The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice announced a complete ban on the activities of all political parties in the country, citing their "misalignment with the interests of the people".
Amid the grim situation in war-torn Afghanistan, its former Intelligence Chief believes India is willing to engage with the Taliban to restore normalcy in the debt-ridden country.
Since coming to power in Afghanistan three months ago, the Taliban have been waging a counterinsurgency campaign, vowing to put down the threat from IS.
The attack follows several other recent attacks against religious institutions in Afghanistan, including last week's attack against the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz.
The Taliban inside the new ministry said they had not been informed about where or if a new women’s ministry was being planned.
The Joe Biden administration on Friday provided 1st public look inside a US military base where Afghans airlifted out of Afghanistan are being screened, amid questions about how the govt is caring for the refugees and vetting them.
Assets and donor funds worth billions of dollars have been frozen by members of the international community. The understandable purpose is to deny these funds to the de facto Taliban administration, Xinhua news agency reported.
The decision was made despite the Taliban's notorious reputation for brutally executing Afghans who helped the US military and other Western forces during the war and occupation that followed the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Kabul residents said several flights took off Friday morning, while footage showed the anxious crowd outside the airport as large as ever.
"I want to stress that this threat of a terrorist attack is one of the constraints that we've been operating under in Operation Pitting, in the big extraction that's been going on, and we've been ready for it; we've been prepared for it," Johnson told the reporters after an emergency meeting, Xinhua reported.
Wardak, a high-profile Afghan national police officer, was being hunted by the Taliban because of his years working with the American military.
He also pushed back against criticism that the U.S. should have done more to plan for the evacuation and withdrawal, which has been marked by scenes of violence and chaos as thousands attempted to flee while the Taliban advanced.
According to a statement issued by UK PMO, Boris Johnson stressed the importance of not losing the gains made in Afghanistan over the last 20 years during the phone call with Biden.
Joe Biden warned the Taliban and promised that "response will be swift and forceful" if the terror group attacks US interests.
The UN chief on Friday had urged the Taliban to immediately halt their offensive in Afghanistan and negotiate “in good faith” to avert a prolonged civil war.
As a Taliban offensive encircles the Afghan capital, there's increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war, and only one way in for U.S. troops sent to protect American diplomats still on the ground.
The Ministry of Interior Affairs said that the Guv along with his deputy and chief of staff have been arrested and disarmed in Wardak province, according to media reports.
The helicopter captured by the Taliban doesn't belong to the Indian Air Force (IAF), said an MEA spokesperson on Thursday.
Three Indian engineers, who worked at a project site in an area not under the control of Afghan government forces, were rescued by air recently.
A ministry statement said the troops will provide protection and logistical support for the relocation of British nationals where required.
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