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Taliban Forms 27 New Districts in 12 Provinces of Afghanistan

Feb 21, 2023, 11:33 GMT+0

The Taliban’s ministry of interior affairs announced the formation of 27 new districts in 12 provinces of Afghanistan. The districts have been formed in Helmand, Baghlan, Faryab, Farah, Sar-e Pol, Ghor, Badghis, Paktika, Zabul, Nuristan, and Kandahar provinces.

The Taliban have stressed that these new districts have been formed to provide better government services to remote and underserved areas.

The Taliban's Prime Minister office has ordered all ministries to activate their offices in these districts to provide better services to the people.

No further details about the names and locations of these districts have been provided by the Taliban.

Previously, Afghanistan had 364 districts in 34 provinces.

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Another $40 Million Cash Package Reaches Kabul, Taliban’s Central Bank Welcomes Move

Feb 21, 2023, 09:15 GMT+0

The Taliban-controlled Central Bank announced on Tuesday that Afghanistan has received another 40 million dollars cash package. The bank said in a statement that it welcomed any move that brings in money into Afghanistan.

The Taliban have said that the cash package has been handed over to a commercial bank in Kabul.

While the Iranian rial and Pakistani rupee have lost value in recent days, the value of the Afghani currency has remained stable in the market. Observers believe that one of the main reasons for the stable value of Afghani is the cash packages being delivered as humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.

In more than one and a half years since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, over 1.8 billion dollars of cash packages have been delivered to Kabul on a weekly basis.

Sending millions of dollars of "humanitarian" aid to Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban has been met with support and criticisms of many Afghans.

Critics believe that the Taliban benefit from international humanitarian aid. Earlier, Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front, had said that the Taliban regime would fall if the weekly cash delivery to Afghanistan had been cut off.

However, the United Nations has said it is necessary to save millions of needy people in Afghanistan through the humanitarian aid.

Taliban Arrests Pashto Writer Mohammad Ismail Rahmani in Kabul

Feb 20, 2023, 14:49 GMT+0

Sources said that Taliban intelligence operatives have arrested Mohammad Ismail Rahmani, a Pashto language writer, and social media influencer. These sources told Afghanistan International that Taliban intelligence forces arrested Rahmani in Kabul on Saturday.

According to these sources, Rahmani has been transferred to an unknown location and his fate is not clear yet.

Ismail Rahmani received a master's degree in Shariah studies from Kabul University and has been a religious scholar.

Supporters and some Pashto writers have expressed concern about Rahmani's arrest and asked the Taliban to release him immediately.

Last week, the Taliban arrested social media influencers Sadullah Didan, also known as Haji Kaka, in Nangarhar province and Imran Ahmadzai in the capital city, Kabul.

On Sunday, the Taliban intelligence agency released a video clip of the forced confessions of these two Afghans, who admitted to anti-Taliban activities on their social media pages that have not been posted.

Taliban Detains Former Jihadi Commander on Suspicion of Collaborating With NRF

Feb 20, 2023, 11:09 GMT+0

Local sources said that the Taliban has imprisoned Abdul Ghaffar Moradi, a former anti-Soviet jihadi commander, since the past 10 days. According to the sources, Taliban members had arrested 15 people from Aybak city in Samangan province over the past week.

The group has released the other arrested individuals with the mediation of local elders, but they have kept Moradi imprisoned.

The sources said that Moradi is being tortured during the Taliban detention.

It has been said that these people had been arrested by the Taliban after a flag of the National Resistance Front (NRF) had been hoisted in Dare Zindan village of Samangan Province.

The Taliban has accused Moradi of collaborating with the NRF forces. However, Moradi's relatives have said that Moradi has no affiliation with NRF forces and had not been aware of the people who hoisted the flag in Dare Zindan village.

Taliban And Pakistani Forces Engage in Gunfight At Torkham Border

Feb 20, 2023, 08:59 GMT+0

The Taliban and Pakistani border forces engaged in a gunfight on Monday morning following the closure of the Torkham border crossing in eastern Nangahar province. Islamabad confirmed that a Pakistani border force has been injured in the clashes.

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.

Taliban Members Obey Orders of Group’s Supreme Leader, Says Taliban Deputy FM

Feb 18, 2023, 14:41 GMT+0

Sher Abbas Stanikzai, Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, said that there is no "opposition and rebellion" among the Taliban leaders. Stanikzai said on Friday that all Taliban members, even if they agree or disagree with the views of the Taliban supreme leader, obey his orders.

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.