Taliban Implements New Identity Verification Policy For Refugees From Pakistan

Previously, Karimi worked as the deputy spokesperson of the Taliban. The Taliban has not publicly announced the appointment of Karimi as the group’s ambassador to China.

Sources from the Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul confirmed to Afghanistan International on Saturday that Bilal Karimi has arrived in Beijing and is set to fill in the position of Taliban’s ambassador.

Bilal Karimi was a member of the Cultural Commission of the Taliban before the group’s takeover of power in August 2021. He was later appointed as the deputy spokesperson of the group.

China has not yet recognised the Taliban government, but has close commercial and political relations with this group.

Earlier, Beijing appointed a new ambassador for Afghanistan who in Kabul, handed over his credentials to Mullah Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the Taliban.

After the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, China was one of the first countries after Pakistan and Russia to accept Taliban diplomats.

The views of human rights activists, politicians, artists, politicians, and teachers are supposed to be reflected in this campaign.

Amnesty International is urging all human rights activists, protestors, and various groups to send messages of solidarity and support for Afghan women and girls in the period starting from November 25 to December 10. Afghan women and girls are encouraged to share their experiences using the hashtags provided by the rights organisation.

On X social media platform, the organisation stated, "Today as we launch the #16DaysOfActivism, we will feature messages from human rights defenders, activists, protestors, artists, politicians, and teachers.”

Amnesty International requested that the following hashtags be used in sharing messages: #speakupforafghanwomen, #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGenderBasedViolence, #16DaysOfActivism.

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Samar told Afghanistan International that the interest issue has caused the international community to show flexibility to the Taliban.

In an exclusive interview with Radio Afghanistan International, she added that the Taliban has deprived women in Afghanistan of all their rights and emphasised that it is unprecedented in the world.

Samar said that, although Afghan women's rights have not been mentioned in the Doha Agreement, the UN Security Council, which positions itself as a global advocate for human rights, has approved the agreement.

The Doha Agreement was signed on February 29, 2020, between representatives of the Taliban and the United States in Qatar. A few weeks later, by passing a resolution, the UN Security Council endorsed the agreement and the joint declaration between the government of Afghanistan and the United States, which was signed at the same time in Kabul.

A section of the Doha Agreement, states that the United States will request the recognition and approval of the agreement by the United Nations Security Council.

Samar added that families of the Taliban send group members to religious schools for various reasons, including poverty. She said that a majority of the Taliban members did not experience the love and affection of a mother during their childhood.

She expressed concerns that, due to the deprivation of mothers' affections, the Taliban may lack respect for women, including their own mothers.

Samar said that the Taliban are now forcing people to send their children to religious schools. A place where, according to her, "there is free bread, but children are brainwashed”.

Radio Television Afghanistan, controlled by the Taliban, quoted Zadran as saying, "A grenade was thrown into the water tank by unknown persons, which luckily did not cause any casualties."

On Friday evening, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) had announced that it had killed and wounded four Taliban members, including a commander of the group, in an attack in the 5th police district of Kabul.

The front said that the Taliban commander who was killed in the attack was Mohammad Younes Torabi and three of his men were wounded. The Taliban has not confirmed the death of these individuals in its announcement.

AFF also released a video on Friday that shows the moment of the attack on the Taliban vehicle.

Several local sources in Kabul reported three explosions in the 5th and 6th police districts of Kabul city on Friday evening during a call with Afghanistan International. AFF claimed responsibility for all three explosions, stating that it caused casualties to the Taliban in these attacks.

The Front, actively opposing the Taliban by mobilising security forces from the previous Afghan government, announced that it conducted six attacks on its targets across various provinces of Afghanistan on Friday and Thursday.

In the AFF statement, it has been mentioned that the front's guerrillas carried out attacks in the Jabul Saraj and Bagram district of Parwan, the Koh Band district of Kapisa, as well as the 5th and 6th police districts of Kabul, and Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar province.

According to the front’s claim, at least 14 Taliban members were killed and 12 other members of the group were injured in six guerrilla operations.

The Taliban has not yet confirmed the casualties.

This joint statement, issued by Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan on Friday, was released on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website.

These CIS nations expressed their deep concerns regarding the persistent flow of narcotics from Afghanistan to Central Asia. The statement particularly pointed out alarming levels of methamphetamine, cocaine, hashish, and various industrial drugs infiltrating the region.

In a united front, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have declared their intention to bolster collaborative efforts to combat this drug trafficking menace. Their commitment, as reaffirmed in the statement, is to engage in effective, coordinated actions both nationally and internationally to address the global drug crisis.

Highlighting the severity of the situation, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon, in his address at the 78th United Nations General Assembly, reported that Tajik border forces have intercepted over 10 tonnes of drugs from the Afghanistan border in the past two years, underscoring the critical nature of the problem.