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Two new statments from Zabīhullah Mujāhid of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

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Remarks Regarding The Upcoming Supposed Loya Jirga:

Under the orders of its masters, the Kabul administration wants to abuse a much respected custom of our country (Loe Jirga) and try to give a legal face to the establishment of permanent bases for the American occupying forces on the Islamic soil of Afghanistan and in this way prolong the ten year catastrophe befallen on our country, deceive the nation and further expose their own crimes. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would like to make the following statements to the respected nation regarding this issue. Loe Jirga has been our custom ever since the foundation of our country. The governments have always turned to it in times of crucial and significant issues. Have always made decisions for our autonomy and independence and this much respected custom has remained a freedom giving principle for our nation. This tradition has also been abused by some hireling authoritarian figures tied to others to give credence to their illegal rule but such overtures have always mounted to nothing and were rejected by our intelligent and sensible nation. The last communist leader of the Kabul Regime (Najib) also abused this principle many times against the Muslim Afghan people however it did not benefit him or the country. With the onset of the American occupation, the current stooge Kabul regime has also repeatedly utilized the name of Loe Jirga, its high-status and aim to play games and has held such councils under the command of its American master, has gathered faces of its liking and passed resolutions to the likings of the invaders. For its long term goal of permanently staying in Afghanistan, the Americans want to once again abuse this tradition through its stooge regime to call a supposed Loe Jirga in which faces of its preference will be gathered, food will be eaten and once again, games will be played with the fate and future of its nation. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wants to call on its countrymen that in the past ten years, such conventions have always complied with the invaders and has rubbed salt on your wounds instead of healing them. While paying serious attention to these impairments, no countryman should take part in this partial convention and should wholly side with its country’s freedom. Islamic Emirate wants to warn every person who wants to participate in this so-called Loe Jirga that such traitors will be pursued by Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate in every corner of the country and will face severe repercussions. The country’s trustworthy scholars have passed a decree in this regard and every participant of this convention shall be charged with treason if caught. Islamic Emirate also calls on its brave and courageous Mujahideen to target every security guard, person with intention, participant and every caller of this convention in all corners of the country so to not let the invaders accomplish their plot and perpetually occupy our beloved country under the heading of permanent bases but rather should forever turn their plans to dust. Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Zabihullah Mujahid 2011-10-26

Comments Regarding The Martyrdom Of A Detainee In Bagram Prison:
Thousands of our innocent countrymen are languishing all across the country in the prisons of internal and foreign forces under inhumane conditions and are facing torture and abuse, which was also pointed out in a recent report published by the United Nations so now it happens that on Monday, one of our defenseless prisoners’ reached the high status of a martyr in the notorious Bagram prison under extreme torture.
These kinds of incidents have repeatedly taken place in the mentioned prison but then its custodians cite illness as the cause of the martyrdom?! in such a state that the illness was neither reported to the family members nor some aid agency. This event manifests in itself that the prisons under the control of foreigners and those connected to the Kabul administration are all secure from legal action. Serious life threats are faced by detainees here and this heart rendering occurrence is condemned by Islamic Emirate with the harshest of words. We would like to once again show our deepest concern about this matter to the United Nations, Human Rights Watch Organization and other International circles and asks them to pay serious attention to the terrible conditions of the Afghan prisoners and to stop hiding the violators in political curtains. The conditions in the prisons of our country are far worse than that which is sometimes pointed to by in the media and other reports. The beatings, torture and martyrdom of our prisoners cannot lower the moral and weaken the determination of our Muslim nation. Our enemies should realize that this kind and other kinds of incidents will only make us more determined in our struggle and will increase the sense of self-determination, honor and zeal of our nation, God willing.
Zabihullah Mujahid
Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
26/10/2011
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New release from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "A Survey of Jihādī Situation in Logar Province"

