Category: Afghanistan
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Hundreds of Families May Be Evacuated as Landslide Risk Increases at Chehelston Mountain in Kabul
Officials from the National Disaster Management Authority under Taliban control say that part of Chehelston Mountain in the seventh district of Kabul city is in an alarming condition, and a number of families living around it may be relocated to safe areas. Mohammad Yousuf Hammad, spokesman for this department, said on Saturday, September 19, that…
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Naji to Taliban Governor: We Fight So That Emirate and Allegiance Are Abolished
Davood Naji, head of the political committee of the Afghanistan Freedom Front, in response to recent remarks by Rahmatullah Najib, the Taliban governor in Badakhshan, said that this front is fighting to end the system of “Emirate” and “allegiance” (bay’ah). Naji wrote in a message published on X on Friday, September 18, that the goal…
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Resolution to Honor and Pay Tribute to Ahmad Shah Massoud in the US
Eugene Vindman, a Democratic representative in the US House of Representatives, has introduced a resolution to honor and pay tribute to Ahmad Shah Massoud, the former commander of the Afghan resistance. Mohammad Javad Rahimi, a member of the Democratic Party, has said that this resolution was registered in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday,…
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Taliban Reports Forced Deportation of 685 Afghan Migrants
The Taliban group has announced that 155 families comprising 685 Afghan migrants were forcibly returned to Afghanistan the previous day. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban, said on Saturday, September 19, that 58 families comprising 272 people entered the country through the Torkham crossing in Nangarhar. According to him, 10 families comprising 61 people…
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Discussion of 500 kV Electricity Transmission from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s electricity company (Breshna) under Taliban control has reported a meeting between officials of the company and Murad Artikov, head of the TAP project. Breshna announced on Saturday, September 19, that during this meeting, the progress of the 500 kV electricity transmission project and its implementation process were discussed. According to the company, the implementation…
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Nearly 100 Civil Society Organizations Call for Extension of Afghanistan Human Rights Rapporteur’s Mandate
Nearly 100 Afghan civil society organizations, along with a number of international human rights bodies, have called on member states of the UN Human Rights Council to fully extend the mandate of the Council’s Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan. In a letter published on Saturday, September 19, following the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council,…
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Burhanuddin Rabbani; From the Presidency to Losing His Life on the Path to Peace
Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former President of Afghanistan and head of the High Peace Council, was killed on September 20, 1390 (Solar Hijri), equivalent to September 20, 2011, in a suicide attack in Kabul — an event that occurred during his efforts to advance the Afghan peace process. Rabbani was targeted at his home in the…
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Rabbani: Attention to Burhanuddin Rabbani’s Intellectual and Political Legacy Is More Necessary Than Ever
Salahuddin Rabbani, head of the Jamiat-e Islami of Afghanistan, on the fifteenth anniversary of Burhanuddin Rabbani’s death, the former head of this party and former president of Afghanistan, has emphasized the preservation and continuation of his intellectual and political legacy. On Sunday, September 20, Mr. Rabbani said in a message on this occasion that remembering…
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Abdullah Abdullah: Rabbani Fought for Justice and Peace Until the End of His Life
Abdullah Abdullah, former head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the assassination of Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, has said that he fought until the end of his life for the realization of freedom, justice, equality, and peace in Afghanistan. On Sunday, September 20, Mr. Abdullah said in…
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Islamabad: The Kohat Attack Has Roots in Afghanistan
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has described the perpetrators of Friday’s suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as linked to Afghanistan. The ministry said in a statement published on Saturday night, September 19, that the attack was carried out by individuals with roots in Afghanistan. The statement says that the existence of terrorist sanctuaries…
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