Taliban News Today; Shocking Stories From Afghanistan Since Taliban 2021 Take Over

Taliban News Today; 07-09-2021.

Taliban News Today; Afghanistan’s Taliban have Announced the Formation of a New Government.

The Taliban have declared Afghanistan an “Islamic Emirate” and declared an interim government.

The new government, which is entirely male, is made up of senior Taliban members, some of whom have been responsible for attacks on US forces over the last two decades.

Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, one of the movement’s founders who is on the UN blacklist, will lead it.Sirajuddin Haqqani, the feared FBI-wanted commander of the Haqqani insurgent network, is the interior minister.

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More over three weeks ago, the Taliban took control of the majority of Afghanistan, deposing the previous elected leadership.

The appointment of an acting cabinet is a critical step toward the formation of a Taliban government.The incoming administration will have tremendous hurdles, one of which is stabilizing the country’s economy.

The Taliban earlier stated that they wished to build an inclusive administration. However, all of the cabinet members named on Tuesday are already well-known Taliban figures, and no women were included.

Taliban News Today; Sunday 05-09-2021.

Taliban News Today; Anti Taliban Fighters in Panjshir Valley as Vow Never to Give up.

Fresh fighting has been reported in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, the last pocket of land held by the Taliban.

Amrullah Saleh, one of the valley’s opposition leaders, denied rumors that the Taliban had conquered it as “baseless.”

However, he confessed that conditions are terrible, with the Taliban cutting phone, internet, and power cables. The battle comes as the Taliban prepares to form a government.

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Panjshir Valley, located north of Kabul, is one of Afghanistan’s smallest provinces and the only one that has not been conquered by the Taliban.

The traditional anti-Taliban stronghold is located among mountain peaks and is home to between 150,000 and 200,000 people.

Local tribal leader Ahmad Massoud leads the resistance, which includes former Afghan security forces and local militias.

His father fought effectively against the Soviets in the 1980s and the Taliban in the 1990s.

Mr Saleh, Afghanistan’s former vice president, said there had been losses on both sides in a video message supplied to the BBC.

“There is no doubt we are in a difficult situation. We are under invasion by the Taliban,” he said, adding that his forces would not surrender.

But resistance leaders concede that some districts have fallen to the Taliban, while pro-Taliban social media showed clips seeming to show their fighters with captured tanks and other military gear.

Rumours that the Taliban had captured Panjshir prompted celebratory gunfire to ring out in Kabul and other cities, reportedly killing a number of people.A Taliban spokesman said fighters should “avoid firing in the air and thank God instead”.

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Taliban News Today; Saturday 4-09-2021.

Taliban News Today; Baradar, Taliban Co-Founder, To Command Afghanistan’s New Government.

According to Taliban sources, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar would oversee a new Afghan government that will be revealed soon, as its fighters battled forces loyal to the fallen republic in the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul.

However, the new government’s top task may be to avert the collapse of an economy suffering from drought and the ravages of a 20-year battle that killed some 240,000 Afghans before U.S. soldiers finished a chaotic withdrawal on Aug. 30.

The Taliban’s ability to govern a country facing economic collapse, humanitarian tragedy, and security and stability challenges from competing jihadist groups, including a local offshoot of Islamic State is at jeopardy.

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Taliban News Today; As a Requirement for Assistance, See What The EU insists the Taliban must Do Security.

The European Union is willing to work with the new Taliban government in Kabul, but the Islamist group must protect human rights, including those of women, and not allow Afghanistan to become a safe haven for terrorists, the EU’s foreign policy leader said on Friday.

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“We will have to interact with the new Afghan government in order to support the Afghan citizens,” Josep Borrell said during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Slovenia. He predicted a “operational involvement” that would “grow depending on the behavior of this government” but would not entail formal recognition of the Taliban authority.

According to Borrell, the new government must prevent the country from becoming a breeding ground for extremists, as it did during the Taliban’s previous reign.

It must protect human rights, the rule of law, and media freedom, and it must form a transitional government with other political groups.

More than two weeks after retaking power, the Taliban have yet to form a government.Their administration from 1996 to 2001 was distinguished by harsh punishments and a restriction on women and girls attending school or working, and many Afghans and international governments fear a return to similar policies.

Taliban News Today; Friday 03-09-2021.

As the Talibans continue to make arrangements towards forming their government in Afghanistan, here are the latest Taliban News from Afghanistan;

Latest Taliban News Today; Humanitarian aid flights to Afghanistan resume.

Humanitarian flights to Afghanistan have resumed.
The UN World Food Programme has confirmed that humanitarian supply flights are being operated from Islamabad, Pakistan, to the Afghan cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar.

According to a UN spokeswoman, three flights have already landed in Mazar-i-Sharif since August 29.

According to him, the planes will allow 160 humanitarian organizations to continue their operations in Afghanistan.

Even before the Taliban took over the country, Afghanistan was significantly reliant on foreign aid, with foreign aid accounting for 40% of the country’s GDP, according to AFP.

