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Afghanistan

Taliban’s caretaker cabinet to last for six months, more about key members

2021-09-10

[KhaamaPress] Former officials of the Taliban
Taliban

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believe that the newly announced cabinet of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will last for six months and then the official cabinet will be announced.

The former official has said that the official cabinet will be announced based on the votes and willingness of the Afghan people and will include all classes.

A 33-member all-men caretaker cabinet which was announced on Tuesday, September 7 has triggered mixed reactions inside Afghanistan.

A number of Afghan leaders who are in exile have reacted to the cabinet as being monopolized by a single ethnic group (Pashtoon) and have asked the international community not to recognize as the Taliban will threaten the region and world.

Son of the slain Ahmad Shah Masoud, Ahmad Masoud has called the cabinet illegal and said that they will declare a parallel government which will be transitional and democratic.

On the other hand, political analysts in Afghanistan believe the cabinet to be much required in the current situation in order for the lives of people to come to normal.

They believe that the Taliban want to assess their capacity and see what the possible international and internal reactions are to the caretaker cabinet.

Former Taliban officials believe that the official cabinet of the Taliban will include women, experts and will be all-inclusive.

More about the interim government

[ToloNews] The Taliban
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's new government in Afghanistan will be led by the Taliban leader Mullah pkesman for the Taliban, said that the group will reject foreigners’ intervention over the name and structure of the next government.

"We will not allow anyone to interfere in Afghanistan’s affairs. The government name, its type, and form belong to the Afghans and they will decide," Mujahid said.

The Taliban also said the new government is the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan."

"The new government in Afghanistan has officially started its work under the name of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," said Anaamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban’s cultural commission.

In the new cabinet announced on Tuesday, Mullah Hassan Akhundzada was appointed as the head of state (prime minister), with Mullah Baradar and Mawlawi Hannafi as his deputies.

A short biography of the key members:

Among those named for the new cabinet are members of the Taliban negotiating team in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
and some who were imprisoned in the US's Guantanamo detention center.

Mullah Hassan Akhundzada, 65, who is the Prime Minister (head of state) is originally from Shah Walikot district of Kandahar province. Akhundzada held various posts during the first Taliban regime--lasting between 1996 and 2001--such as foreign minister, governor of Kandahar and as a military official in the north of Afghanistan.

Abdul Ghani Barader, 45, a co-founder of the Taliban led by Mullah Mohammad Blinky Omar

...a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality. Died of an unspecified ailment in a Pak hospital...
, is from Dehrawood district of Uruzgan province. He graduated from a religious madrasa.

Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob, acting minister for the Defense Ministry, is the son of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar. He is 25 years old and from Dehrawood district in Uruzgan.

The acting Director of Intelligence is Abdul Haq Wasiq, 49, from Khogyani district in Ghazni. He graduated from a madrasa in Quetta, Pakistain. Wasiq was in the US's Guantanamo detention center for 13 years and worked as deputy director of intelligence in the previous Taliban regime.

The acting minister of interior, Serajuddin Haqqani, is the son of the late Jalaluddin Haqqani
...founder and until he pegged out titular head of the Haqqani Network. Jalaluddin was one of the few Pashtun warlords who was worth spit...
, who led the Haqqani Network.

Mullah Amir Khan Mutaqi, acting minister for foreign affairs, is from Zurmat district of Paktia province. He was working as minister of information and culture in the first Taliban regime.

The acting minister of information and culture, Mullah Khairullah Khairkhah, 53, is from Kandahar province. He spent 12 years in Guantanamo.

The acting minister of justice, Mawllawi Abdul Hakim Haqqani, 53, is from Maiwand district of Kandahar. He graduated from a Pak madrasa and worked in judicial organizations.

The acting minister of borders and tribal affairs, Mullah Noorullah Noori, 53, is from Zabul Province. He was governor of Balkh and Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.

He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.

After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
provinces in the first Taliban regime. He spent 13 years in Guantanamo.

Al Ahram adds:

A Taliban interim government, drawn exclusively from loyalist ranks, formally began work this week with established hardliners in all key posts and no women -- despite previous promises of an inclusive administration for all Afghans.

All the top positions have been handed to key leaders from the movement and in particular the Haqqani network -- the most violent Taliban faction, known for devastating attacks.

