Miscellaneous

AT News KABUL – Taliban forces have apprehended several key members of ISIS in Herat province. The arrests, carried out by the Taliban’s Special Forces over the past few days, were reported by Al-Marsad, a Taliban-affiliated media outlet, on June 2nd. According to Al-Marsad, those detained played crucial roles in …

AT News KABUL – The Taliban government on Friday rejected findings from a Pakistani investigation that blamed a recent deadly attack on Chinese workers on militants operating from Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman, told an Afghan television station that Afghanistan was not involved in the March 26 attack …

AT News KABUL – In a controversial move, Taliban chief Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada on May 28 dismissed Health Minister Qalandar Ebad, a trained doctor, and replaced him with Noor Jalal, a hard-line cleric and former deputy interior minister. This decision has drawn significant criticism and heightened concerns about the already …

AT News KABUL – At least 20 people have died after a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday morning, according to Taliban officials. Quraishi Badlon, the provincial director of the information and culture department in Nangarhar province, reported that the incident occurred in the Mohmand …

AT News KABUL – The Russian Defense Minister, Andrey Belousov, has emphasized the urgent need to fortify Tajikistan’s borders in response to the escalating terrorism threat from Afghanistan. Speaking at a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Belousov underscored …

AT News KABUL – Turkey has announced the suspension of its visa exemption agreement with Afghanistan for holders of diplomatic passports, according to a report by Daily Sabah. The Turkish presidential office stated that the agreement, which was approved by the Turkish government in 2008, will be suspended starting June …

AT News KABUL – In Khost province, Afghanistan, more than ten individuals were publicly subjected to corporal punishment, the Taliban’s Supreme Court announced recently. According to a press release on Thursday, May 30, each person received 39 lashes for various accusations, including theft and so-called moral corruption. Additionally, six of …

AT News KABUL – As the countdown to this year’s university entrance examination ticks away, a cloud of uncertainty hovers over the fate of female students in Afghanistan. With less than two weeks remaining, the Taliban’s silence on whether girls will be permitted to participate intensifies the anguish of aspiring …

AT News KABUL – Pakistan has asked the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan hand over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists involved in the Besham terror attack on Chinese nationals. The attack, which occurred in March this year, resulted in the deaths of six people, including five Chinese nationals, when a suicide …

AT News KABUL – Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has firmly denied the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, responding to security concerns raised by Kamchybek Tashiev, chief of Kyrgyzstan’s National Security Committee. Tashiev had pointed to a concentration of terrorists in Afghanistan’s northern provinces as a significant threat. Mujahid assured …