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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in World

A Journalist’s Story of Survival and Disappearance

Zahra Joya’s memoir The Vanishing Girl of Kabul, co-written with journalist Amie Ferris-Rotman, explores her childhood under Taliban rule and her journey into journalism. Forced to live as a boy to attend school, Joya later witnessed Afghan women losing access to education, work and public life. The book combines personal memories with investigative reporting, while also highlighting opportunities that emerged after the Taliban’s first rule. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Ex-Taliban commander sentenced to 42 years in US prison for hostage taking, deadly attacks

A US court on Tuesday sentenced a former Taliban commander to 42 years in prison and five years of supervised release for his role in taking of hostages, including one American journalist, identified as New York Times journalist David Rohde. A New York court handed down the sentence to 50-year-old Haji Najibullah for “his role in the hostage taking of an American journalist and two Afghan nationals in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2008 and 2009,” a court document read. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

'Same enemy on both borders': Minister sees no difference between Kabul, New Delhi

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday warned Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government against continued support for militants, saying Pakistan would respond to Kabul the same way it had responded to India. “There is no difference between Delhi and Kabul,” Asif said while addressing the National Assembly in Islamabad, adding that the “same enemy” was currently sitting on both Pakistan’s eastern and western borders. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Afghanistan announces release of detained US citizen

Interim Afghan Taliban government has announced that it was freeing a US national who had been detained for more than a year. The foreign ministry said on Tuesday the family of linguist and researcher Dennis Coyle had written to the supreme leader of Afghanistan, requesting his release for Eid. "The Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate deemed his period of detention sufficient and decided on his release," a statement read. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

Pakistan issues demarche to Taliban regime over terror attack in KP's Bajaur

Pakistan summoned the Afghan mission and issued a strong demarche to the Afghan Taliban regime over the deadly terrorist attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bajaur district that martyred 11 Pakistan Army soldiers. “Pakistan condemned in the strongest possible terms the vehicle-borne suicide terrorist attack, followed by a fire raid on Pakistan military and law enforcement agencies’ post in Bajaur, carried out by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Fitna al Khwarij),” stated a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Several killed in blast in Afghan capital Kabul

Several people were killed in a blast in the Afghan capital Kabul's Shahr-e-Naw area, the Taliban interior ministry said on Monday. "According to preliminary reports, a number of people were killed and injured," Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told Reuters. Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said the blast targeted a hotel in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood that includes large office buildings, shopping complexes and embassies. The area is considered one of the safest parts of Kabul. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

PM Sharif seeks global pressure on Kabul over 'new terror threat'

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged the international community to pressure the Afghan Taliban-led regime in Kabul to fulfil its responsibilities, international obligations and commitments and underscored the emergence of a new terrorism threat from Afghanistan. Speaking at the forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust 2025, the International Day of Neutrality, and the 30th Anniversary of Permanent Neutrality in Turkmenistan, PM Shehbaz stressed that the peaceful resolution of conflicts remained the central pillar of Islamabad's foreign policy. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

Taliban regime's non-cooperation may have delayed Turkiye delegation's Pakistan visit: FO

Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi on Friday said that the Taliban regime's lack of cooperation may be behind the delay in the visit of a high-level Turkiye delegation, scheduled to arrive in Islamabad last month to discuss tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan Taliban regime. The planned visit was first disclosed earlier this month by Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Baku last month. Turkiye Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Irfan Neziroglu had told that delegation visiting Pakistan will also be accompanied by… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

Turkiye spymaster in delegation visiting Islamabad amid Pak-Afghan tensions

A high-level delegation from Turkiye is set to arrive in Islamabad next week to discuss rising tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban regime and to explore a peaceful way forward, stated by the Turkiye Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr Irfan Neziroglu. Dr Neziroglu, who had played an active role in facilitating the Istanbul trilateral talks on Afghanistan, said the delegation visiting Pakistan will also be accompanied by the Turkish intelligence chief and important ministers. Turkish Minister for Energy Alparslan Bayraktar will also be visiting Islamabad next week as part of the… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

Lasting peace only possible by reining in terrorist groups including TTP, PM tells Kabul

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged Kabul to rein in militant groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operating from Afghan soil, framing it as the prerequisite for durable peace in the region. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference on Tuesday, he said a stable Afghanistan is essential for connectivity, growth and prosperity. Read More…

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