- 20 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityHaqqani
Pak-based terror group JeM, LeT maintain training camps in Afghanistan: UN report
United Nations, May 30 (PTI) Pakistan-based terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, led by 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, maintain their training camps in some provinces of…
Taliban to purge ‘people of bad character’ from ranks
By Jibran Ahmad KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Taliban have formed a commission to purge "people of bad character" from their ranks to protect Afghanistan's reputation, the group said on…
Taliban praise suicide bombers, offer families cash and land
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban praised suicide bombers who died during the war against the former government and its Western allies and offered their families sums of cash and promises…
Taliban won’t be allowed access to Afghan central bank reserves -Adeyemo
By Daphne Psaledakis and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Tuesday said he sees no situation where the Taliban, who regained power in Afghanistan…
US-Pakistan Relations: What Sanctions?
When the first reports came of 22 Republican senators in the US Senate moving a bill to sanction the Taliban and other persons/entities assisting them, alarm bells started ringing in…
By Sushant Sareen
UN envoy meets new Afghan interior minister wanted by U.S.
By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) - A U.N. envoy has met Afghanistan's new interior minister who was for years was one of the world's most wanted Islamist militants and is now…
Taliban’s Baradar says reports he was hurt in internal clash are false
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's acting deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a video interview posted on Wednesday to deny reports that he was hurt in a clash with a…
Analysis-Afghan Taliban victory brings new challenge: governing a country in crisis
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam (Reuters) - After a lightning military triumph and the departure of the last U.S. flight on Monday, the Taliban faces the challenge of forming a government…
Pakistan frets over security threats from neighbouring Afghanistan
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - There is growing concern among Pakistani officials about security in neighbouring Afghanistan, as the Taliban tries to form a government and stabilise the…
Taliban must fulfill its commitments: US
Washington [US] August 30 (ANI): US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that Washington expects that the Taliban must 'follow through' on its commitments. These developments came after the Taliban…
Haqqani-IS (K) alliance threatens regional security, fear observers
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): As India keeps a close eye on the formation of a new government in Afghanistan, there are fears that deep connivance between the Haqqani…
Taliban extend amnesty to Ashraf Ghani, Amrullah Saleh
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): Taliban have extended amnesty to ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan former Vice President Amrullah Saleh, senior Taliban leader Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani said. Speaking…
