The Global Times, a Chinese government newspaper, demanded in an editorial on Thursday that the United States fund the Taliban jihadist organization by unfreezing Afghan government funds after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake killed over 1,000 people in the country this week. Views: 0
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Devastating Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan As Taliban Struggles To Respond
Hundreds were killed in an earthquake in the southeastern region of Afghanistan early Wednesday, adding to the country’s already-grave economic and humanitarian crisis. Search and rescue operations are underway. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake caused the most damage in the mountainous areas of Khost and Paktika provinces, which are located in Afghanistan’s southeast and border Pakistan. Advertisement […]
Taliban Orders Female TV Anchors to Cover Their Faces
The Taliban regime on Thursday ordered all female television presenters to cover their faces while on the air. The order was the latest example of the Islamist regime failing to live up to the absurdly optimistic “reform” expectations of the United Nations. Views: 0
‘Inclusive’ Taliban Abolishes Afghanistan Human Rights Commission
The Taliban recently dissolved Afghanistan’s Human Rights Commission along with four other departments established by the country’s former, U.S.-backed government, Khaama Press News Agency reported on Tuesday citing an original report by Reuters. Views: 0
Taliban Gives Pregnant Foreign Reporter Refuge As Her Home Country New Zealand Strands Her; Taliban More Humane Than Criminals Running New Zealand Who Answer to Synagogue of Satan
One has to be in a truly “messed up” situation to seek an offer of safe haven from the Taliban, a New Zealand journalist pointed out The Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s Maymana. © AFP / Elise Blanchard A New Zealand reporter, who ended up pregnant and unmarried while working in Qatar for broadcaster Al Jazeera, […]
Taliban: Explosion Kills 9 Children in Eastern Afghanistan
This picture taken from Google Maps shows Lalopar, in eastern Nagarhar, Kabul, Afghanistan. (Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times) KABUL, Afghanistan—An explosion in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday killed nine children and wounded four, according to the office of a Taliban-appointed governor. A statement from the governor’s office said the blast […]
Taliban officials consult with Iranian officials in Tehran
Taliban officials consult with Iranian officials in Tehran – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Sunday afternoon held talks with Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Molawi Amir Khan Motaqqi in Tehran. In the meeting, Amir Abdollahian emphasized that history has proven that the bond between the people of Iran and Afghanistan is […]
‘Not needed’: Taliban shut down more ministries and election commissions
The Taliban dissolved Afghanistan’s two election commissions as well as the state ministries for peace and parliamentarian affairs, an official said Sunday. Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government, said the country’s Independent Election Commission and Electoral Complaint Commission have been dissolved. Karimi said the Taliban also dissolved the Ministry for Peace and the […]
20 Years Unable to Defeat Taliban Now USA Freezes Afghanistan’s $9B Bank Deposits Causing Starvation
According to an analysis by the United Nations World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization, 8.7 million people are nearing famine — putting Afghanistan on the brink of a mass starvation. And children are among the most vulnerable… the country is facing numerous humanitarian crises, including a critical food shortage that some aid groups […]
Mobile libraries restart for the first time in Kabul since Taliban takeover
A mobile library bus went to a Kabul orphanage on Sunday and opened its doors for the first time since the Taliban took over the country, eliciting smiles from young book lovers. The mobile library is one of five school buses set up by a local organisation called Charmaghz, established by Afghan Oxford University graduate […]
US ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Reports Taliban ‘Disappearing’ Ex-Afghan Officials
The chief U.S. envoy to the Taliban on Wednesday expressed concern over emerging reports that the Taliban terrorist group has summarily killed or forcibly “disappeared” more than 100 former police and intelligence officers since seizing control of Kabul in August. Thomas West, who formerly served as the deputy special representative, said on Twitter that the […]
Iranian president’s special envoy consults with Taliban officials
Iranian president’s special envoy consults with Taliban officials – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN — Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan, met with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the caretaker Taliban government, on Tuesday. “During the meeting, there was a discussion about expanding relations between the two countries and […]
Taliban will be invited to next meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors
Taliban will be invited to next meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN — A member of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has announced that the Taliban will be invited to the next meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors. The reason that the Taliban had not been invited to meetings in Tehran and Islamabad […]
From punishing the Taliban to punishing the Afghan people
Following the departure of American occupation forces from Afghanistan it seems that the international community, especially the US, is moving from trying to punish the Taliban to punishing the Afghan people. It was the Taliban fighters, of course, who basically defeated US troops in the longest war in American history. This shift is exposed by […]
Taliban ban use of foreign currency in Afghanistan
The Taliban announced, on Tuesday, a complete ban on the use of foreign currency in Afghanistan, a move sure to cause further disruption to an economy pushed to the brink of collapse by the abrupt withdrawal of international support. The surprise move came hours after at least 25 people were killed and more than 50 […]
Taliban spokesman on rising ISIS threat, & relations with US, China & Iran
October 28, 2021 Description: In a recent extended interview with RT Arabic, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem commented on the adequacy of the Taliban’s internal security measures following concerns of a rising ISIS threat; relations with neighboring states and the international community (including the US, China and Iran); the makeup of the new Afghani government; and […]
In Video: First Public Appearance Of Taliban Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada
Afghani media has covered the visit of the Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada to the southern city of Kandahar. The visit is believed to be his first public appearance since taking control of the group in 2016. On October 30, Haibatullah Akhundzada visited the Darul Uloom Hakimah madrassa, where he delivered a speech to students […]
Iran: EU, Taliban asked to attend Tehran meeting on Afghanistan
Iran: EU, Taliban asked to attend Tehran meeting on Afghanistan – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has said that the European Union and the Taliban had asked to participate in the meeting on Afghanistan in Tehran. Foreign ministers of the countries neighboring Afghanistan met in Tehran on October 27. The Taliban […]
Taliban Government gains traction
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Acting Taliban Dy Prime Minister Mullah Baradar, Doha, Oct. 255, 2021 All indications are that the regional states are preparing to accord recognition to the Taliban government. The meeting of regional states and Taliban officials in the so-called Moscow Format last Wednesday signalled that the Taliban […]