Former Balkh province governor Atta Mohammad Noor, Shia Hazara community leader Mohammad Mohaqiq, and Ahmad Wali Massoud of the National Resistance Front (NRF), the primary group now waging an armed insurgency against the government, are among the councils founding members.
A number of exiled Afghan politicians recently gathered in Turkey’s capital Ankara where they formed a council and called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to engage in talks with them. The politicians met at the residence of former vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum and included Abdu Rab-ur-Rasool Sayyaf, Atta Mohammad Noor, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Karim
Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Defense, met with Panjshir residents, tribal elders and security officials on Friday, during a visit to the province, and asked the people not to believe “enemy propaganda”. Mujahid also listened to suggestions by the people and called on them to fully cooperate with local officials to establish
The World Bank recently provided $150 million to the Afghan Ministry of Public Health to help pay for medicine, medical equipment and salaries, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials said this week. According to the ministry the assistance was provided by the World Bank in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on February