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Chinese Envoy Meets Taliban, Pakistan & Qatar Officials in Doha

Feb 17, 2023, 12:55 GMT+0

Yue Xiaoyong, China's special envoy for Afghanistan, said that he held discussions about Afghanistan with various stakeholders in Doha. Xiaoyong added that he met the director of the Taliban political office in Qatar, Pakistan’s ambassador to Doha, and Qatari officials.

However, the Chinese envoy has not provided details of his discussions regarding Afghanistan with the Taliban representative.

Xiaoyong stressed that along with Qatari foreign ministry officials, they agreed to keep engaging with the Taliban and further enhance China-Qatar cooperation on peace, stability, and reconstruction of Afghanistan.

The Chinese envoy also said that he had a useful meeting with Mohmmad Aejaz, Pakistan’s ambassador to Doha and expressed satisfaction on strengthening biliteral ties on Afghanistan.

China, Pakistan, and Qatar have close relations with the Taliban. Currently, Taliban diplomats have been present in the embassies of Afghanistan in the three countries.

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3.5 Million People in Afghanistan Addicted to Drugs, Says Taliban Official

Feb 17, 2023, 11:20 GMT+0

Mullah Abdul Haq, the Taliban’s Deputy Minister of Counter Narcotics, said that at least 3.5 million people are addicted to drugs in Afghanistan. Abdul Haq also said that over the past one year, 75000 drug addicts have been treated in the country.

Meanwhile, Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa, the Taliban’s minister of information and culture, said that everyone in Afghanistan has been affected by narcotics.

The two Taliban ministers discussed the state of drug addiction in Afghanistan at a gathering in Herat province.

Mawlana Islamjar, the Taliban’s governor in Herat, assured the Taliban officials that he will not to allow the cultivation of opium in the province.

The Taliban government has banned the cultivation, and trafficking of narcotics in Afghanistan. However, reports indicate that drug cultivation continues in some provinces across the country.

Bodyguard Kills Former MP in Kabul, Says Taliban

Feb 17, 2023, 09:45 GMT+0

Khalid Zadran, the Taliban spokesperson for Kabul Police, said that Mursal Nabizada, a former member of the parliament of Afghanistan, has been killed by one of her bodyguards. Zadran added that the suspect has been arrested and he has confessed to the murder.

Zadran stressed that investigation is underway to unravel the reason for the murder of the former MP.

Nabizada, a former member of the House of Representatives, was shot dead on January 16 at her house in Ahmad Shah Baba Mena in Kabul

Along with her, a bodyguard had been killed and one of her brothers had been injured.

Taliban Detains a Local Journalist in Kandahar

Feb 16, 2023, 15:50 GMT+0

Local sources said that the Taliban’s intelligence agency has arrested Mohammad Yar Majroh, a local TOLOnews reporter, in Kandahar city. Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban had summoned this local reporter to the Intelligence Directorate on Wednesday.

The Taliban authorities have not yet commented on the detention of Majroh.

Majroh has been a representative of the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association in Kandahar. So far, the association has not commented on the detention of Majroh.

Previously, the Taliban had arrested several journalists, artists, and civil and social activists in Kandahar.

Afghanistan Now Base of International Terrorists, Says Russian Envoy to Tajikistan

Feb 16, 2023, 14:06 GMT+0

Semyon Grigoryev, Russia's ambassador to Tajikistan, said that NATO has left behind a country that has now become a base for international terrorist groups. Grigoryev added that terrorists have moved towards the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

According to the Russian ambassador, terrorists threaten the security of Commonwealth countries and the members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

According to a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Russian Embassy in Dushanbe, Grigoryev discussed Afghanistan on Wednesday, at a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

The Russian Embassy’s statement added, "The war in Afghanistan affected all the people of the Soviet Union. More than 15,000 Tajiks were called to perform their international duty in Afghanistan, and 366 of them died.”

Grigoryev added that the 201 Russian military base in Tajikistan is currently the guarantor of the security of not only Tajikistan, but all of Moscow’s allies.

The 201 military base is one of the largest military facilities of Moscow outside Russia. This base is located in Tajikistan near Afghanistan.

Taliban Spokesperson Rejects Rumours of Differences Among Taliban Leaders

Feb 16, 2023, 12:26 GMT+0

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, rejected the claims that there were differences between the Taliban leaders. According to Mujahid, his comments about how to criticise the supreme leader of the group had been focused on the media.

The Taliban spokesperson said that foreign circles have misinterpreted his recent comments in which Mujahid said that the Taliban leader should not be openly criticised.

Mujahid added that his comments had not been aimed at a specific person, however, he spoke about the activities and criticism of the media regarding the Taliban leaders.

Meanwhile, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban's interior minister, had criticised the monopolisation of power by Taliban leaders in a gathering in Khost province on Saturday and said that the current situation is not acceptable.

Haqqani had said that the current situation will result into rifts between the people of Afghanistan and the Taliban.

A day after Haqqani's speech, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid had said at a gathering at Kabul University that criticism of the supreme leader should be conducted privately.

Several senior Taliban leaders said on Wednesday that the legitimate desires of the people must be answered for the survival of the Taliban regime.