The dreaded Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice -- previously responsible for arresting and punishing people for failing to follow the movement's restrictive interpretation of sharia -- is being reinstated.

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Afghanistan

24 Taliban killed in Kandahar clashes: MoD

2021-03-05

[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Defense in a released statement on Thursday said that at least 24 Taliban
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fighters were killed in Arghandab, Zherai, and Shah Walikot districts of Kandahar province.

MoD stated Afghan national defense and security forces backed by the air support, targeted "terrorists" in Arghandab, Jiri, and Shah Walikot districts of Kandahar province.

The operation resulted in 24 Taliban killed and nine others were maimed, the statement said.

According to the statement, some of the Taliban’s bombs, weapons, and ammunition were also destroyed.

ANDSF during the operation discovered and defused 13 anti-vehicle mines planted in the mentioned districts and Maiwand district of the province to target civilians and soldiers.

This comes as 26 Taliban were killed and 3 other members of the group were maimed in a clash with the Afghan national army a day ago.

Kandahar is one of the Most insecure provinces, where the Taliban have a large influence and are active.

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Afghanistan

Suicide attack on NATO convoy results in dead boomer

2007-12-03

Only a bomber was killed in a car bomb attack on NATO forces' convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, provincial police chief Sayed Aqa Saqib told reporters.

The attack was carried out in Shah Walikot district of the southern Kandahar province, he said, adding that foreign soldiers were unhurt while the bomber, who detonated his explosive-packed car near their convoy, was killed.

Claiming responsibility, Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahmadi claimed several foreign soldiers were killed and injured in the attack. He would not give the exact figures. Separately, one coalition soldier was injured as the convoy he was in was attacked in the southeastern province of Paktia the same day. Provincial officials said two vehicles of the foreign troops were damaged and one soldier suffered injuries in the attack, carried out by Taliban militants.

Elsewhere, Afghan officials said they had killed more than three dozen Taliban in the districts of Zerai and Shah Walikot in Kandahar province.

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Afghanistan

Police claim killing 120 suspected Talebans

2007-09-03

This isn't war, this is bowling.

KABUL - Afghan police claimed on Sunday to have killed 120 suspected Taleban ~~terrorists~~ fighters in southern Kandahar province over the weekend, while coalition forces said they arrested 11 ~~terrorists~~, including a Taleban leader, in the eastern region.

Afghan and coalition forces gave contradictory reports on the death toll of ~~terrorists~~ insurgents at the weekend in the southern province of Kandahar. Provincial police chief Sayed Agha Saqib said their forces, supported by US-led coalition troops, killed 120 ~~terrorists~~ insurgents in two operations southwest of the city.

Twenty ~~terrorists~~ militants were killed in Arghandab district and another 100 ~~terrorists~~ were killed in Zherai district in two separate operations that began late Saturday and was ongoing, Saqib told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. Dozens of ~~terrorists'~~ insurgentss bodies had been left ~~to rot~~ on the battlefields.

Bring in a D-9 and some quicklime.

Meanwhile, the US military said in a statement that Afghan and coalition forces killed at least 25 suspected ~~terrorists~~ insurgents in a firefight southwest of Kandahar City, the provincial capital. Using intelligence information, the combined forces attacked two compounds which comprised seven buildings and contained several ~~terrorist~~ insurgent leaders who had been responsible for the several attacks in the province, the statement said.

Upon entering the first compound, the ~~terrorists~~ insurgents attacked Afghan and coalition forces with small-arms and machinegun fire, it said, adding that the ground forces requested close air support. During the ground engagement and air assault, 11 ~~terrorists~~ rebels were killed. A ~~splodydope~~ suicide bomber also blew himself up during the engagement in the first compound but caused no casualties among the joint forces.

The forces killed another 14 Taleban ~~terrorists~~ fighters after coalition aircraft dropped bombs in the second compound, it added.

Around 1,000 Taleban ~~terrorists~~ fighters were killed during an operation, dubbed Medusa, in the same areas of the province last year in which the ~~terrorists~~ insurgents were driven out of the area. But according to coalition forces intelligence, local residents had been seen leaving the area for the last few weeks and ~~terrorist~~ insurgent commanders were attempting to re-establish their control in the area.

So it was time to take out the trash again.

