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1 month, 1 week ago

Taliban name student as Afghan envoy in Mumbai, India yet to respond

Talib means student, and the Taliban regime in Kabul has proposed the name of a student who studied in New Delhi as the Acting Consul at Afghanistan's Consulate in Mumbai. "In the city of Mumbai, India, the acting Consul of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Dr Hafiz Ikramuddin Kamil," Stanikzai, who also has an India connection, posted on X. Kamil, …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Construction of Afghan section of Turkmenistan-to-India pipeline starts

Associated Press

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Top officials of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan on Wednesday witnessed the start of construction of the Afghanistan section of the pipeline that will supply Afghanistan, Pakistan and India with natural gas from Turkmenistan’s vast reserves. The Wednesday ceremony to weld the first joint of the 100-kilometer pipeline section from Turkmenistan to the Afghan city of Herat was observed …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The West has a golden opportunity to engage the Taliban

Al Jazeera

The appointment of a new prime minister in Kabul signals the Taliban’s openness to dialogue. Professor in public policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, honorary professor at the University of York, and member of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute ICMD Expert Reference Group On May 18, the interim Taliban administration in Afghanistan announced that it has replaced caretaker Prime Minister Mullah …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Who’s Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Afghanistan’s new Taliban-appointed PM?

Al Jazeera

Kabir has been associated with Taliban leadership since 2006, when Mullah Omar appointed him as a military commander. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have appointed Maulvi Abdul Kabir, who played a key role in the 2020 Doha Agreement with the United States, as the country’s new caretaker prime minister, a senior official of the group confirmed to Al Jazeera. Appointment devoid of …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Taliban supreme leader urges world to recognise ‘Islamic Emirate’

Al Jazeera

Haibatullah Akhunzada calls on the international community to recognise the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. The supreme leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhunzada, has called on the international community to recognise the “Islamic Emirate” of Afghanistan in a message ahead of Eid holidays without touching on the issue of girls’ education. Akhunzada said the world had become a “small village” and …

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2 years, 9 months ago

'War Crime' : Danish Siddiqui's Parents Approach International Criminal Court Against Taliban

Live Law

The parents of Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer award-winning photojournalist of Reuters, have approached the International Criminal Court against Taliban for the killing of their son in Afghanistan in July 2021.Professor Akhtar Siddiqui and Mrs.Shahida Akhtar, the parents of Siddiqui, have filed a complaint with the ICC prosecutor to investigate his killing and bring those responsible,. The parents of Danish Siddiqui, …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Danish Siddiqui’s Family Asks ICC To Investigate Killing by Taliban As War Crime

The Quint

"This complaint will also highlight the dangers journalists are facing in conflict zones," he added. The complaint has been filed against not just the local commanders who were directly involved on the ground, but six members of the Taliban's top leadership: Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada Mullah Hassan Akhund Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Mawlawi Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid Zabihullah Mujahid Gul Agha Sherzai …

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2 years, 9 months ago

IC-814 hijacker Zahoor Mistry shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi

Firstpost

Sources suggest that Mistry was faking his identity and living as Zahid Akhund for the past few years in Pakistan’s Karachi Zahoor Mistry, the terrorist involved in the hijack of the Indian plane IC-814 in Afghanistan’s Kandahar in 1999 was killed in Pakistan on 1 March, according to several media reports. Sources told News9 Mistry, who was living under a …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Afghan acting PM calls for diplomatic recognition of Taliban

Al Jazeera

Mullah Hasan Akhund calls on all governments, especially of Muslim countries, to ‘start recognising’ the Taliban administration. Afghanistan’s acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, is calling on international governments to officially recognise the country’s Taliban administration, saying at a news conference in Kabul that all conditions had been met. Foreign powers have been reluctant to recognise the Taliban administration – …

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3 years ago

Afghan PM Mohd Hassan Akhund defends Taliban’s rule amid crisis

India TV News

Highlights The ousted govt had run “the weakest system in the world,” Akhund said We're trying to solve problems of the people as much as possible: Mohd Akhund Akhund urged people to pray for an end to the famine, which he called a test from God Afghanistan’s Taliban prime minister defended the group’s rule in a public address on Saturday, …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Why is Delhi holding an NSA meet on Afghanistan?

