ISIS-K Claims Responsibility For Assassination Of Islamist Politician In Pakistan

President-elect Donald Trump had promised during his election campaigns that he would fire the officials involved in the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Sabrina Singh, deputy spokeswoman for the Pentagon, on Thursday, October 13, at a press conference, rejected the actions to remove the people involved in the "confused" withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan and said that the Pentagon had already conducted its own investigation into what happened in Afghanistan.

Singh said that the Pentagon had also completed its investigation into the attack on the Kabul airport in August 2021 earlier this year.

Sabrina Singh expressed ignorance about the new investigation about the departure from Afghanistan and the attack on the Kabul airport and said, "I am not aware of any other investigation that is currently underway in the US Department of Defence."

This official of the US Defence Ministry said that she does not intend to comment on the statements of Donald Trump, the president-elect of the US, regarding the dismissal of the officials involved in the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

She also did not provide specific statistics in response to Afghanistan International's reporter's question about the value of weapons left by the United States of America in the hands of the Taliban and said, "You can search for published information in this regard."

Donald Trump had previously announced the value of military weapons left by America in Afghanistan at 85 billion dollars.

Previously, Donald Trump had announced during his election campaign that in case of victory, the military officials who managed the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan would be asked to resign. Trump said, "I want their immediate resignation."

Trump also said before the US election, “If I were the president, the tragedy in Afghanistan would never have happened." He added that if he was the president, he would have kept the Bagram base, but now this base is in the possession of China.

Although there is still about a month left until Donald Trump enters the White House, he has pledged to investigate the "chaotic withdrawal" of American troops from Afghanistan and remove those responsible from the US government.

Some locals said that having songs or videos on cellphones could lead to a day in jail.

Local sources told the Pashto section of Afghanistan International on Thursday that the ombudsmen holding meetings three days in a week in Khakrez, Boldak, Shawlikot and Zhari Miwand districts about their new laws and bring people to the meetings by force.

A resident of Kandahar's Miwand district told Afghanistan International that in these meetings people are advised to follow Sharia law, not listen to music and obey the Taliban.

Ahmadullah, a resident of Kandahar's Khakrez district, said that the Taliban advises them to conform to Sharia law, pray on time and accept the group's orders.

At the same time, some people of the mentioned districts complain about the inspection of private information in their mobile phones and the violent treatment by the Taliban forces.

They claimed that the Taliban imprisons young people for a day after checking their cell phones if they find songs or videos on it.

This action of the Taliban is in conflict with the request of Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Taliban, about not checking people's mobile phones and personal information and content.

Taliban holds meetings with people to explain the law. Last week, the representatives of the Ministry of Education, Information and Culture and the governors of the five provinces of the Taliban held a meeting in Kandahar regarding the promotion of the new law of vice and virtue.

Türkiye's Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday, November 14, that 13 children were among those arrested.

According to the reports, the arrest operation of these Afghan refugees was carried out on the shores of Ayvacik city, Canakkale province of Türkiye, and all the refugees along with the children were transferred to the extradition centre for foreign nationals.

Turkish police announced that their joint operation to identify, arrest and deport asylum seekers without residence documents continues throughout the country.

Recent findings by the media, including Politico and Der Spiegel, show that Afghan and Syrian refugees are abused in Turkish deportation centres.

The Turkish government has denied allegations of abuse in detention centres.

Türkiye is one of the main migration routes to Europe for immigrants. After the Taliban came to power in August 2021, thousands of people have entered Türkiye, hoping to reach Europe by following the difficult migration routes from Iran. A number of asylum seekers have lost their lives on this route.

The Saudi Ministry of Health said that this meeting will begin today, Friday, November 15.

The Ministry of Health of the Taliban wrote in a statement, that in this meeting, there will be a discussion about "reducing the resistance of antimicrobial drugs, its effective use and ways out of this challenge".

The Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia has also announced that the fourth global conference of interior ministers on "antimicrobial resistance" will begin with the slogan "from declaration to implementation".

Saudi Arabia, like other countries, has not yet recognised the government of the Taliban, but it has a relationship with it.

"We are pleased to announce that applications for the Chevening Scholarship in Afghanistan for the academic year 2025-2026 are now open," stated the official page of Chevening on social media platform X.

In an announcement published on the official website of the British "Chevening" scholarship, it has been stated that Afghan applicants can apply for master's degree studies in British universities from November 14, 2024 to January 2, 2025.

This scholarship had been suspended for Afghan students since September this year.

The arrival of the Taliban in Kabul in August 2021 greatly affected Chevening scholars.

Although Afghan students could not pursue their studies in Britain from Kabul after the Taliban took over, they had the possibility to travel to one of the neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and Iran to receive the Chevening scholarship and go through its administrative procedures.

However, this process was stopped this year. A number of Afghan graduates of the Chevening scholarship had previously written to the British government asking for the suspension of this scholarship for Afghanistan.

According to the information on the Chevening website, now students can also apply for the Chevening scholarship from Afghanistan.

The Chevening Scholarship, normally funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, offers outstanding students from around the world the opportunity to study at UK universities every year.

This scholarship fully covers the cost of education, living and health insurance.