Also on Sunday, Afghan and coalition forces patrol came under small arms fire by ~~terrorists~~ insurgents in Shah Walikot, district of Kandahar province, the military said. The combined forces returned fire and killed an estimated number of six ~~terrorists~~ rebels, the statement said, adding the incident happened near the area where on August 28 over 100 Taleban ~~terrorists~~ fighters were killed in fighting with joint forces. One coalition soldier was wounded in the firefight, it said.

Afghan and coalition forces also claimed to have killed several dozens of ~~terrorists~~ insurgents in the neighbouring province Helmand, where Taleban are most entrenched, since Friday.

An entrenched Taleban? More like 'pre-buried'.

However, it is very difficult to verify independently the number of Taleban death toll, as the areas where clashes take place are remote and inaccessible for the media.

Coalition also said in another statement that they have arrested eleven suspected ~~terrorists~~ insurgents including Mohammad Ali Jan, a insurgent financier in Sabari District of eastern Khost province on Sunday morning. One more ~~terrorist~~ insurgent was killed by in an Afghan and coalition forces operation against militants associated with the Al Qaeda network on Sunday morning in Paktika province, a separate US military statement said.

Three Afghan national army soldiers were killed and two other were wounded when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Sperwan area of Panjwayi district of Kandahar province on Saturday, defence ministry said in a statement. Three other army soldiers were wounded, when a rocket fired by insurgents, hit their military compound in Seyuri district of Zabul province on Saturday, the statement said.

More than 4,300 people - most of them ~~terrorists~~ insurgents - have been killed in Taleban-led violence so far this year.

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Afghanistan

Afghan violence claims 32 lives

2006-06-22

(KUNA) -- At least 32 people were killed in a spate of violence in Afghanistan as British forces indicated they had regained control of a district from Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday. Separately four Canadian soldiers were injured in a mine blast while a suicide bomber and one civilian were killed in a bungled attack on a Canadian convoy Wednesday evening in the volatile Kandahar province.

A spokesman for the UK military said paratroopers were dropped in the Sangin district of Helmand province early Wednesday morning. The district was occupied by Taliban fighters and the Afghan police requested the UK troops to assist them. The spokesman said the British and Afghan forces were backed by apache helicopters but the insurgents vacated the area before their arrival and not a single shot was fired.

"Take that, infidels! We bravely flee at your approach! We fearlessly vacate the premises! So there!"

"Curly-toed slippers not failing! Working just fine!"

In the eastern province of Kunar, the US forces opened fire at a private vehicle carrying the personnel of government-backed tribal militia killing three of them and injuring two others. Interior Ministry's spokesman Yousuf Stanizai said the five people were traveling in a private car and were mistaken by the US soldiers for Taliban or other terrorists. Regretting the incident, the coalition forces said their soldiers inadvertently killed three un-uniformed members of the regional "Auxiliary Police" in Pech district of Kunar. Coalition's spokesman Lt Col Paul Fitzpatrick said: "We deeply regret this case of mistaken identity. Unfortunately, the police didn't properly communicate their intent or heed the signs placed before the checkpoint to proceed slowly."

Thereby exhibiting a fatal inability to follow instructions.

In southern parts, where the US-led coalition forces are carrying out the massive "Operation Mountain Thrust", Afghan and coalition forces said they had killed 26 insurgents in late night and pre-dawn attacks in the southern areas. General Rahmatullah Raufi, commander of Afghan forces in the southern region, while briefing journalists, said Afghan and coalition forces attacked a Taliban hideout in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province last night. He said 20 militants were killed in the operation while the military also recovered huge quantity of weapons. He said the ground forces were supported by coalition's helicopters, which bombed hideouts of the militants.

"Ha ha! Take that, infidels! We bravely flee at your Aaaaaiiiieeee!"

In Zabul province, the commander said six militants were killed and their five colleagues were captured alive.

"Don't kill me! Please don't kill me!"

Meanwhile, four Canadian soldiers were injured when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Shah Walikot district of the Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Wednesday. Coalition's spokesman Major Innis said the wounded soldiers were shifted to the coalition medical facility at Kandahar airport, where condition of one of them was serious. In the same province, a suicide bomber and one civilian were killed and seven others wounded in a botched up attack on a Canadian military convoy Wednesday evening. Provincial government's spokesman Daud Ahmadi said the Canadian soldiers remained unhurt.

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