The Hindu

The story so far: Nearly three months after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will host a meeting of NSAs in the neighbourhood on November 10 to discuss Afghanistan’s future and how to deal with threats to security emanating from developments there. Confirmations have been received from all but China and Pakistan, and while Indian officials …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban Interim Government Vows to Not Let Afghan Soil Be Used by Pak Taliban and Baloch Nationalists

News 18

The Taliban leadership in Afghanistan has vowed to not let its soil be used by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the Balochistan Liberation Army to carry out terror operations in neighbouring Pakistan, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Qureshi and Pakistani spy agency ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Thursday to meet the Taliban …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban order fighters out of Afghan homes they took over

India Today

The Taliban on Thursday ordered their fighters to leave private homes they had taken over during last month’s blitz when the group seized control of Afghanistan, an apparent effort to impose order among Taliban ranks. Meanwhile, in the capital of Kabul, the Taliban fired shots to disperse a women’s rally demanding equal rights while the regional chief for the International …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban PM orders fighters to stop entering homes, grabbing properties, vehicles

India TV News

The Taliban interim Prime Minister, Mullah Hassan Akhund, directed all ranks on Thursday to refrain from entering homes on the pretext of 'searches', grabbing public properties and confiscating peoples' belongings in the name of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Express Tribune reported. The two decrees came after several complaints from various parts of the country were received regarding Taliban …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar releases audio statement amid rumours of death

India Today

The Taliban co-founder and now deputy prime minister of Afghanistan released an audio statement on Monday saying he was alive and well after news of his supposed demise went viral on social media. Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was last week named as the number two to Mullah Mohammed Hassan Akhund, blamed "fake propaganda" for the death rumours in an audio …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban leaders take flight from Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif, say flew freely after 21 years

India Today

Taliban leaders took a flight from Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif, with spokesperson and deputy head of cultural commission Ahmadullah Wasiq saying “we flew freely after 21 years”. After 21 years, we flew freely from the capital Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province on our Ariana Afghan Airlines without any worries," Ahmadullah Wasiq tweeted. On Sunday, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Qatar's high-level delegation meets Taliban leader Akhund, former Afghan president Karzai in Kabul

India Today

The Middle Eastern State of Qatar, which has played an outsized role in Afghanistan since the Taliban's sweep to power on August 15, sent a delegation to Kabul on Sunday. Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan met Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdur Rahman Al-thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar …

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3 years, 3 months ago

'Islam Advocates Equality': Hurriyat Tells Taliban, Hopes New Regime Will Bring Peace To Afghanistan

ABP News

New Delhi: The Hurriyat Conference expressed that the formation of the new Taliban government will put an end to the conflict and uncertainty in the country after four decades. "After the unfolding of confusing and chaotic events in Afghanistan during the past month, the Hurriyat hopes that the formation of the new government will put an end to four decades …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Many in Taliban's interim govt listed by UN; Security Council needs to decide steps on sanctions: Official

India Today

Many members in the “de facto” Taliban administration in Afghanistan, including the prime minister and foreign minister, are designated by the United Nations, and the Security Council needs to decide steps on the sanctions list, a top UN official has said as she warned that the ISIL-K remains active and “could gain strength”. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Special Representative for Afghanistan …

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3 years, 3 months ago

'Bloodbath Over, Full Protection': Afghanistan's Acting PM Appeals to Past Govt Officials to Return

News 18

Afghanistan’s acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund has appealed to former officials of past governments to return to the country and assured them “full protection”, saying the period of bloodbath is over and they face a humongous task to rebuild the war-ravaged nation. “We paid a heavy price for seeing this historic moment in Afghanistan,” Mullah Hasan said on …

