Category: South East Asia

Afghan Army Chief Tweets Back at Iranian Security Leader

“The Taliban is fighting against the people of Afghanistan, not against the US,” Afghan Chief of Army Staff Gen. Zia said. Afghanistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Mohammad Yasin Zia, in reaction to a tweet of Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said: “Unfortunately, your understanding of the current war in Afghanistan is incorrect. The Taliban […]

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Central Bank Official in Spotlight for Personal Use of Bank Funds

The document shows that the request has been approved by the High Council of the bank, despite opposition by some former officials from the bank. A document seen by TOLOnews shows that Asil Gul Totakhel, the comptroller of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, has used government funds to buy a house and for personal travel.

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Taliban’s Doha office delegation in Moscow

A Taliban Qatar office delegation led by Mullah Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has gone to Russia, the movement’s political office in Doha said on Thursday.

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Govt, Taliban reject power-sharing strategy claim

Reports that a strategy has been finalized under which the Afghan government and the Taliban would share power and would be given control of areas currently under their respective control are misleading.

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Taliban violates Doha Peace Agreement: Pentagon

The Taliban are not meeting the promises they made in the peace agreement with the United States, including reducing violence and cutting ties with Al-Qaeda, the Pentagon said Thursday.

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Taliban vows commitment to Doha Agreement

The Taliban have rejected the Pentagon statement on violating Doha Agreement and said the group was committed to every article of the agreement.

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How the Taliban’s Rivalry With ISIS Is Shaping the Afghan Peace Talks

On a Tuesday in late October, an Afghan cleric, Sheikh Raheemullah Nangahari, was giving a speech in his madrassa in Peshawar, near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, when a blast ripped through the prayer hall, injuring him and killing eight others.

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How the Taliban’s Rivalry With ISIS Is Shaping the Afghan Peace Talks

On a Tuesday in late October, an Afghan cleric, Sheikh Raheemullah Nangahari, was giving a speech in his madrassa in Peshawar, near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, when a blast ripped through the prayer hall, injuring him and killing eight others.

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Taliban have not met their commitments: Pentagon

The Taliban are not meeting the promises they made in the peace deal with the US, including a reduction in violence and cutting ties with Al-Qaeda, said Department of Defense or Pentagon on Thursday. “We are still involved in trying to get a negotiated settlement. The Taliban have not met their commitments,” said John Kirby, spokesman for Pentagon.

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Ghani, Blinken discuss Afghan peace process

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State in a phone conversation with President Ghani discussed the Afghan peace process and the US commitment toward Afghanistan, said the US State Department in a statement on Thursday.

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