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Trump's Confusing Debate Comment About 'Abdul' Has A Strange, Shifting Backstory
3 months, 1 week ago

Trump's Confusing Debate Comment About 'Abdul' Has A Strange, Shifting Backstory

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING During a strange moment in Tuesday’s presidential debate, Donald Trump made a passing reference to “Abdul” — no last name — and said that as president, he sent a picture of Abdul’s own house to him as a threat. During a July speech, Trump recounted a conversation with a Taliban leader — “let’s call him Mohammed” — …

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An Iranian Reversal on Afghan Refugees
1 year ago

An Iranian Reversal on Afghan Refugees

The Diplomat  

Along the 582-mile Iran-Afghanistan border, there are at least three legal border crossings and several unmonitored points of ingress and egress. While most of these journeys have been to avoid persecution at the Taliban’s hand, poverty and a lack of employment opportunities amid a grinding economic crisis in Afghanistan have pushed even more Afghans into Iran. In April 2022, Iranian …

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Afghanistan's Taliban reopen key trade route with Pakistan
1 year, 10 months ago

Afghanistan's Taliban reopen key trade route with Pakistan

The Hindu  

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers reopened a key border crossing with Pakistan Thursday, allowing thousands of trucks carrying desperately needed food and other items to creep forward for the first time in days, officials said. The Taliban government said they closed the Torkham border crossing because of Pakistan’s alleged refusal to allow Afghan immigrants and their caretakers to enter Pakistan for medical …

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Pakistan Defence Minister in Kabul over shut border crossing
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan Defence Minister in Kabul over shut border crossing

The Hindu  

Pakistan's Defence Minister was in Afghanistan on Wednesday, meeting with officials there in an effort to resolve this week's closure by the Taliban administration of a key border crossing between the two neighbouring countries, officials said. Taliban security forces on Sunday closed the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan and on Monday traded fire with Pakistani border guards. The Taliban government …

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Pakistan defense minister in Kabul over shut border crossing
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan defense minister in Kabul over shut border crossing

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s defense minister was in Afghanistan on Wednesday, meeting with officials there in an effort to resolve this week’s closure by the Taliban administration of a key border crossing between the two neighboring countries, officials said. Taliban security forces on Sunday closed the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan and on Monday traded fire with Pakistani border guards. The …

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Pakistan’s defence and spy chiefs discuss security with Taliban
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan’s defence and spy chiefs discuss security with Taliban

Al Jazeera  

High-level delegation visits Afghanistan’s capital, days after closure of major border crossing between two countries. Islamabad, Pakistan – A senior Pakistani delegation has visited Afghanistan’s capital for talks with Taliban officials, days after the closure of their busiest border crossing raised tensions between the two countries. Pakistani Defence Minister Khwaja Asif was joined on Wednesday by other top officials – …

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Afghanistan signs oil extraction deal with Chinese company
1 year, 11 months ago

Afghanistan signs oil extraction deal with Chinese company

Al Jazeera  

The contract is the first major foreign investment deal since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021. Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has signed a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin and develop an oil reserve in the country’s northern Sar-e Pul province. Speaking on the occasion, Delawar said under the deal the Chinese …

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The Taliban has achieved political stability, says Suhail Shaheen
2 years, 4 months ago

The Taliban has achieved political stability, says Suhail Shaheen

The Hindu  

The Taliban has proved detractors wrong and has achieved political stability within a year of coming to power in Kabul, Suhail Shaheen, head of the Political Office of the Taliban told The Hindu. Mr. Akhundzada has maintained the reclusive style of the Taliban’s first supreme leader Amir ul Momineen Mullah Omar, who was rarely seen, partly because of security reasons. …

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Taliban say deal signed with UAE firm to manage airports
2 years, 7 months ago

Taliban say deal signed with UAE firm to manage airports

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban announced a deal Tuesday allowing an Emirati company to manage three airports in Afghanistan after the fall of the country’s U.S.-backed government. Under the deal, the Abu Dhabi-based firm GAAC Solutions would manage the airports in Herat, Kabul and Kandahar, the Taliban said. Baradar had traveled to Abu Dhabi recently to offer condolences for the death …

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Book excerpt | The Comrades and the Mullahs: China, Afghanistan and the New Asian Geopolitics
2 years, 9 months ago

Book excerpt | The Comrades and the Mullahs: China, Afghanistan and the New Asian Geopolitics

The Hindu  

Why did the U.S. have to withdraw from Afghanistan? The message was simple: China saw the Taliban as a legitimate stakeholder in Afghanistan’s future, and when it came to power, Beijing would have its back. China, as Afghanistan’s largest neighbour, he said, ‘has always respected Afghanistan’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, adhered to non-interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs and pursued …

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How deep are divisions among the Taliban?
3 years, 3 months ago

How deep are divisions among the Taliban?