According to the UN refugee agency, approximately 500,000 Afghans have become internally displaced this year as a result of the Taliban attack.

The country was already dealing with a prolonged drought, and the coronavirus outbreak has added to the difficulties.

Despite recent political upheavals, most aid organizations have stated that they intend to remain in Afghanistan to continue their work.

According to Florian Seriex, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has not impacted the ICRC’s relationship with the group, and “the current scenario does not influence the way we strive to function.”

Latest Taliban News Today; Talibans battle other rebels in Afghan Valley.

Taliban soldiers and militants loyal to local commander Ahmad Massoud fought in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, more than two weeks after the Islamist militia took power, as Taliban authorities in Kabul attempted to build a government.

Panjshir is the final province resisting Taliban rule, which retook control of the country after 20 years of conflict following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Each side claimed to have suffered a high number of casualties. “We began operations after negotiations with the local armed group failed,” claimed Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

Taliban fighters have infiltrated Panjshir and taken control of a portion of the territory. he said.

“They (the enemy) suffered heavy losses.”A spokesman for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA) rebel grouping said it had full control of all passes and entrances and had driven back efforts to take Shotul district.

Latest Taliban News Today; The United Kingdom will pay to house refugees in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries.

Britain announced on Friday that it would provide 30 million pounds ($41 million) in aid to neighboring countries struggling with the influx of migrants fleeing Afghanistan since the Taliban gained power.

The British government announced that ten million pounds would be made available immediately to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations to assist with border shelters and sanitation facilities.

The remaining will be distributed to countries that have suffered a large number of refugees in order to provide necessary services and supplies, according to the statement.

“It is critical that we assist individuals fleeing Afghanistan and that the crisis there does not undermine regional stability,” said British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab. According to the UNHCR, up to 500,000 Afghans may escape their homeland by the end of the year.

Many of those fleeing the nation are thought to be traveling to Pakistan, while Tajikistan, another of Afghanistan’s neighbors, has agreed to absorb 100,000 refugees.

Britain has stated that it will accept 20,000 Afghan refugees, with 5,000 anticipated to arrive in the first year.Britain said earlier this month that it would quadruple its humanitarian and development aid to Afghanistan to 286 million pounds this year, and Raab stated on Thursday during a visit to Qatar that there was a need to engage with the Taliban.

Taliban News Today; Thursday

02-09-2021

On Taliban News today, the Taliban declared they were close to forming a new administration on Thursday, as hundreds of women staged a rare protest demanding the right to work under a new authority that faces tremendous economic challenges and widespread public distrust.

The Islamist militants, who have promised a kinder type of government than their ruthless reign from 1996 to 2001, must now transition from insurgent force to governing power.

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Taliban News Today; “Cabinate could be formed on Friday”

The announcement of a cabinet, which two Taliban sources said could happen on Friday after afternoon prayers, would come just days after the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, which would conclude America’s longest war with an unprecedented military victory for the Islamist organization.

In one of the most symbolic moments since their August 15 seizure of Kabul, militants exhibited some of the military weaponry they had acquired during their offensive, even flying a Black Hawk helicopter over Kandahar, their movement’s spiritual stronghold.

All eyes are now on whether the Taliban can deliver a cabinet capable of managing a war-torn economy while also honoring the movement’s promises of a more “inclusive” administration.

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Speculation about the composition of a new administration is rampant, but a top official suggested Wednesday that women were unlikely to be included.

In an interview with BBC Pashto, senior leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, a hardliner in the first Taliban administration, said that while women could continue to work, there “may not” be a place for them in the cabinet of any future government or any other key office.

Taliban News Today; Afghan Women Protest Alleged Exclusion.

In the western city of Herat, 50 women walked to the streets in a rare, uncompromising demonstration for the right to work and the lack of women’s participation in the new government.

“It is our right to have education, work and security,” the protesters chanted in unison, said an AFP journalist who witnessed the protest.“We are not afraid, we are united,” they added.

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Herat, near the Iranian border, is a rather cosmopolitan city on the ancient silk road. It is one of the wealthier districts in Afghanistan, and girls have already returned to school.

Basira Taheri, one of the protest organizers, told AFP that she wants the Taliban to include women in the new administration.

“We want the Taliban to consult with us,” Taheri stated. “There are no women in their gatherings or meetings.”

The first female Afghan journalist to interview a Taliban leader live on television was among the 122,000 people who escaped Afghanistan in a frantic US-led evacuation that ended on Monday.

The former anchor for the Tolo News media organization told AFP in Qatar that women in Afghanistan were “in a very difficult situation.”

“I want to appeal to the world community to do anything you can to help Afghan women,” Beheshta Arghand stated.

Women’s rights were not the only key issue in the run-up to the Taliban’s proclamation of a new government.

Residents in Kabul expressed concern about the country’s long-running economic issues, which have now been further exacerbated by the militant movement’s takeover.