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Logar is one of the central provinces of Afghanistan. It is situated in the south-east of Kabul. Its area is small but it is one of the most densely populated areas of Afghanistan. When the Americans invaded Afghanistan,  the people of Logar also welcomed the call for Jihad and started their armed struggle just like the rest of the people. In the beginning, the Jihadi activities were few and secret but in the past two years, similar to the trends observed in other parts of Afghanistan, the resistance has substantially increased and the Mujahideen of this province, instead of fighting a guerrilla war, openly attack the enemy forces and convoys on the Kabul-Gardez main highway. They practically control and govern more than half of the province. Just now, with the exception of the centers of Charkh, Baraki Barak, Khoshi, Kharwar and Pul-i-Alam, where limited bases of the internal and foreign enemy are found, all other areas are under the direct control of Mujahideen. They also have a very strong presence in the Muhammad Agha district, situated at the outskirts of Kabul. All the areas and villages of this important district have now been liberated from the enemy. People supporting the foreigner invaders and their allies have either realized the facts and have left their services or have fled to Kabul, paving the way for an increase in the activities of Mujahideen. The capital city of Logar province, Pul-i-Alam is now nearly besieged, because all the surrounding areas are under the control of Mujahideen. The enemy cannot patrol even in the nearest areas of the central city. On the way from Logar to Gardez, the enemy has built a huge base named ‘Khadr’ which frequently comes under Mujahideen rocket fire. A short time ago, the enemy warned the adjacent villages of the base that if the base is attacked from any side they will bomb the area. Following this warning,  they brutally bombed a children’s school in revenge and martyred four children while injuring many others a few days earlier. In other districts of Logar province, the resistance forces are quite active. In Kharwar and Charkh districts, the enemy is forced to deliver resupplies through air because all the roads are under the control of Mujahideen. In Baraki Barak and Khoshi districts, the Mujahideen are even stronger than before. Only in Azra district, there is deficiency but Mujahideen have made strides and in the future it will be much more organized. Logar province is one of the areas of the country famous for producing intellectuals. It has a large number of students, scholars and the experts of the Holy Quran and Hadith. Regretfully saying that in the past thirty years, during the revolution and Jihad, a great number of the experts of the Islamic Sharia have been lost, resulting in a critical shortage of them, which needs serious attention. The people of Logar province not only actively participated in the armed struggle against the foreign invaders but also turned their due attention to acquire knowledge. They have encouraged the masses to build up madrassas, to maintain them and to send their children to these madrassas to get education. Therefore alongside schools, there are hundreds of functioning madrassas. We can say that similar to other provinces of Afghanistan, the civil and judicial setup of the Islamic Emirate is active in Logar province as well, which has been quite helpful in solving the petitions and suits of the people. In the same way, the Islamic Emirate supervises the educational process for better organization and evolution. The masses of Logar province have a good understanding with Mujahideen, because they have had love for Jihad, Knowledge and Ulema(scholars) from the very beginning. Although the enemy has harassed the people, bombed the houses, carried out search operations at night, martyred the innocent people and ambushed the villages and densely populated areas, but by the grace of Allah Almighty, it has not affected the commitment of the people of this province with Mujahideen and Jihad. The people of Logar province are standing with full firmness and are taking their due part in the armed struggle against the invaders alongside Mujahideen.

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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Regarding the Release of Palestinian Prisoners in Exchange for a Zionist Soldier, Gilad Schalit"

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Yesterday the ceremonial occasion commemorating the exchange of prisoners occurred between Islamic Resistance of Palestine (Hamas) and the forces of Zionist regime through Egyptian intermediation.
Gilad Schalit, the Israeli soldier who was captured on 27th June 2006 in an armed attack by Palestinian Mujahideen and who spent the next five years in the captivity of Islamic Resistance of Palestine (Hamas), was finally released yesterday in exchange for the freedom of four hundred and seventy seven (477) Palestinian prisoners.
This exchange between Islamic Resistance of Palestine (Hamas) and the Zionist Regime in which a total of 1027 Palestinian prisoners will be released is in reality the triumph of the will of the Muslim Palestinian nation and can be considered as one of the heaviest blows to the Zionists; a blow which even the head of the Zionist regime, Benyamin Netanyahu considers as the hardest task done by the Israeli administration in its history.
This exchange sends a message to all the oppressed and vulnerable Muslim nations that resistance against invaders is legitimate, effective and the best choice and is also a religious obligation for occupied Islamic countries. Every subjugated nation is able to utilize this lawful tool and religious obligation to attain their usurped rights and achieve their legitimate goals. That is why the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has put emphasis in the continuation of Islamic Resistance against the invading Americans and has chosen this path as the best option for attaining freedom of its lands from occupation.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would like to extend its felicitation the leader of Islamic Resistance of Palestine Hamas, the gallant Mujahideen of Palestine and to the entire Palestinian Muslim nation. We ask our lord, the most high to free the entire occupied land of Palestine and especially Masjid Al Aqsa, the first Qibla of the Muslims from the hands of the invading Zionists and to give freedom to the oppressed nation from the prolonged occupation at the hands of the ruthless invaders and make it a free and independent country so it can live like the rest of the free people.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
21/11/1432 هـ – 19/10/2011
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New statement from Zabīhullah Mujāhid of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Remarks Regarding The UN Report About Torture In Detention Centers"

