Khaama: The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, has named 15 senior U.S. officials responsible for the country’s “disastrous” withdrawal from Afghanistan. McCaul’s list includes President Biden, Vice President Harris, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Deputy Advisor Jonathan Finer, and other top officials, holding them responsible for the Afghanistan withdrawal. McCaulRead More...

Afghanistan International: More than 20 countries supported the decision of Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands to prosecute the Taliban at the International Court of Justice. These countries announced that they condemn human rights violations in Afghanistan, especially gender discrimination against women and girls by the Taliban. The countries said that they do not politicallyRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News September 25, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban confirmed Wednesday that they have formally sought to join the upcoming Russia-hosted summit of the BRICS intergovernmental group of major emerging economies. The leaders of the 10 members of BRICS, which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, are set to conveneRead More...

Germany deported several dozen Afghans in August — all of them convicted criminals — for the first time since the Taliban takeover in 2021. But the move has fueled panic among Germany’s large Afghan community, many of whom fear they could be next as Berlin tightens the country’s asylum policies and anti-immigration parties rise inRead More...

Afghanistan International: Aino Maina, a posh neighbourhood in Kandahar, was previously home to government officials, businessmen, and some “smugglers” during the previous regime. Since the Taliban’s rise to power, it has become a favoured and secure location for Taliban officials, with many of these homes now serving as residences and investment properties for the group’sRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Taliban’s police command in Panjshir on Monday announced the start of the second round of the process of collecting unlicensed weapons in the province. Taliban officials in Panjshir announced that no one has the right to keep or transfer unregistered weapons. The Taliban-controlled Afghan National Radio (ANA) quoted the group’s police commandRead More...

8am: Khalilzad is one of the most recognizable figures in Afghanistan’s political landscape over the past four decades, from the Cold War to the disastrous U.S. exit from Afghanistan. However, to better understand and clarify his actions and career, it is necessary to delve into his life so that readers can gain a clearer pictureRead More...

Khaama: A former Pakistani envoy to Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, addressing the Taliban, said, “Do you want us to harbour your opponents in Pakistan and organize attacks against Afghanistan from here?” In an interview with Radio Mashaal, Durrani emphasized that the Taliban must act against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and hand them over to Islamabad. Click hereRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front claims to have killed two Taliban members and wounded another on Saturday afternoon in the Sarai Shamali area of Kabul. The group stated that it targeted a vehicle carrying Taliban members in Kabul’s 11th district. Click here to read more (external link).

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Farangis Najibullah Khursand Khurramov September 22, 2024 Central Asian countries are taking steps to broaden relations with their southern neighbor, the Taliban-led Afghanistan, despite the hard-line group’s increasingly restrictive policies, particularly toward women. Kyrgyzstan removed the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations earlier this month, Turkmenistan resumed work with AfghanistanRead More...

8am: The Vienna Summit, now recognized by the U.S. House of Representatives as the sole political opposition to the Taliban, presents a valuable opportunity for political and military opponents of the Taliban, both inside and outside Afghanistan, to unite and coordinate their efforts to form a clear alternative for a post-Taliban future. The presence ofRead More...

By Ayaz Gul VOA News September 20, 2024 Islamabad — Pakistan and Iran have sharply criticized diplomats from the de facto Taliban government in neighboring Afghanistan for showing “disrespect” to their national anthems in breach of diplomatic norms. The controversy arose earlier this week after the Taliban consul general, Mohibullah Shakir, and his colleague remained seated duringRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Jamiat-e-Islami party has said that in the 1990s, the Taliban had set a precondition for banning women’s education and work to stop the war against the Islamic State led by Burhanuddin Rabbani. The party wrote that Rabbani had explicitly rejected the Taliban’s offer at the time, citing religious reasons. In a statementRead More...

Michael Hughes: In his farewell address as NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg suggested the weakness of the Afghan central government was decisive in the coalition failing to win the war against the Taliban, and undermined the alliance’s mission, which was justified in pursuit of countering international terrorism. “After 20 years we were still not winningRead More...

Khaama: As the third anniversary of the ban on girls above sixth grade approaches, Human Rights Watch (HRW) states that the international community has failed to take meaningful action to lift Afghanistan’s restrictions on girls’ education. The organization has urged the global community to apply more pressure on the Taliban to lift the ban onRead More...

8am: The Taliban have intensified restrictions against Shia Muslims by banning the import of Shia religious books and prayer texts into Afghanistan. Pilgrims returning from Karbala have voiced concerns over the Taliban’s harsh treatment and the prohibition on transferring these religious materials at border crossings. They report that during book collections, the Taliban insult ShiaRead More...

Afghanistan International: The UN Secretary-General reported that anti-Taliban fronts, including the National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front, have carried out 73 attacks against the Taliban. The report states that from May 14 to July 31, 2,127 security incidents were recorded in Afghanistan, an increase of 53 percent compared to the same periodRead More...



Tolo News: An investigative report in the New Yorker magazine, a partner piece to the In the Dark podcast, which looked into possible American war crimes committed in Afghanistan and Iraq after September 11, 2001, maintains that the “military-justice system rarely punishes perpetrators.”  The investigation said of 781 cases perpetrated against over 1,800 victims, atRead More...

By Abubakar Siddique and Faiza Ibrahimi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 13, 2024 After the Taliban’s de facto government cut ties with a number of diplomatic missions operated abroad by diplomats loyal to the ousted Afghan republic, the British and Norwegian authorities have opted to shut down Afghan embassies on their soil. Both Oslo andRead More...

Afghanistan International: On Wednesday, US Representative Tim Burchett introduced a bill to the House of Representatives calling for US support of the “Vienna Process,” which involves the National Resistance Front and other anti-Taliban groups. The bill urges the United States and other nations to participate in the Vienna meetings. Several anti-Taliban groups, including the NationalRead More...

VOA News: In the following interview, McCaul accuses White House officials of “stonewalling” the investigation and mentions his September 3 decision to subpoena Secretary of State Antony Blinken for testimony even though findings of the full report were released Monday. “We’re still not finished with the investigation,” McCaul told VOA on Tuesday. Click here toRead More...

By AFP and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: Taliban authorities confirmed on September 12 that civilians had been shot dead that day in an attack in central Afghanistan but provided no further details. “Unknown gunmen have opened fire and have killed the civilians,” Abdul Matin Qani, a spokesman for the Taliban’s Interior Ministry told the AFP newsRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News September 11, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and neighboring Turkmenistan on Wednesday marked the resumption of work on a long-delayed gas pipeline designed to run through the two countries, Pakistan and India. The estimated $10 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India, or TAPI, project is designed to annually transport up to 33 billion cubic meters ofRead More...

Afghanistan International: A group of women took to the streets in western Kabul on Wednesday to protest against the Taliban’s policies toward women. Members of the “Afghanistan Movement to Change Women’s History” marched, chanting slogans against the Taliban, labelling the group as “terrorists,” and called for the overthrow of the Taliban government. The women, emphasisingRead More...

8am: The security and intelligence gaps created by the Taliban’s control over Afghanistan and the extensive presence of active terrorist and radical Islamic groups under their umbrella represent a significant and growing threat. This environment has created a remarkable opportunity for international terrorist organizations, including ISIS-K, al-Qaeda, and TTP, to strengthen and expand their operations.Read More...

Khaama: The House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Michael McCaul, has criticized the U.S. Department of State for its failure to prepare a proper evacuation plan. Despite the Taliban’s capture of Kabul, the department was unprepared for the evacuation process. After two years of investigation, McCaul’s committee released a 300-page report detailing the American withdrawal fromRead More...