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Explosion Takes Place Infront of Gate of Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Jan 11, 2023, 13:26 GMT+0

Sources confirmed that an explosion took place at the gate of the Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. According to the sources, after the explosion, gunshots were also heard.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban is in proximity to the presidential palace of Afghanistan from where the Taliban prime minister operates.

The images of the scene of the explosion published on social media depict a number of people injured on the streets.

Taliban officials have not yet commented on the nature of the explosion and the casualties caused due to it.

This explosion took place on Wednesday afternoon local time, and no group has claimed responsibility for it.

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Death of Kyrgyz Citizens in Afghanistan Prompts Kyrgyzstan To Investigate Spread of Virus

Jan 11, 2023, 10:53 GMT+0

Kyrgyzstan announced that the country is investigating the possible spread of a deadly virus and death of Kyrgyz residents in Pamir region of Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan foreign ministry said that a representative of Kyrgyz Embassy in Kabul has been dispatched to the Pamir region.

The ministry added that the situation in Pamir e Kochak is calm and there have been no reports of disease and virus outbreaks in this region.

So far, there have been no reports regarding Kyrgyz casualties living in the Pamir e Bozorg region due to the deadly virus.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan said that handling of the situation of the Kyrgyz people of the Pamir region is a priority for the embassy of the country in Afghanistan. The ministry has not given information about the deadly virus.

After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Kazakhstan has expressed concerns about the situation of Kyrgyz citizens of Afghanistan.

The Pamir region, which is divided into two parts, is located in the Wakhan district of Badakhshan Province, in the northeast of Afghanistan.

Earlier, Kyrgyzstan had announced the country’s intention to transfer 400 Kyrgyz families from the Pamir region of Afghanistan to Kyrgyzstan.

Minister of Labour, Social Security and Migration of Kyrgyzstan, said that the total number of these families reaches 1,500 people and they will leave Afghanistan by 2024.

Heavy Snowfall Impacts Traffic Movement in Several Provinces of Afghanistan

Jan 11, 2023, 08:45 GMT+0

Heavy snowfall has closed highways to traffic in several provinces including Ghor-Kabul, Badghis-Herat, Daikundi, and Salang. Abdul Ahmad Hamas, the Taliban governor’s spokesperson in Ghor, asked citizens not to travel towards the Ghor-Kabul highway on Wednesday.

Taliban local officials in Badghis province have also announced that the Badghis-Herat highway is closed to traffic.

The Taliban officials also announced that the Salang highway had been closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall.

Heavy snowfall has been forecast in several provinces of Afghanistan in the coming days.

Orders of Ruler Against Sharia Not Obligatory, Says Taliban Deputy FM

Jan 10, 2023, 15:06 GMT+0

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban, said that only those orders of the ruler that are in accordance to Sharia are obligatory. Stanikzai delivered a speech at a graduation ceremony of a school in Logar province.

During the Logar gathering, Stanikzai narrated a story from the era of the Prophet Mohammad and implied that the illogical ruler’s orders are not obligatory.

He also stressed on freedom of expression and said that Islam has given its followers the right to freedom of expression.

This senior Taliban official seems to challenge the recent decrees of Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, who banned the right to education and work of Afghan women.

Stanikzai, who was the leader of the Taliban's negotiating team with the Afghan and American representatives before the group took control of Kabul, had previously said in a meeting in Kabul in response to the closure of girls' schools that learning education is obligatory for men and women.

NRC Chief Calls for Unified Global Message To Taliban Leadership on Afghan Women

Jan 10, 2023, 12:56 GMT+0

Jan Egeland, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General urged for a unified global message to the Taliban leadership. Egeland added that the ambassadors of Qatar and Turkey in Kabul support his demand for female education and the right to work for female NGO workers.

Egeland is on a week-long visit to Kabul and earlier in a video message said that he visited Kabul to fight for women's right to work in Afghanistan.

The Taliban's decision to ban women from work and education has led to widespread national and international condemnation.

Many Islamic countries have also criticised the Taliban’s latest restrictions against Afghan women.

US Republican Lawmakers Meet Afghan Politicians in Turkey

Jan 10, 2023, 10:57 GMT+0

Sources told Afghanistan International that a team of US Republican lawmakers is in talks with Afghan politicians in Turkey. According to the sources, former Afghan spymaster Masoom Stanekzai; Uzbek leader Batur Dostum; and some other politicians have met with these lawmakers.

The US lawmakers have assured these Afghan figures that they will make US president Joe Biden be held accountable. Biden has been widely criticised for America's decision to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan.

Republicans have repeatedly criticised the US president and called the country's withdrawal from Afghanistan "disastrous".

Politicians and officials of the previous government in Afghanistan have also said that the Doha Peace Agreement caused the downfall of the republic political order in the country.