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  • Taliban deputy foreign minister urges reopening of girls’ high schools

    Taliban deputy foreign minister urges reopening of girls’ high schools

    Canada Global (Web News) Taliban’s acting deputy foreign minister, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, has urged the group’s leadership to reopen schools for Afghan girls, calling the ongoing restrictions unjust and contrary to Islamic teachings.

    Speaking over the weekend, Stanekzai emphasized that education was accessible to both men and women during the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He argued that denying education to Afghanistan’s female population, nearly half of the country’s 40 million people, was a significant injustice.

    His remarks mark one of the strongest public criticisms from within the Taliban regarding the school closures, which were reportedly enforced by the group’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, despite internal disagreements.

    The Taliban initially promised to reopen girls’ high schools in 2022 but later reversed their decision and also barred women from universities by the year’s end. They claim to uphold women’s rights under Islamic law and Afghan traditions but have provided no timeline for reopening educational institutions for females.

    International criticism has been widespread, with Islamic scholars and Western diplomats stating that the Taliban’s stance on women’s education remains a major obstacle to their recognition on the global stage.

    Taliban officials in Kandahar, where Akhundzada is based, have not responded to Stanekzai’s remarks.

  • Fearless Afghan woman ‘ex-lawmaker’ shot dead

    Fearless Afghan woman ‘ex-lawmaker’ shot dead

    Canada Global (Web News) Gunmen killed an Afghan former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in a nighttime attack at her home in Kabul, police said on Sunday.

    When the Taliban overthrew the US-backed government in August 2021, Mursal Nabizada was a member of parliament. According to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran, “Nabizada was shot dead at her home, along with one of her bodyguards.”

    A brother of the former congressman was also hurt in the attack, which happened over the course of the night between Saturday and Sunday, he added, adding that “the security forces have initiated a serious inquiry into the event.”

    According to former MP Mariam Solaimankhil, Nabizada was a “fearless champion for Afghanistan.”

    She referred to the woman as “a true trailblazer — strong, vocal who stood for what she believed in, even in the face of danger.” She said, “Even though she was given the choice to leave Afghanistan, she decided to stay and fight for her people.

    Nabizada, 32, a Kabul-based member of parliament since 2018, was a native of the eastern province of Nangarhar. In response to the murder, Hannah Neumann, a member of the European Parliament, tweeted: “I am horrified and angry and want the world to know!” “She was murdered in the dead of night, while the Taliban constructed their system of gender segregation in broad daylight.”

  • Daesh militants behind Pakistan Embassy attack killed in Kabul operation: Taliban

    Daesh militants behind Pakistan Embassy attack killed in Kabul operation: Taliban

    Canada Global (Web News) Tehreek-e- Taliban Afghanistan (TTA) spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said an operation has killed a network of Daesh militants involved in the attack on the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul.

    On December 2, Daesh militants attacked the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul, specifically targeting Chargé d’Affaires (CdA) to Afghanistan Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani. The diplomat was unharmed, but his bodyguard was critically injured.

    The terrorist organisation admitted to carrying out the incident and acknowledged that the Pakistani envoy was their intended victim.

    The TTA spokeswoman stated in a statement on Twitter on Thursday that operations were carried out in Kabul by Afghan security forces against a Daesh network that was responsible for the attacks on the Pakistani mission and a hotel where Chinese people were staying.

    Five Chinese nationals were hurt in the attack on December 12 and China had requested that its citizens leave the country.

    Zabihullah Mujahid said that Afghan forces engaged in operations against Daesh terrorists in the provinces of Nimroz and Kabul.

    The eighth district of Kabul’s Shahadai Salehin and Qalacha districts, as well as Zaranj, the provincial capital of Nimroz, were the targets of three hideouts, according to Zabiullah.

    The statement claimed that as a result, the hideout was demolished, 8 foreign Daesh members were killed, and 7 foreigners were seized alive. They also had a lot of small guns, hand grenades, mines, vests, and explosives that were found on them.

    He continued by saying that a number of suspects had been held for additional scrutiny.

    In light of the deteriorating law and order situation in the Afghan capital, the Foreign Office has summoned envoy Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani for talks.

  • Afghan Taliban call Pakistan’s statements provocative, seek stronger ties

    Afghan Taliban call Pakistan’s statements provocative, seek stronger ties

    Canada Global (Web News) In recent pronouncements concerning terrorist hideouts in Kabul, Pakistani officials have been criticised by the Afghan Taliban as being “provocative.” They have also asked Islamabad to “manage” the situation from their side.

    Zabiullah Mujahid, the main Taliban spokesperson, said in a statement that the interim administration was making every effort to prevent the use of Afghan soil against Pakistan or any other nation.

    The announcement followed the National Security Committee’s (NSC) request, made anonymously to Kabul’s government, that Pakistani terrorist organisations not be given sanctuary there.

    Since the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that the truce with Pakistan will end, there has been a substantial increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

    In a previous interview with a Pakistani news outlet, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah stated: “Islamabad may target the TTP in Afghanistan if Kabul does not take action to remove them.”

    In response, Mujahid stated that the Pakistani side must likewise make an effort to maintain control of the situation and refrain from making irrational or aggressive statements.

    The Taliban spokesperson stated that the Afghan government places significance on maintaining peace and stability not only within the nation, but also throughout the region, and he promised that his nation would continue to make efforts in this direction.

    Taliban, he said, wanted better ties with all of its neighbours, including Pakistan, and they believed they had access to all the tools and resources necessary to achieve that aim.

    NSC had determined on Monday that no nation would be permitted to offer refuge and assistance to terrorists, and Pakistan reserved all rights to protect its citizens.

    The forum also reaffirmed its intention to fight any and all violent groups and repeated its commitment to having zero tolerance for terrorism in Pakistan.

    “The whole weight of the state will be brought to bear on this terrorism. The complete writ of the state would be upheld on every square inch of the territory, and Pakistan’s security cannot be compromised, the committee ruled.

  • Two militants killed in Kabul attack

    Two militants killed in Kabul attack

    Canada Global (Web News) In an attempt to raid the headquarters of an Afghan party led by seasoned politician Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, three unidentified terrorists exploded a car bomb on Friday, according to officials.

    Two assailants were murdered as they attempted to enter the Kabul building, which also houses a mosque, according to Ghairat Baheer, an official with the Hizb-e-Islami party, and a third managed to flee.

    Hekmatyar, a cunning politician who held the position of prime minister in the 1990s, was reportedly present but unharmed.

    Senior district police official Obaidullah Muddabir confirmed that two assailants had been slain, but he added he thought the third had been apprehended.

    I’m outside the compound, and things are under control, he declared.

    “We were informed that there were three assailants by the security at the Hizb-e-Islami headquarters. Before they reached the goal, two were dead and one was injured.

    Having fought against the Soviet occupation, the Taliban’s initial reign, and the Western-backed government that lasted until August of last year, Hekmatyar is seen as a political survivor in Afghanistan.