ISLAMABAD—Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Sunday unknown assailants shot dead a female former lawmaker alongside her bodyguard in her home in the capital, Kabul. Mursal Nabizada, 32, had been elected as a member of the national parliament before the Islamist Taliban seized power from the internationally backed Afghan government in August 2021 as all U.S.-led…
Taliban Signs First Foreign Deal With China for Oil Extraction Project
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has signed an oil extraction agreement with China’s Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Co (CAPEIC), the country’s first major foreign deal since the Taliban seized control in 2021. Under the contract, the CAPEIC will invest $150 million in one year and $540 million in the next three years for…
Afghan Taliban Kill 8 in Raids of ISIS Hideouts in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight Islamic State militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government spokesman said Thursday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban government, said the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz province on Wednesday targeted…
Women, Children Among 1,200 Afghan Illegal Immigrants Jailed in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan—Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who had entered the southern port city of Karachi without valid travel documents, officials said Thursday. The arrests brought criticism from around Afghanistan after images of locked up Afghan children were circulated online. The detentions underscored the strained relations…
25 Terrorists Killed in Pakistan Army Raid on Detention Center; One Hostage Dies
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Pakistan’s security forces killed 25 of 35 Islamist terrorists holed up in a counter-terrorism center in the northwestern city of Bannu, while one hostage and two commandos died in the operation to retake the compound, the army said. Terrorists being held at the center took control of the compound on Sunday after overpowering their…
Taliban Bans Afghan Women From Pursuing University Education
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Tuesday barred women from attending universities in its latest decree to restrict Afghan women’s rights and freedoms, drawing an international outcry. The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education spokesman, Ziaullah Hashmi, reportedly shared a letter informing private and public universities of the cabinet’s instruction to deny access to all female…
Taliban Release Two Americans Detained in Afghanistan: State Department
WASHINGTON—Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Tuesday released two American nationals in what appeared to be a goodwill gesture, said State Department spokesperson Ned Price, who indicated that the terrorists were holding other U.S. citizens. Price declined to identify the freed Americans, and he said they were not released as “part of any swap of prisoners or…
Kabul Hotel Attack Ends as 3 Gunmen Killed; 2 Foreigners Injured
KABUL—Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces. Two foreigners were injured while trying to escape by jumping from the hotel balcony, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter. Kabul’s Emergency Hospital,…
Taliban Carry Out First Public Execution Since Afghan Takeover
ISLAMABAD—The Taliban on Wednesday executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man, the first public execution since the terrorist group took over Afghanistan last year, a spokesman said. The announcement underscored the intentions by Afghanistan’s new rulers to continue hard-line policies implemented since they took over the country in August 2021 and to stick to…
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An unprecedented combination of personal story and great power politics, history, and present, “The Final War” follows Epoch Times’ award-winning investigator Joshua Philipp and retired U.S. Air Force General Robert Spalding through their journey of awakening to the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of America. They try to make sense of the seemingly chaotic post-pandemic world—from…
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