The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Taliban announced that Wednesday, August 31, a date which signifies when the last American soldier left Afghanistan last year, as a public holiday. The Taliban are going to celebrate the day all over Afghanistan.
Taliban officials announced on Tuesday that in the past year, Afghanistan’s export to 10 countries has reached 1 billion and 364 million dollars.
Markus Potzel, acting head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) travelled to Faizabad of Badakhshan “in order to take stock of situation on the ground”.
Taliban officials announced on Tuesday that the group has hired hundreds of experts and specialists in the Taliban’s Ministry of Finance. Hedayatullah Badri, the Taliban’s Minister of Finance, said that more than a thousand positions are vacant at the ministry.
International community and the de facto authorities of Afghanistan need to continue to deliver humanitarian aid in order for 24 million Afghans to survive, said Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
Taliban officials forcefully displaced eight families from Tanbana village of Dara district of Panjshir province, local sources confirmed to Afghanistan International. Taliban members have accused these families of having ties with the National Resistance Front (NRF).
Foreign forces destroyed more than 70% of the equipment, facilities, and technical devices of the Kabul airport when they left Afghanistan, claimed the Ministry of Transportation and Aviation of the Taliban.
Taliban members shot dead Khalil ur Rahman, a resident of Dare Abdullah Khel in Panjshir province, on Sunday night, according to local sources. Rahman was among the 30 civilians who had been arrested on the accusation of having ties with the National Resistance Front.
Pakistan has started an operation against Tehrik-e Taliban (TTP) Pakistan in Afghanistan, claimed Rahmatullah Nabil, former Afghan intelligence chief.
A fire has been reported at the Ministry of Finance building in Kabul city on Monday. According to local sources, at around 10 in the morning, several fire tenders arrived at the scene. The firefighters are still trying to extinguish the fire.
Taliban commanders in Kandahar province forcibly took control of ten private transportation companies, according to documents reviewed by Afghanistan International. These private companies have been active in the transportation business across various provinces of Afghanistan.
Several Afghan political leaders are expected to participate in a meeting in Vienna, Austria, in September, to discuss issues related to Afghanistan. Ahmad Massoud, Rahmatullah Nabil, Rangin Dadfar Sepanta, and Fawzia Kofi, among others, will participate in the meeting.
The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced support for the recent decision of UN Security Council to end the travel ban exemption for 13 Taliban officials. NRF in a statement said that sanctioning the leaders of the Taliban is in the interest of regional and global security.
Taliban on Thursday announced that 182 people had died and 250 people got injured due to the recent floods over the past month. According to Taliban officials, more than 3,100 houses have been completely destroyed and thousands of livestock have perished.
A former military leader had claimed that al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan have increased 10-fold in comparison to 2001. General Farid Ahmadi, commander of Special Forces of National Army of previous government said that al-Qaeda has a stronger presence in Afghanistan.
Asif Waziri Taliban police spokesman in Balkh province told Afghanistan International that house-to-house search operations will continue for seven days in Mazar-i-Sharif city. Waziri added that the search operations had started on Tuesday to provide security to the residents.
Sources in Mazar-i-Sharif have reported a heavy presence of Taliban fighters across the city. They said that the capital city of Balkh province has been completely transformed into a fortified military station after Wednesday’s explosion.
Taliban officials have re-started house-to-house search operations without the presence of a female attendant in Mazar-i-Sharif city of Balkh province again, local sources told Afghanistan International.
Terrorism and extremism in Afghanistan are a threat to the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), said Viktor Makhmudov, Secretary of Uzbekistan's National Security Council.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, announced in a press conference on Thursday that the group has not yet found the body of the al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Mujahid added that the investigation into the murder of the al-Qaeda leader is still ongoing.
Local sources in Takhar province told Afghanistan International that Taliban members killed a former Afghan army officer named Nizamuddin in Warsaj district of this province, on Tuesday night. According to the sources, Taliban took Nizamuddin’s car with them and killed him.