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3 years, 3 months ago

'It’s a Big Day For Us': Taliban Deliberating on Inaugurating New Afghanistan Govt on 9/11

News 18

The Taliban-appointed interim government of Afghanistan, which was announced on September 7, could be inaugurated on September 11 – the 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks in the US that waged global war against al-Qaeda. According to reports, the Taliban have invited China, Russia, Iran, Turkey and Qatar for the inaugural ceremony in order to pave way for Afghanistan’s new foreign …

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3 years, 3 months ago

‘I Will Fight to Death’: What Ex-Afghan PM Ashraf Ghani Said Right Before Fleeing Afghanistan

News 18

Ashraf Ghani vowed to “fight to death” the night before he left Afghanistan, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. In an interview by Afghan-based Tolo News, Blinken was asked if he helped Ghani flee from Kabul on the day Taliban took over the war-torn country. Lotfullah Najafizada: “Did you help President Ghani flee the country?”Blinken: Ghani said night …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Taliban now has a government of the terrorists, by the terrorists, for the terrorists

India TV News

Taliban on Tuesday announced the formation of its acting government with Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund as the prime minister. Baradar, who was deputy defence minister during the previous Taliban regime, was arrested in Pakistan in 2010 but was released eight years later. Baradar was very close to late Mullah Omar, who gave him the nickname ‘Baradar’.The chief of Haqqani terrorist …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Mullah Hasan Akhund is Afghanistan's interim prime minister: Why Taliban banks on this enigmatic figure

Firstpost

Mullah Akhund has been an influential figure in Afghanistan since the inception of the militant group in the 1990s The Taliban announced on 7 September, 2021, that Mullah Hasan Akhund has been appointed interim prime minister of Afghanistan. While Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar and his deputies fought with the mujahedeen – a loose network of anti-Soviet Afghan fighters – …

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Taliban name student as Afghan envoy in Mumbai, India yet to respond

Construction of Afghan section of Turkmenistan-to-India pipeline starts

The West has a golden opportunity to engage the Taliban

Who’s Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Afghanistan’s new Taliban-appointed PM?

Taliban supreme leader urges world to recognise ‘Islamic Emirate’

'War Crime' : Danish Siddiqui's Parents Approach International Criminal Court Against Taliban

Danish Siddiqui’s Family Asks ICC To Investigate Killing by Taliban As War Crime

IC-814 hijacker Zahoor Mistry shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi

Afghan acting PM calls for diplomatic recognition of Taliban

Afghan PM Mohd Hassan Akhund defends Taliban’s rule amid crisis

Explained | Why is Delhi holding an NSA meet on Afghanistan?

Taliban Interim Government Vows to Not Let Afghan Soil Be Used by Pak Taliban and Baloch Nationalists

Taliban order fighters out of Afghan homes they took over

Taliban PM orders fighters to stop entering homes, grabbing properties, vehicles

Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar releases audio statement amid rumours of death

Taliban leaders take flight from Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif, say flew freely after 21 years

Qatar's high-level delegation meets Taliban leader Akhund, former Afghan president Karzai in Kabul

'Islam Advocates Equality': Hurriyat Tells Taliban, Hopes New Regime Will Bring Peace To Afghanistan

Many in Taliban's interim govt listed by UN; Security Council needs to decide steps on sanctions: Official

'Bloodbath Over, Full Protection': Afghanistan's Acting PM Appeals to Past Govt Officials to Return

'It’s a Big Day For Us': Taliban Deliberating on Inaugurating New Afghanistan Govt on 9/11

‘I Will Fight to Death’: What Ex-Afghan PM Ashraf Ghani Said Right Before Fleeing Afghanistan

Opinion | Taliban now has a government of the terrorists, by the terrorists, for the terrorists

Mullah Hasan Akhund is Afghanistan's interim prime minister: Why Taliban banks on this enigmatic figure