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Pakistan-Based Haqqani Network Behind Today’s Attacks in Kabul: NDS

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Pakistan-based Haqqani network has plotted the multiple attacks in different parts of the capital Kabul with the help of Lashkar-e-Taiba on Wednesday morning, the Afghan Intelligence agency said in a statement.

The coordinated attacks in the capital Kabul begin today at around 11:30 am on police stations in Dasht-e-Barchi (PD13) and shar-e-now (PD10) areas of the city with blasts and gunshots.

The Interior Ministry Spokesman Najib Danish said that five people were killed and 16 others injured in the attacks.

According to the official, the attack on PD10 in Shahr-e-Naw area has also ended after all four attackers were gunned down by Afghan forces. 

Earlier in the day, at a press conference, the Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak said that two suicide attackers were involved in the attack on PD13 police headquarters in Dasht-e-Barchi. He said two policemen were killed others wounded in the attack.

Islamic State claimed responsibility. The group's Amaq news agency reported. But many officials doubt the group has the capacity to mount such complex attacks.

“The suicide bombings that took place today in Kabul was plotted by the Haqqani Network with the help of Lashkar-e-Taiba,” the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement.  “Efforts underway to arrest the facilitators and perpetrators [of the attacks],” the statement added.

The coordinated attacks in Kabul comes a week after at least 25 people including nine journalists were killed in Islamic State-claimed double bombing in Shashdarak area of the city.

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Pakistan: IEA must prevent US weapons from reaching terrorists

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Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again expressed concern over the potential for terrorist groups to access weapons left behind by the United States in Afghanistan.

Speaking in a news conference, Pakistan's spokesperson for the foreign ministry Shafqat Ali Khan urged the leaders of the Islamic Emirate not to allow the weapons left by the US to fall into the hands of terrorists, as this would create serious security concerns for both Pakistan and the region.

"Regarding the issue of weapons left behind in Afghanistan, it should be noted that Afghan officials are responsible for ensuring that, under no circumstances, such weapons fall into the hands of terrorist groups. This is a significant concern for the countries of the region, and we continue to call for increased attention to this matter,” said Shafqat Ali Khan.

Currently, the relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan do not appear to be very positive. However, some experts believe that a unified stance must be created between the countries in the region to combat terrorism.

Earlier, the Islamic Emirate has described such concerns as baseless and repeatedly stated that all US weapons and military equipment left behind are secured by the government, with no group or individual having access to them.

Relations between Kabul and Islamabad have always been tense since IEA’s takeover, particularly regarding the issue of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Pakistan claims that this group plans and carries out attacks from Afghan soil against Pakistan.

However, the Islamic Emirate has repeatedly rejected Pakistan's accusations, calling them baseless.

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ICC arrest warrant request for IEA’s supreme leader has no legal basis: Foreign Ministry

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The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, has no “fair legal basis” and it is “politically motivated”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

On Thursday, ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said he had applied for arrest warrants for the two IEA figures in Afghanistan, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls.

The Foreign Ministry, however, said in a statement on Friday that the charges brought by the prosecutor were baseless.

"Nationwide security in Afghanistan is ensured, people breathe a sigh of relief, private prisons, kidnappings, warlords’ islands of power, many other forms of discontent and inhuman acts have been eliminated," the statement said.

"It is regrettable that this institution (ICC) has turned a blind eye to the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by foreign forces and their domestic allies during the 20 years of occupation of Afghanistan," the statement said.

"This misconduct further undermines the weak credibility of the institution and makes its position at the international level completely meaningless," the statement said. “This institution should not try to impose a particular interpretation of human rights on the entire world and ignore the religious and national values ​​of people in other parts of the world.”

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Trump says ‘Afghanistan disaster’ would not happen with him in power

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In his first interview since returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that if he remained in power for the past four years, the "Afghanistan disaster" would not have happened.

In an interview with Fox News at the White House, Trump also said that with him in power, there would be no inflation in the United States, no massive Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and no war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump said that his political comeback proves the policies and philosophies of the "radical left" throughout the past four years are "horrible" and "don't work."

The president said there were thousands of terrorists and tens of thousands of murderers living in the United States.

He added that the murderers had been released from jails in other countries before entering the United States.

"If I were the president or prime minister or something of another country, I would empty my jails right into America, into the United States. Why not?" Trump said.

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