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ISLAMABAD The interim Taliban administration on Wednesday invited foreign and domestic investors to invest in Afghanistan, pledging security across the country, tax cuts, and no bureaucratic red tape. Steps are being taken to develop a five-year comprehensive national economic strategy to boost Afghanistan’s war-torn economy and attract foreign investors, Mullah Abdul ...

ANKARA Afghanistan's interim Taliban government has rejected a UN Security Council report claiming that several terrorist groups, including Daesh/ISIS, are present in the country and have access to weapons left by US-led foreign forces. "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan once again rejects these baseless accusations and, while calling for transparent involvement ...

ISTANBUL / KARACHIThe interim Taliban administration on Wednesday urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to invite Afghanistan representatives to its future meetings.The Taliban's demand came after the SCO held its 23rd summit of heads of its member states, virtually hosted by India on Tuesday.Suhail Shaheen, the Qatar-based Taliban representative, ...

ISLAMABADThe interim Taliban administration in Afghanistan said Thursday that poppy cultivation in the country has been "almost eradicated" and praised the recent UK-based organization’s report which acknowledged their efforts at the global level.Hafiz Zia Ahmad, the deputy spokesman at Afghan Foreign Ministry, credited the Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah, ...

ISLAMABAD Facing global criticism for a ban on girls' education and working women in Afghanistan, the Taliban supreme leader on Tuesday said “no” to interference in Afghan internal affairs.In his traditional annual message on the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada said his country wants positive relations with its ...

ISLAMABAD The interim Afghan government and the US swapped prisoners under the Doha Agreement, an official announced on Monday. The last Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo prison, Haji Bashar Noorzai, was handed over to acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at Kabul airport, said Hafiz Zia Ahmad, deputy spokesman for the Foreign ...

ISLAMABAD The US has released another Afghan detainee from Guantanamo prison, the interim Taliban administration said on Friday.In a statement, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said one of their detainees, Assadullah Haroon, has been released and handed over to the Taliban."As a result of the efforts of the Islamic Emirate ...

ISLAMABADAfghanistan’s interim Taliban government on Friday formally handed over operations and security of four airports to the UAE.GAAC Solutions, a state-run firm based in Abu Dhabi, has taken charge of the international airports in the capital Kabul and three other major cities – Kandahar, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif, the Afghan ...

ISLAMABADThe Taliban's interim government in Afghanistan on Saturday urged the US to play its part in addressing the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the war-ravaged country.In a statement by the Taliban-run Foreign Ministry, Washington was reminded that the humanitarian issue predates the group’s rise to power.That was in response to ...

ISLAMABADThe Taliban's interim administration in Afghanistan announced on Saturday that they have collected over $270 million in revenue since taking power in August.Ahmad Wali Haqmal, the spokesman for the Finance Ministry, told a news conference in Kabul that revenue collection is picking up momentum with each passing day. Without ...