“With the Taliban’s presence, it is correct to claim that there is security, but business has dropped below zero,” Karim Jan told Newsmen.

Taliban News Today; United Nations Warns of a Coming “Humanitarian Catastrophe”.

The United Nations warned earlier this week of a coming “humanitarian catastrophe” in Afghanistan, urging that people seeking to flee the new regime have a safe haven.

On Wednesday, a Qatar Airways jet landed at Kabul’s destroyed airport, marking the first step toward reopening the facility as a vital lifeline for relief.

Taliban News today; Western Union resumes Operation in Afghanistan

A top official at Western Union Co told Newsmen on Thursday that the company is restoring money-transfer services to Afghanistan, a decision he said was in line with a US push to allow humanitarian activities to continue following the Taliban’s takeover.

The world’s largest money-transfer company, as well as MoneyGram International Inc, another global remittance provider, ceased operations in Afghanistan two weeks ago, following the Islamist militia’s lightning-fast seizure of Kabul.

However, with the completion of the Taliban’s control of the country, security worries have subsided, allowing banks, which money-transfer firms rely on to disburse and collect monies, to reopen this week.

Jean Claude Farah, Western Union’s president in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said the reopening of banks, plus a push by the United States to facilitate humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people, had given the American company confidence to resume services on Thursday.

“Much of our business involving Afghanistan is low-value family and support remittances that support basic needs of the people there, so that’s the grounding that we have and why we want to reopen our business,” Farah told Reuters.

“We’ve engaged with the U.S. government, which has conveyed that allowing humanitarian activities, including remittances, to continue are consistent with U.S. policy.

“The flow of funds from migrant workers overseas is a key lifeline for many Afghans and has helped the economy of one of the world’s poorest nations weather years of violence and instability. The United Nations says about half of the population requires aid amid the second drought in four years. (Reuters).

Taliban News today; Pakistian shuts key border crossing with Afghanistan.

Pakistan temporarily shuttered a crucial border crossing with Afghanistan on Thursday, ostensibly in response to the flow of migrants ready to flee their homeland following the Taliban’s takeover of power last month.

According to Geo News, the Chaman border crossing, the second-largest commercial border point with Afghanistan after the Torkham commercial hub in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has been closed owing to security threats.

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Earlier in the day, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed stated that the Chaman crossing could be blocked for several days owing to security concerns. (PTI). Km.

Taliban News today;UK foreign minister travels to Qatar for Afghan safe passage talks.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) announced that UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will meet the Amir of Qatar and the Qatari Foreign Minister in Doha on Thursday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and secure safe passage for British nationals and Afghan supporters from the conflict-torn country.

According to the FCDO, the Cabinet minister’s decision to visit Doha first on a trip to the area reflects Qatar’s “high-profile” engagement in Afghanistan in recent years, including hosting the Taliban political office in Doha since 2013.

The potential of reopening Kabul Airport and ensuring safe passage across land borders for foreign people and Afghans is thought to be at the top of his agenda for his travel to Qatar.

The Gulf state has already began conversations regarding how to effectively secure airport security at Kabul. PTI.

Taliban News today; “The US administration, ‘lied to us”- Man Cries Out after Being Left behind.

Even in the closing days of Washington’s disastrous airlift in Afghanistan, Javed Habibi received phone calls from the US government guaranteeing that he, his wife, and their four daughters would not be left behind. He was urged to stay at home and not to be concerned since they will be evacuated.

Late Monday, however, his heart fell as he learned that the last American flights had departed Kabul’s airport, followed by the blazing staccato sound of Taliban gunfire, celebrating what they considered as their win over America. The US administration, according to Habibi, ‘lied to us.’ He is one of hundreds of American residents and green card holders stranded in Kabul.

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland refused to address individual cases, but said all U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who were unable to board evacuation flights or were otherwise stranded had been contacted individually in the previous 24 hours and told to expect further information about routes out once those had been arranged.

Taliban News Today; Churches in US unite to help Afghanistan refugees after war.

America’s main churches and denominations, which are often split on other significant issues, have banded together to assist in receiving an influx of refugees from Afghanistan following the end of the United States’ longest war and one of the largest airlifts in history.

Jewish refugee resettlement agencies and Islamic groups are among those preparing to assist, as are conservative and liberal Protestant churches and famous Catholic charity organizations, which will provide everything from food and clothing to legal aid and lodging. – Associated Press

Taliban News Today; US says they are not in Haste to recognize the Taliban.

The United States and many of the countries with whom it has spoken are not in a rush to recognize the Taliban, according to the White House, who asserted that such a decision would be contingent on what they deliver on the world community’s expectations.

‘There is no rush for recognition from the United States or any other country with which we have spoken across the world.

It will be extremely contingent on their behavior and whether they meet the global community’s expectations,’ White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference.

Fearful and desperate, the girls wonder if a vast coalition of former US military and intelligence officials, legislators, US friends, humanitarian organizations, and the captain of Afghanistan’s women’s national team can bring them and their loved ones to safety.