Al Jazeera  

Sources tell Al Jazeera the discord is very real and if disharmony grows, it will spell trouble for the people. At that same August 17 media briefing, Mujahid went on to say, “There’s a huge difference between us and the previous government.” However, to those familiar with the situation, the current Taliban leadership is facing many of the same issues …

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Taliban sidelined Mullah Baradar due to Pakistan, Haqqani Network's objection
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban sidelined Mullah Baradar due to Pakistan, Haqqani Network's objection

Op India  

Days after the Taliban announced the names of cabinet members of the interim government in Afghanistan, it has now come to light that the acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund was chosen due to his close ties with the Pakistani ISI, reported Bloomberg. Given his public stature and supposed ‘moderate views’, it was initially speculated that Mullah Abdul Ghani …

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Taliban leader Mullah Baradar named among 100 most influential people of 2021
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban leader Mullah Baradar named among 100 most influential people of 2021

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar -- deputy prime minister in the Taliban's newly announced caretaker government and the top figure in the Doha deal -- has been named among the 100 most influential people of 2021 by Time magazine. In February 2020, when the US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad officially signed the peace deal in Doha, Baradar …

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Friction among Taliban pragmatists, hard-liners intensifies
3 years, 3 months ago

Friction among Taliban pragmatists, hard-liners intensifies

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a hard-line Cabinet last week that is more in line with their harsh rule in the 1990s than their recent promises of inclusiveness, said two Afghans familiar with the power struggle. On Tuesday, the Taliban foreign minister, Amir Khan Mutaqi, dismissed such …

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Afghanistan: Mullah Baradar refutes reports of clashes within Taliban, appears in interview to prove he is alive and unharmed
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan: Mullah Baradar refutes reports of clashes within Taliban, appears in interview to prove he is alive and unharmed

Op India  

The media was abuzz with reports of internal clashes within the Taliban between rival factions. Considering that Mullah Baradar was last seen on September 05 at a meeting with UN representative Martin Griffiths, several reports even suspected that the Taliban top chief was either injured or killed in the clash. Baradar refutes rumours However, putting the rumours to an end, …

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Afghanistan: Taliban’s Mullah Baradar denies rumours of his death
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban’s Mullah Baradar denies rumours of his death

Al Jazeera  

Former head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha says he is ‘absolutely fine and healthy’ amid rumours of internal divisions. A top Taliban leader has said he is alive, denying rumours of his killing that surfaced following reports of an internal split in the Taliban group nearly a month after it took over Kabul. The Taliban’s deputy prime minister …

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The Taliban story: Coup in 7 days, confusion for a month over who's the baap!
3 years, 3 months ago

The Taliban story: Coup in 7 days, confusion for a month over who's the baap!

India Today  

Exactly a month ago, the Taliban captured Kabul, completing the final takeover of Afghanistan in a matter of days. Sirajuddin Haqqani has closer contacts with the Pakistan Army’s Inter-Services Intelligence, which fancies a ring-master’s role in the Taliban circus, while Mullah Baradar has had a chequered history with the Pakistani establishment. Mullah Baradar, the political chief of the pre-coup Taliban, …

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Major fight between Taliban leaders for credit over Afghanistan takeover: Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Major fight between Taliban leaders for credit over Afghanistan takeover: Report

India Today  

Days after the Taliban announced its interim government in Afghanistan, a major row was reported between its top leaders at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Supporters of the two rival factions in the Taliban got into an altercation at the Presidential Palace, the BBC reported. The dispute within the group came to light after Taliban co-founder and deputy prime minister …

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Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar releases audio statement amid rumours of death
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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The Taliban regime | Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

The Taliban regime | Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Three weeks after they captured Kabul, the Taliban, on September 7, announced their interim government, ending all speculations on whether the new administration would be different from the previous Islamic Emirate. Despite the Taliban’s promises that they would form an ‘inclusive government’, the 33-member Cabinet that would replace the fallen Islamic Republic government of Ashraf Ghani signalled a continuation of …

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Opinion | Taliban now has a government of the terrorists, by the terrorists, for the terrorists
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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Mullah Hasan Akhund is Afghanistan's interim prime minister: Why Taliban banks on this enigmatic figure
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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Explained | Who is Mullah Hasan Akhund? What does the Taliban’s choice of interim prime minister mean for Afghanistan?
3 years, 3 months ago

Explained | Who is Mullah Hasan Akhund? What does the Taliban’s choice of interim prime minister mean for Afghanistan?

The Hindu  

The Taliban announced on September 7 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 — Akhund did not. Akhund held a political role in the Taliban government of the 1990s, serving as foreign minister; however, …

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Mullah Hasan Akhund to head 'acting' Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar his deputy; Sirajuddin Haqqani gets interior portfolio
3 years, 3 months ago

Mullah Hasan Akhund to head 'acting' Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar his deputy; Sirajuddin Haqqani gets interior portfolio

Firstpost  

Secretive Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, who has never been seen in public, told the new government to uphold Sharia law in a statement The Taliban announced Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund as the leader of their new government in Afghanistan on Tuesday. As per The News International, the insurgent group’s top leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada himself proposed Mullah Hassan’s name …

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