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The Taliban have surrounded Hamid Karzai’s residence.
Several local sources have reported that the Taliban tightened security measures around the residence of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai this morning and barred individuals wh…
Hamid Karzai praises Fariba Hashemi for her achievement on the International stage.
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has congratulated Afghan cyclist Fariba Hashemi on winning a silver medal at the Asian Games, wishing her and other female Afghan athletes cont…
Taliban call on the public in Maidan Wardak to attend the flogging of one woman and two men.
Taliban authorities in Maidan Wardak province have called on local residents to attend the public flogging of one woman and two men at a designated location, in the latest instance…
Noorullah Noori: We have no concerns about the opposition.
Taliban minister for borders, tribes and tribal affairs Noorullah Noori says the Taliban has no concerns whatsoever about the activities of opposition fronts and that there is no r…
Taliban leader: Without knowledge, a person cannot live in this world.
Hibatullah Akhundzada: Without knowledge, a person cannot live in this world.Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s leader, emphasized the importance of knowledge during a meeting wi…
Mujahid: Demonstrations are associated with Democracy and have no place in an Islamic system.
Taliban reaffirms ban on all demonstrations in Afghanistan.Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban, said at a press conference on Wednesday that demonstrations are a pract…
Enamullah Samangani: “Today, there os no such thing as ‘national’ in Afghanistan.”
Enamullah Samangani, head of the Taliban’s Information and Culture Department in Kandahar, has expressed his views on the concept of “national” in Afghanistan, saying that under th…
United front: Taliban vice and virtue official killed in Kabul.
The “United front of Afghanistan” claims that its forces have killed a member of the Taliban’s ministry for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice in Kabul.In a statement p…
The Taliban are reviewing a proposal to construct a major highway in Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs, to discuss a proposal for the const…
Shakib Ahmad Nazari released from Taliban custody after 13 months.
Shakib Ahmad Nazari, an NTv Japan journalist based in Kabul, has been released from Taliban custody after 13 months in prison.A friend of Nazari confirmed that the journalist was r…