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For a long time now, torture has been rife in the different detention facilities of Kabul regime while holding or interrogating political prisoners as was indicated in a recent report published by the United Nations. With earnest concern, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would like to call upon the United Nations, Human Rights Watch Organizations and other International circles to prevent and pay serious attention to this matter.
It is praise worthy that the United Nations showed its concern on this subject and published a report about it but this step should have been taken a long time ago because this kind of persecution has been taking place in the secret prisons of the occupying forces inside our country and also in the Ministry of Interior and Intelligence centers of the Kabul regime and by the remnants of the former communist regime as well as other criminal rings with full expertise and experience. Thousands of Afghan prisoners are languishing in such conditions daily while this method goes on with full force.
The report of United Nations finds that 34 percent of the torture has taken place in the secret detention centers of Kabul’s intelligence agency. During interrogation the removal of nails, electrical shocks, water boarding, sleep deprivation, threats to life, electric shocks to genitals, stripping and other penalties have become a norm for any prisoner who has been detained no matter the allegation, forcing them to wrongly confess in order to free themselves from the suffering. When such a confession is extracted by the intelligence department, it is proudly displayed to the media by its spokesman as a great achievement which in it self is a shameful act strongly condemned by us.
We would similarly like to voice our concern to the United Nations and other International Rights entities about the treatment with political prisoners in the detention centers of Ministry of Interior of Kabul regime. Pul-e-Charkhi prison in general and its Guantanamo block in particular is witness to deplorable conditions in which hundreds of prisoners are always locked up in very small rooms, given atrocious food, kept in utter darkness, always deprived of sleep, denied family visits, are not briefed on their cases or sentences, are forced to wear clothes against Isalmic and Afghan customs and are not given tools to manage their hair. In the past Eid, the prisoners from south east areas of the country were forced to shave their moustaches without their consent to put them under mental stress. The murder of prisoners especially in the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand under mysterious conditions. In order to gain false confessions, prisoners are tied to cars and dragged until they are martyred, the burning of prisoners, letting dogs lose on them and other kinds of heinous acts about which we have records and witnesses from Kandahar, Helmand and other provinces and which we are willing to share with anyone if needed. And finally of cases about which no Human Right Organizations or other groups have heard.
If we estimate on provincial level then such disgraceful cases would number in the hundreds which our defenseless people and detainees are subject to. But the United Nations and other Human Right organizations should have long been aware of such cases and should have taken practical steps for its prevention. Even now if attention is paid perhaps positive transformation can take place in prison and prisoner conditions. They should focus considerably on the point that the estimates mentioned in their report is far less than the actual number. It is hoped that in this case all the prisons located in our country, be they connected to foreigners in their bases or to the Kabul regime; be they located in the capital or in the provinces should be properly investigated, visited and assurance should be taken from them in every way possible that human rights be not trampled on.
Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Zabihullah Mujahid
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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan releases Issue #65 of al-Ṣomūd Magazine

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NOTE: Previous issues: #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #53, and #51. You can also see English translations of articles from previous issues here.
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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Marking the 10th Year of the American Occupation of Afghanistan"

