[ToloNews] The acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said the Islamic Emirate’s relations with foreign countries are being extended.
Muttaqi made the remarks at a gathering held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which several spokesmen of the government institutions participated.
"We have a balanced policy towards the whole world. Today, we don’t have problem with any neighboring country. Today, the Shirkhan port is opened, Hairatan, Torghondi and Islam Qala ports are opened. The Spin Boldak and Torkham ports are opened. We have good relations with all. Step by step Afghanistan will become an economic hub and this is a good policy," Muttaqi said.
"Before us, the education centers were closed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Now, in the male section, all of them are opened. Before, the government had control over 30 percent of the soil but now the schools are opened in 100 percent of the soil," Muttaqi added.
He also cited the progress of the "Return of and Communications with Former Afghan Officials and Political Figures" and said that the former politicians and government officials can return to the country and that the Islamic Emirate will provide them with safety.
[IsraelTimes] Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... now poses main military threat to new Afghan rulers as they try to consolidate hold over war-torn country
Afghanistan’s Taliban ...Arabic for students... rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaeda as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the Islamic State bad boy group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel, UN experts said in a new report.
The experts said in the report to the UN Security Council that with the onset of better weather, fighting may escalate as both Islamic State and resistance forces undertake operations against Taliban forces.
But neither IS nor al-Qaeda "is believed to be capable of mounting international attacks before 2023 at the earliest, regardless of their intent or of whether the Taliban acts to restrain them," the panel of experts said.
Goody.
Nonetheless, it said the presence of IS, al-Qaeda, and "many other terrorist groups and fighters on Afghan soil" is raising concerns in neighboring countries and the wider international community.
Since their takeover of Afghanistan last Aug. 15 as U.S. and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... forces were in the final stages of their chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years, the Taliban "have favored loyalty and seniority over competence, and their decision-making has been opaque and inconsistent," the experts said.
Unexpectedly.
In the report obtained Thursday, the panel monitoring sanctions against the Taliban said its leaders have appointed 41 men on the UN sanctions blacklist to the Cabinet and senior positions, and they have favored the country’s dominant Pashtun ethnic group, alienating minority communities including ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks.
The Taliban’s primary concern has been to consolidate control "while seeking international recognition, to re-engage with the international financial system and to receive aid in order to deal with the growing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan," the experts said.
"Since taking power, however, there have been many factors creating internal tensions within the movement, leading to perceptions that the Taliban’s governance has been chaotic, disjointed and prone to reversing policies and going back on promises.," they said.
As the Taliban struggle to transition from an insurgency to a governing body, they have been divided between pragmatists and hardliners who have gained the upper hand and want to turn the clock back to the group’s harsh rule from 1996 until December 2001, when they were ousted from power by US forces following the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
To date, their efforts to win recognition and aid from Western nations have floundered, largely because they have not formed a more representative government, and have restricted the rights of girls to education beyond elementary school, and of women to work and travel without a male relative’s oversight.
The panel said the Haqqani Network, a bad boy Islamist group with close ties to the Taliban, moved quickly after their takeover to gain control of key portfolios and ministries including interior, intelligence, passports and migration. It now "largely controls security in Afghanistan, including the security of the capital, Kabul," the experts said.
"The Haqqani Network is still regarded as having the closest links to al-Qaeda," the panel said, and the relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaeda also remains close. The experts pointed to the reported presence of al-Qaeda’s "core leadership" in eastern Afghanistan including its leader Ayman al-Zawahri.
To counter the Islamic State, the report quoted an unidentified country as saying the Taliban have created three battalions of special forces called "red units."
The emergence of the National Resistance® Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front comprising former Afghan security personnel "has led the Taliban to adopt aggressive measures against populations suspected of supporting anti-Taliban operations," the panel said.
In April, it said National Resistance® Front forces stepped up operations in Badakhshan, Baghlan, Jowzjan, Kunduz, Panjshir, Takhar and Samangan provinces.
The Afghan Freedom Front, which only emerged recently, "has also claimed several attacks on Taliban bases in Badakhshan, Kandahar, Parwan and Samangan," the experts said.
"Taliban forces may be hard pressed to counter several insurgencies simultaneously," they said.
[KhaamaPress] According to US security authorities, a number of Afghan nationals who were transferred to US military bases in Kosovo during the evacuation process failed the security screening process, causing the evacuation to be postponed.
Sean Savett, the Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant Press Secretary of the US National Security Council, stated that many of these immigrants colonists passed the security screening procedure, with only a few being refused.
The base was originally planned to house evacuees for a period of one year, but it has now been extended until August 2023, according to Kosovo government officials.
Due to the non-disclosure of their personal information, Kosovo officials denied providing any additional information.
A number of US authorities have stated that a number of these migrants colonists were transferred in these camps during the security screening process by the Department of the Interior and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI ...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time... ) for a variety of reasons, including a lack of sufficient documents and security concerns.
Afghans at the Kosovo camp held protests at the same time, claiming that their lives were in shambles.
The plight of these Afghan refugees has left them restless and desperate, and they recently organized a demonstration in the camp, shouting "We want justice," to demand an end to the situation.
The base has taken in a number of adults and children. People who travel with their families and have not yet been able to secure a US visa are among them.
Approximately 78,000 Afghans have been relocated to the United States as part of the evacuation.
[IsraelTimes] Officials tell NYT Israel didn’t kill Col. Ali Esmailzadeh, suspected of providing intel that led to colleague’s slaying; report comes as it emerges Iran scientist died in unclear circumstances.
“Wudn’t us.”
The Revolutionary Guards have not issued a statement or offered public condolences to Esmailzadeh’s family since his death, The New York Times
... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... said, noting that this was unusual.
The newspaper also highlighted the fact that Esmailzadeh’s funeral was held under a media blackout in a small village in his home province, rather than a larger ceremony in Tehran attended by high-ranking officials, as would be expected for an officer of that rank.
The New York Times report came hours after it emerged that a scientist died in Iran ...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979... this week, also under mysterious circumstances. Ayoob Entezari, who held a PhD in aerospace engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, died on Tuesday, reportedly of food poisoning.
There were also unconfirmed reports of the death of a second scientist, Kamran Mulla Por, who worked at the Natanz nuclear facility. Natanz itself has twice been targeted in sabotage attacks, assaults that Iran has blamed on Israel.
Following #Turkey’s threats of launching a new incursion in northern #Syria, the #SDF commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi revealed plans to hold extensive talks with the #US, #Russia, and the Syrian government. https://t.co/RJvux7DnOI
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[ToloNews] The acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said the Islamic Emirate’s relations with foreign countries are being extended.
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