read more (external link).
Murky CIA-Taliban Ties Demand Scrutiny
Michael Hughes: The CIA claims it established a back channel with the Taliban to cooperate on operations against anti-Western terrorist groups, while suggesting dire warnings of Afghanistan becoming a terrorist sanctuary are overblown. The narrative has been spun harder recently, undeniably for political purposes ahead of a presidential election, but the covert agency’s assertions are hardly plausible, both with respect to the reality on the ground in Afghanistan and nature of ties to the radical movement. Click here to read more.
Al Qaeda Expands Its Footprint in Afghanistan
Foreign Policy: Al Qaeda has set up nine new terrorist camps in Afghanistan in 2024, a sign of the Taliban’s increasing tolerance of terror groups in their backyard in spite of pledges to crack down, according to an Afghan resistance leader visiting Washington this week. “These are training centers; these are recruitment centers,” said Ali Maisam Nazary, the top diplomat for Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) based in the country’s Panjshir Valley north of Kabul. “The Taliban have even allowed al Qaeda to build bases and munitions depots in the heart of the Panjshir Valley. [That’s] something unheard of, something impossible even in the 1990s for al Qaeda to have achieved.” Click here to read more (external link).
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Germany Begins Deporting “Criminal” Afghan Migrants
Afghanistan International: German media reported that the country began the deportation of “criminal” Afghan migrants on Friday, August 30. The magazine Der Spiegel wrote that a flight carrying 28 Afghan “criminal” migrants departed from Leipzig Airport to Kabul today. According to the report, these migrants, who had criminal records, were deported from various states in Germany to Afghanistan. Der Spiegel also mentioned that the German government paid each of the “criminal” migrants a sum of 1,000 euros. Click here to read more (external link).
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Pakistan’s Khan says IEA was ready to cooperate against TTP during his government
Imran Khan
Ariana: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, has claimed his government was “actively engaged” with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on cross-border terrorism and that Kabul was “ready to cooperate”. While talking to reporters, Khan rejected the criticism of his party’s government over resettling alleged terrorists. He said after the fall of Kabul in 2021, Pakistan asked the IEA to eliminate the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and they were ready to cooperate. Click here to read more (external link).
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Reactions to Zakia Khudadadi’s Paralympic Bronze Medal Win
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Khaama: Several domestic and international organizations have hailed Zakia Khudadadi’s victory at the Paralympic Games as historic and a testament to women’s resilience in the face of fear and ignorance. Zakia Khudadadi, a Parataekwondo athlete and refugee team member, secured her first Paralympic medal during the Paris Paralympic Games on Thursday. She claimed bronze after defeating athletes from Cuba and Turkey. Click here to read more (external link).
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