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Exactly ten years from today on the 7th of October 2001, the arrogant American colonialists once again stepped on all Human Right conventions and norms, threw behind all respected principles for human freedoms and state sovereignty and attacked the independent soil of Afghanistan with full inhumanity. Afghanistan has now reached its 10th year of occupation. A lot of the realities which were cloaked with propaganda of the western media ten years ago have now been exposed. America, with its criminal and colonial policies, proved in the last ten years of its occupation that its slogans under the names of democracy, assistance, peace keeping and fighting terrorism in order to meddle in the affairs of sovereign nations are nothing more than means for furthering their exploitative and colonial agendas. American invaders who see themselves as international standard bearers of peace have demonstrated through their ten years of occupation that in reality, they are the most self-absorbed, oppressive and cruel people towards the entire humanity who will not withhold from committing any crime and oppression to further their colonial agendas. One the one hand, America has deprived Afghanistan of a legal Islamic government for the past ten years while on the other hand, it has also stripped the nation from the blessings of peace, security and safety. The nation has been damaged and suppressed from physical, spiritual, moral, ideological, educational and economical side also. The self-interested invaders have put all the gun-wielding, immoral, corrupt and hireling intelligence officials who were rejected and exiled by the people, as rulers over the honored Afghan nation. With the occupation of Afghanistan by the Americans, the Afghan people under the leadership of Islamic Emirate simultaneously showed zeal for their obligatory Jihad against the invaders and practically presented themselves for the struggle. The past ten years have also been edifying in terms of Jihadi achievements, enemy losses, divine victory and Mujahideen accomplishments. All praise is due to Allah, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate, with strong determination and reliance on Allah kept alive their Jihadic struggle against the enemy even with scarce weapons and equipment, steadily increased their Jihadi operations, used different tactics against the enemy and gave innumerable sacrifices which in the end forced the occupiers, who intended to stay forever to rethink their position and contemplate turning back and leaving this soil. Now that ten years have passed since the invasion of the arrogant Americans, fundamental changes have occurred in state of affairs, military tactics, stratagems and public opinion. And on international level, nations and people who take into account realities believe that the prolongation of presence of American troops in Afghanistan will add nothing to the end result except more expenditure, failures and humiliation. With the passing of the ten year proud Jihad by the Afghan people against the invaders, we must remind it that divine victory is with us alike the previous ten years. If we hold tightly onto the rope of Allah, avoid insincerity, dissention, hypocrisy an other illnesses than with the aid of Allah, our enemy will be forced to completely leave our country, if God willing. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ________

English translation of "Interview With The Deputy Jihādī Official For Kāpīsā Province" from Issue #62 of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s al-Ṣamūd Magazine

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NOTE: To view issue number sixty-two of the Ṭālibān’s magazine al-Ṣamūd see here. A translation for Aḥmad Bawādī’s “Revolutions Are No Substitute For Jihād” from the same issue can be read here.
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
Our guest for this edition is brother Maulavi Ahmed Mustafa bin Ghulam Hadrat, deputy jihadist official for Kapisa province, located north of Kabul.
Brother Mustafa was born in Alasay directorate. He undertook his elementary education in his village madrasa, then migrated to Pakistan, continuing his intermediate and higher Shari’ah studies in religious schools until his graduation. He joined the Taliban movement in its first years and under their banner continued his Jihad in the different provinces of Afghanistan like Kunar, Kabul, Parwan, Kunduz and Takhar.
After America attacked Afghanistan, he began his Jihad against them in the company of Qari Ihsanullah Baryal in Kapisa province. He continues his Jihad there with the brigades of brother Ihsanullah Baryal, who has assumed overall responsibility for the Mujahideen in the province.
Al-Somood magazine conducted with him this interview regarding his assessment of the Jihadist situation and the state of the Mujahideen in this province.
Al-Somood: What is your assessment of the Jihadist situation in Kapisa province?

Maulavi Ahmed Mustafa: First, I wish to thank you for giving us this opportunity with your blessed magazine. To answer your question, we say that, before plunging into the jihadist situation in Kapisa province, we must first understand some of the special characteristics of Kapisa province. Kapisa province is located north of Kabul, at a close distance to the capital. It is also located a few kilometers away from Bagram, the largest air base of the American occupiers and headquarters for the armies of the Crusader alliance occupation. The residents of this province know well about Jihad and sacrifice, both against the Russians and the Americans. The province is divided into six districts: Alasay, Hesa Awal Kohistan, Hesa Duwum Kohistan, Kohband, Mahmud Raqi, Nijrab and Tagab.
Beyond this brief summary, we can say that the beginning of Jihadist activities in this province go back to the first days of the Crusader attack on Afghanistan and gains in force and power with the passing of each day. The occupiers are unable to clear the area of Mujahideen despite its proximity to the capital, Kabul and to the largest American base in all of Asia.
The Mujahideen carry out their Jihadist affairs with all precision and strength and execute their Jihadist plans with great success, all praise to Allah, Lord of Creation.
As for the enemy, he lives in a defensive posture in the district centers only. The remaining areas are under the control of the Mujahideen, through the grace of Allah Almighty. As for the residents, their complete loyalty lies with the Mujahideen. They are the ones who render aid, assistance and support to the Mujahideen in all conditions. They answer the call of the Islamic Emirate for Jihad against the occupiers.
Al-Somood: Would you please discuss the victories of the Mujahideen and the losses of the enemy that have occurred in recent days in this province?

