Category: Afghanistan

New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Shaykh Abū ‘Abd Allah al-Shāmī (‘Abd al-Raḥīm ‘Aṭūn): “Jihād and Resistance In the Islamic World: The Ṭālibān As a Model”

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New release from Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī: “Miscellaneous Thoughts About the Emerging Situation in Afghanistan”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī — Miscellaneous Thoughts About the Emerging Situation in Afghanistan

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Check out my new ‘Policy Watch’ for the Washington Institute: “When Tunisians Fired the Start Gun for 9/11”

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Twenty years ago today, Tunisians helped carry out the assassination of Afghan Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud two days before the 9/11 attacks. In the late 1990s, Massoud had been a key U.S. ally against the Taliban’s advances, and although his fortunes had changed significantly by 2001, Washington would no doubt have relied on him heavily during the post-9/11 invasion were he still alive. Flash forward to this week, and the Taliban has just declared victory over resistance forces led by Massoud’s son Ahmad in the Panjshir Valley—a sobering bookend to a battle the group has been waging against the Northern Alliance for two decades.

Yet the heavy Tunisian involvement and other circumstances of the 2001 assassination merit a closer look, not only for their impact on subsequent developments in the global jihadist movement, but also because of the implications they hold now that Afghanistan is once again under Taliban control. Massoud’s death served multiple purposes, some of which were not entirely evident until after the fact: his killing was a gift that the Tunisian Combat Group (TCG) and al-Qaeda gave the Taliban for fighting their local enemy, as well as a public signal to launch the 9/11 attacks and an important part of al-Qaeda’s preparations for the eventual coalition invasion of Afghanistan. This is the story of the assassination, who was behind it, and why it still matters for individuals attempting to understand how jihadist networks change over time—and what types of operatives may now return to Afghanistan.

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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “The Latest U.S. Position Regarding the Blacklist Is a Violation of the Doha Agreement”

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Pentagon officials have remarked that some cabinet members of the Islamic Emirate or family members of late Haqqani Sahib – may Allah be pleased with him – are on the US blacklists and still targets.

The Islamic Emirate considers this position a clear violation of the Doha Agreement which is neither in the interest of the United States nor Afghanistan.

The family of honorable Haqqani Sahib is part of Islamic Emirate and does not have a separate name or organizational setup. Similarly, in Doha Agreement all officials of the Islamic Emirate without any exception were part of interaction with the US and should have been removed from the UN and US blacklists, a demand which still remains valid.

That America and other countries are making such provocative statements and trying to meddle the internal affairs of Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate condemns it in the strongest terms.

Such remarks by US officials are a repetition of past failed experiments and such positions detrimental for America.

We urge that these incorrect policies be immediately reversed through diplomatic interactions.

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

02/02/1443 Hijri Lunar
18/06/1400 Hijri Solar
09/09/2021 Gregorian

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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “Regarding the Cabinet Announcement”

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Praise be to Allah that our country gained freedom anew from occupation, all causes of war have been eliminated, our countrymen enjoy comprehensive security and for the first time, the groundwork has been laid for the establishment of a strong Islamic system. Moreover, our country is in dire need of extensive activity and service delivery in various fields to ensure that the legal, economic and social rights of the people are addressed in a timely manner and damages prevented. The Islamic Emirate has decided to appoint and announce a caretaker cabinet to undertake necessary governmental tasks.

It is to be noted that appointments to remaining ministries, departments and institutions of the government will be announced gradually after further deliberations, God willing.

Accordingly, the cabinet minister of the new Islamic government and his deputies, the interim heads of key security and service ministries, some of their deputies and other chief executives are announced as follow:

