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Taliban reject reports of rifts in leadership
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Muttaqi said at a press conference that there is no division in the Taliban ranks over distribution of power in the interim government. He highlighted that while there are no rifts within the elected interim government of the Taliban, changes would be made as per the need in the coming days, which he said would be done in accordance with the needs and requirements of the time.
Taliban want aids to be handed over to them for distribution in Afghanistan
The statement was made by the acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan, Amir Muttaqi, who said that it is the responsibility of the Taliban-led government in the country to ensure provision of required relief to the deserving perons. Muttaqi's statement has left the international community in another difficult situation as the Taliban push forward global legitimacy demand.
Pak rupee under pressure since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
"The extra pressure on the rupee is due to the Afghanistan factor. The rupee remained under stress ever since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US forces from the country," said Khurram Schehzad,. There is an outflow of dollars to Afghanistan because of the scarcity of the US currency amid dried foreign aid after the Taliban set up a government in the war-torn nation.
Top US general had opposed a full withdrawal from Afghanistan
Gen. Scott Miller, who commanded US and NATO troops in Afghanistan until July, told committee members he had informed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and US Central Command chief Gen. Frank McKenzie he was "opposed to the total withdrawal," Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said, The Hill reported.
Taliban claim millions in cash, gold bars seized from Saleh's house handed over to central bank
Recently, Mullah Shahabuddin Delawar, a Taliban member, told TOLO news that they had found $1 million each in two different places of Presidential Palace. A video went viral on social media, in which a person said: "This is the house of Amrullah Saleh when we came here, we found $105,000 and we handed them over to the Governor."
Baradar fled to Kandahar after brawl with Khalil Haqqani at Presidential Palace
The argument between the group's co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and a cabinet member happened at the presidential palace, the report said. There have been unconfirmed reports of disagreements within the Taliban's leadership since Baradar disappeared from public view in recent days.
Afghan envoy to Italy blasts Taliban
In a sharp anti-Taliban stance, Afghanistan Ambassador to Italy fully endorsed the legacy of Late Commander Ahmad Shah Masoud. The Ambassador in a talk in Rome talked about the implications of a terrorist organization taking power by force and forming an Islamist Radical Emirate Caretaker cabinet.
3 top Taliban commanders may be sidelined due to fraught relationship with Pak
In particular, two major commanders from the south, Sadr Ibrahim, head of the military commission for the western zone and a close associate of the previous supreme leader, Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansur, who had taken the interior ministry after the Taleban captured Kabul on August 15, and Qayyum Zakir, head of the military commission for the eastern zone, who had taken defence, do not have posts in the new cabinet.
Taliban kill 20 civilians in Panjshir: Report
Communications have been cut in the valley, making reporting difficult, but the BBC has evidence of Taliban killings despite promises of restraint. Footage from a dusty roadside in Panjshir shows a man wearing military gear surrounded by Taliban fighters. Gunfire rings out and he slumps to the ground.
'US Central Command still assessing deadly drone strike in Kabul'
"I would say that the assessment by the Central Command is ongoing, and I'm not going to get ahead of that," Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby as saying to reporters here. Kirby's remarks were in response to a question over media investigations that suggested the US military might have mistaken an aid worker for a suicide bomber in the drone strike during its military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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