Maulavi Ahmed Mustafa: Through the grace of Allah Almighty, the Mujahideen have achieved successive victories and employ all kinds of warfare against the enemy with precision and deliberation. Since the launch of the spring Badar operation was announced, we have, through the grace of Allah Almighty, carried out 65 offensive operations against the enemy, including 10 IED attacks against tanks and other means of transport during the course of which all targets were completely destroyed. The rest of the operations comprise rocket attacks on enemy bases, setting up ambushes and assaulting enemy bases. These attacks inflicted on the enemy great losses in personnel, equipment, and advanced military hardware.
The enemy in this province is now living in fear and has taken a defensive posture. His soldiers have lost offensive capability and fighting spirit. This is because the mountainous terrain and the forests of the region work to the advantage of the Mujahideen. The enemy finds it difficult to move around there. This increases the opportunity to target the enemy and inflict great losses on him while on the other hand minimizing the possibility of the Mujahideen suffering losses. The solidarity of the people is another factor for the supremacy of the Mujahideen over the enemy in this war. These circumstances render the enemy anxious and unstable in this area.
Al-Somood: What is the extent of the Mujahideen’s popularity on the front and the people’s solidarity with them?
Maulavi Ahmed Mustafa: There is no doubt that the people of Afghanistan are a Mujahid and believing people with a history replete with the glories of battling and hatred for aggressors, because the greatest victim of their crimes is the people.
They are the ones who deal with the problems, who are killed and dispossessed. They are those whose homes are destroyed and whose orchards and crops are burned. They therefore bear a great hatred for the invaders and on the other hand see the Mujahideen as their sole salvation from the yoke of occupation and the evil of the occupiers.
This is because the Mujahideen do not fight for worldly material benefits. They fight in the cause of Allah Almighty in defense of their Religion, country and the dignity of the Believing people. Therefore the people love them, and offer them food, clothing and shelter; treat their wounds; bury their martyrs with all love and dignity; and provide them with all the aid and service in their capacity.
Moreover, the Mujahideen are the sons of those people, their brothers and their family. They feel no sense of exile among them. While the Mujahideen are in difficult living conditions, the people are they who take responsibility for them, and bear the costs of their provisions and shelter. This has been the character of the Afghan people towards their Mujahideen sons since old times. All friends and foes alike have borne witness to this.
Al-Somood: How do you assess the fighting spirit of the Mujahideen in the province?

Maulavi Ahmed Mustafa: Through the grace of Allah Almighty, the Mujahideen battle the enemy with high fighting spirit. The large number of enemy soldiers in the province does not frighten them. Neither does the presence of the largest American military base at Bagram near them.
Their fighting spirit gains in strength with every new operation against the enemy. Likewise the number of Mujahideen continues to increase and more young men join the ranks of the Mujahideen with each passing day. The Mujahideen are certain that through the grace of Allah Almighty their enemy is in a state of defeat and frightened. Moreover, the glory of the life of Jihad and love of martyrdom make the souls of the Mujahideen overflow with faith in Allah Almighty and good intentions in this world and the Hereafter.

Al-Somood: How do you assess the results of the Badar operation, not only in Kapisa but throughout Afghanistan?
Maulavi Ahmed Mustafa: Truthfully, ever since the Islamic Emirate announced the Badar operation, victories have followed throughout Afghanistan. These victories have brought good tidings of conquests to the Muslims just as the Badar invasion was a great conquest for the Islamic army.
As for the results of this operation, they are through the grace of Allah Almighty great and humiliating to the enemy. The most important operations in this series of operations were the extraction of more than 500 Mujahideen from the Kandahar central prison, the Takhar martyrdom operation which killed top taghut leaders, the Ministry of Defense operation which targeted the Afghan and French ministers of defense, the martyrdom operation against the headquarters of Italian invader forces in Herat, and the martyrdom operation conducted by the pilot Ahmed Gul against American advisors in the Kabul international airport.
These bold operations have shaken the enemy and thwarted his plans to prepare the lackey Afghan army as the faithful successor to the Crusader forces after they leave depart.
What has worried the Westerners more is the participation in these operations of organized Mujahideen among the ranks of the enemy. This anxiety has caused the Americans to summon more than 80 counterespionage experts to prevent

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan releases In Fight Magazine #33

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NOTE: In Fight Magazine publishes photographs from the Afghan Ṭālibān-led insurgency against the United States, NATO, and its Afghan allies. For previous issues see: #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22; #21; and #20.
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