Weeks before the March 22, 2024 attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue in Moscow, in which approximately 144 people were killed and for which the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility, Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov met in Kabul on March 5, 2024, with Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is Afghan Taliban Minister of Interior Affairs as well as being head of the
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. In an February 7, 2024 interview with the state-run Ufuq News of Iran, Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi said that Ishtishhadi (i.e., martyrdom-seeking) battalions from Afghanistan will go to fight
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. On February 8, 2024, a pro-Afghan Taliban media outlet published a Pashtu-language article, criticizing Iran for viewing Afghanistan as its sphere of influence or "property." The article, part of a new series of criticisms
The Taliban on Tuesday released a prominent Afghan TV station owner who was detained for two days, according to the independent media monitoring group Af
WASHINGTON - The whereabouts of a prominent Afghan TV station owner remains unknown a day after he was arrested by the Taliban on Sunday, according to t