1. Respected Alhaj Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund Acting Prime Minister
2. Respected Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Deputy Prime Minister
3. Respected Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi Deputy Prime Minister
4. Respected Maulvi Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid Acting Minister of Defense
5. Respected Alhaj Mullah Sirajuddin Haqqani Acting Minister of Interior
6. Maulvi Amir Khan Mottaki, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
7. Respected Mullah Hidayatullah Badri, Acting Minister of Finance
8. Respected Sheikh Maulvi Noorullah Munir Acting Minister of Education
9. Respected Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa, Acting Minister of Information and Culture
10. Qari Din Hanif, Acting Minister of Economy
11. Respected Sheikh Maulvi Noor Mohammad Saqib Acting Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs
12. Respected Maulvi Abdul Hakim Sharia, Acting Minister of Justice
13. Respected Mullah Noorullah Noori Acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs
14. Respected Mullah Mohammad Yunus Akhundzada, Acting Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
15. Respected Sheikh Mohammad Khalid, Acting Minister of Preaching and Guidance, and Amr Bill Maruf Wa Anil
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16. Respected Mullah Abdul Manan Omari, Acting Minister of Public Works
17. Respected Haji Mullah Mohammad Issa Akhund Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum
18. Respected Mullah Abdul Latif Mansoor Acting Minister of Water and Power
19. Respected Mullah Hamidullah Akhundzada, Acting Minister of Aviation and Transport
20. Maulvi Abdul Baqi Haqqani, Acting Minister of Higher Education
21. Maulvi Najibullah Haqqani, Acting Minister of Communications
22. Haji Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani, Acting Minister of Refugees
23. Respected Mullah Abdul Haq Wasiq, Acting Director-General of Intelligence
24. Mr. Haji Mohammad Idris, Acting Director-General of Afghanistan Bank
25. Respected Maulvi Ahmad Jan Ahmadi Acting Director-General of Administration
26. Respected Mullah Mohammad Fazil Mazloom, Deputy Minister of Defense
27. Respected Qari Fasihuddin Chief of Army
28. Mr. Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai Deputy Foreign Minister
29. Maulvi Noor Jalal, Deputy Minister of Interior
30. Mr. Zabihullah Mujahid, Deputy Minister of Information and Culture
31. Respected Mullah Taj Mir Jawad First Deputy Director General of Intelligence
32. Respected Mullah Rahmatullah Najib, Deputy Director-General of Intelligence
33. Respected Mullah Abdul Haq Akhund Deputy Minister of Interior in Counter Narcotics Affairs

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

29/01/1443 Hijri Lunar

16/06/1400  Hijri Solar               07/09/2021 Gregorian

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New statement from Ḥurās al-Dīn: “Congratulations to the Islamic Nation on the Victory of the Islamic Emirate”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ḥurās al-Dīn — Congratulations to the Islamic Nation on the Victory of the Islamic Emirate

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Source: Telegram

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New statement from al-Qā’idah’s General Command: “Congratulations to the Islamic Nation On the Victory Granted By God in Afghanistan”

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Arabic:

al-Qā’idah’s General Command — Congratulations to the Islamic Nation On the Victory Granted By God in Afghanistan

English:

al-Qā’idah’s General Command — Congratulations to the Islamic Nation On the Victory Granted By God in Afghanistan (En)

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Source: Telegram

New issue of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan magazine: “al-Ṣamūd Magazine #187″

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For prior issues in this magazine see: #186, #185, #184, #183, #182, #181, #180, #179, #178,  #177, #176, #175, #174, #173, #172, #171, #170, #169, #168, #167, #166, #165, #164, #163, #162, #161, #160, #159, #158, #157, #156, #155, #154, #153, #152, #151, #150, #149, #148, #147, #146, #145, #144, #143, #142, #141, #140, #139, #138, #137, #136, #135, #134, #133, #132, #131, #130, #129, #128, #127, #126, #125, #124, #123, #122, #121,#120, #119,#118,#117,#116,#115,#114, #113, #112, #111, #110, #109, #108, #107, #106, #105, #104, #103,#102,#101,#100,#99, #98, #97, #96,#95, #94, #93, #92,#91, #90, #89, #88, #87, #86, #85, #84, #83, #82, #81, #80, #79, #78, #77, #76, #75, #74, #73, #72, #71, #70, #69, #68, #67, #66, #65, #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #53, and #51.

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Click the following link for safe PDF copy: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — al-Ṣamūd Magazine #187

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New statement from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent: “Congratulations on the Conquest of the Islamic Emirate Upon the Land of Afghanistan”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent — Congratulations on the Conquest of the Islamic Emirate Upon the Land of Afghanistan

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Source: Telegram

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