Taliban Detains Former Jihadi Commander on Suspicion of Collaborating With NRF

Pakistani forces said that on Monday morning, the Taliban started shooting at a Pakistani force outpost at the Torkham border crossing.

The Taliban have not reacted to the reports of the gunfight yet, but the representative of the Taliban for Torkham announced the closure of the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Sunday evening.

Mohammad Sadiq, the Taliban official in charge of Torkham border crossing told Bakhtar news agency, that the Pakistani side did not fulfil its obligations and therefore, the Taliban closed the border crossing.

This Taliban official, who was speaking at the graduation ceremony of a religious school in Kabul, added that the unity of the Taliban has been a secret factor for the success of the group.

Stankzai said, "We have pledged allegiance to our Amir [supreme leader]. Whatever decision he makes, we consider it obligatory to obey it.”

The deputy foreign minister of the Taliban also added, "The Americans spent millions of dollars to create a rift among the Taliban members, but they did not succeed."

Recently, there are talks about differences and rifts in the leadership of the Taliban.

Earlier, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban's interior minister, had criticised the monopolisation of power in the leadership of the Taliban and said that such behaviour is unacceptable.

Mullah Yaqoob, the Taliban's defense minister, has also said that pride and arrogance should be put aside and the will of the people should be accepted.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus announced that none of these immigrants had a valid visa for Belarus.

Recently, many Afghan citizens have chosen Belarus as a way to enter Europe.

After the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, thousands of Afghan citizens fled the country. Many such individuals died in an attempt to reach Europe through illegal routes.

On Friday, the Ministry of Interior of Bulgaria had announced that the bodies of 18 Afghan refugees had been found in the country.

While the value of other regional currencies like Iranian rial and Pakistani rupee has been in constant decline, Afghani currency has been stable due to international humanitarian aid money.

Over the past few weeks, millions of dollars have reached Kabul and the Taliban have confirmed that they have received these packages as part of the international humanitarian aid.

However, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has repeatedly clarified that cash packages shipped to Afghanistan are deposited in UN accounts in private banks, and will be used by UN agencies solely for the purpose of humanitarian aid and other supportive programs. The money will not be handed over to the Taliban, the announcement had said.

There has been a disruption to international banking transfers and liquidity issues since August 2021.

He said that his criticism of the Taliban is constructive. The Iranian Sunni preacher had previously called on the Taliban to reverse their decision on the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan.

In his message to the Taliban, he said that his previous support for the group was because he considers the jihad of any country against the "occupation" forces right and believes that no country, Islamic or non-Islamic is allowed to occupy any other country’s geography.

"Our support for the Taliban was spiritual and we prayed for them and we knew this jihad was right," he said. "Today, when the Taliban ruled the country and formed an Islamic State, I advise them not to prevent women's education even for a day, let women get education according to Islamic principles."

The Iranian Sunni cleric added that he believes in "constructive criticism" and "the Taliban know that we are not enemies, we want their good”.

Since their return to power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed severe restrictions on Afghan women.

The Taliban have shut down schools for secondary and higher education and have prevented girls from education in universities.