U.S. Acting Under Secretary for Political Affairs John Bass will travel to Qatar & Pakistan April 26-30.
In Doha, Qatar, he will meet with senior Qatari officials and other diplomatic missions to discuss support for Afghanistan and shared security interests in the region.

The attempted suicide bomber at Iranian consulate arrested.

Kabul's busy markets upon the arrival of Eid.

Deputy minister of foreign affairs, Abas Stanikzai: “Any leader, governor, minister or commander who does not live among his people, you should understand that he is in isolation and his rule will not last long.”

Rumors circulating about the arrest of three sisters and one brother in Dasht Barchi, Kabul province, are unfounded. Our investigations confirm no such arrests by security agencies. We encourage anyone with information to report it to the relevant police station immediately.

Kandahar updates : The Ministry of Interior Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani - مفتي عبدالمتين قانع says “based on the preliminary investigations, today’s suicide bombing carried out by Khawarij - term used for ISK (Daesh).

Kandahar updates: Kandahar police spokesperson confirmed 3 people killed and 12 more injured in the suicide bombing, no groups claimed the attack yet.

MoI spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani - مفتي عبدالمتين قانع confirmed to me that an explosion happened in Kandahar, no words on kind of explosion and possible casualties yet. The blast occurred at a Kabul Bank office.

Pakistan Airstrikes Send Taliban a Message on Militant Attacks: Pakistan targets militants based in Afghanistan who it blames for attacking its security forces wsj.com/world/asia/pak… via The Wall Street Journal

IEA summoned Pakistan ambassador to Kabul over Paktika and Khost air strikes. The statement says “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has a long experience of fighting for freedom against the superpowers of the world and cannot tolerate aggression on its territory in any ways.”

Pakistan Carries Out Airstrikes Inside Afghanistan - WSJ wsj.com/world/asia/pak…

Pakistan Carries Out Airstrikes Inside Afghanistan wsj.com/world/asia/pak… via The Wall Street Journal

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Kabul.

During #Ramadan we will be distributing food packages on a daily basis to 100 families with Help Build Tomorrow. With just $10 you can feed an entire family. The GoFundMe link is in hbt_org Instagram bio. If you cannot donate reposting this post can help people in #Afghanistan #kabul #رمضان

Facebook is back in Afghanistan.

Facebook, Instagram and Messenger outage in Afghanistan as well.

Every Afghan child is a forlorn warrior, jousting to bring down the ghoul of poverty and obscure future.

Kabul - winter
12 Feb 2024

Mullah Abdul Zahir Saber, a resident of Logar province & Abdul Karim, a resident of Khost, who were both transferred to Guantanamo prison in 2002 and 2003 arrived in Kabul today.

U.S. Secretly Alerted Iran Ahead of Islamic State Terrorist Attack - WSJ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Iran Strikes Jihadist Group in Pakistan as Middle East Conflicts Spread wsj.com/world/middle-e… wsj.com/world/middle-e…