Anas Haqqani said this week that the Haqqani Network never existed and that when he was arrested in Qatar, he had been a harmless student on holiday. In 2014, when he was 20, Haqqani was arrested in Qatar, tried in Kabul and sentenced to death. According information obtained by Der Spiegel, the only reason he
The United States still doesn’t want the Afghan people to be at ease by continuing to keep sanctions on Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, acting prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said on Saturday. “The enemy that fought us for 20 years in this country still doesn’t want these oppressed and tired
Qatar is looking to sign a security deal with Afghanistan, Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, acting defense minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has said. Mujahid said this after returning from Doha where he met with senior Qatari officials during his two-day visit following an official invitation. He said that Qatar expressed interest in signing
Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada, supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), on Saturday in his Eid speech, warned officials not to create a gap between the government and people. “Governments have collapsed through the creation of gaps between people and government and I instruct IEA officials to stand with the people and not to
In an interview, Afghan Taliban leader Anas Haqqani, 28, talks about his family’s militant network, the question of his involvement in assassinations – and why he is determined to fight for the rights of men and birds.