The Great Energy Wheel Begins to Turn; Azizi: Project Operations Will Launch Within Six Months
This milestone marks a major step in the historic 10,000-megawatt national power-generation project, which officially entered its implementation phase after a cooperation agreement was signed between Azizi Group and the Ministry of Water and Energy on August 2, 2025.
Arg Times will soon release audio recordings of a phone conversation between Mirza Mohammad Katawazai and a U.S. general.
Following the attack by an Afghan individual on the U.S. National Guard, Donald Trump ordered a renewed review of the cases of those who entered the United States after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. However, Arg Times has obtained audio files indicating that Mirza Mohammad Katawazai, the former deputy speaker of Afghanistan’s Parliament, […]
Azizi Developments Signs 50-Year KEZAD Agreement to Build 12 Factories Worth AED 2 Billion
Azizi Developments has announced the signing of a 50-year lease agreement with KEZAD Group, one of Abu Dhabi’s leading industrial and logistics zones. Under this long-term partnership, the company will build and operate 12 factories within KEZAD.
Azizi in Beirut: High-Level Talks With Lebanon’s Top Leaders to Boost Investment
A high-level delegation from Azizi Developments, led by the company’s Founder and Chairman, Mirwais Azizi, arrived in Beirut for an official visit and held meetings with senior Lebanese officials. During the trip, Mr. Azizi met with President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, and Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud.
Money linked to Atmar and Jalili triggered the ethnically-charged clash among Afghan politicians in Tashkent
In mid-September, leaked images of a private party in Tashkent stirred controversy. Photos obtained by Arg Times show a gathering of several former politicians—now turned businessmen—around tables with alcoholic drinks. Sources say the images are from a 16 September party at the luxurious “Ginaidin” restaurant in Tashkent, hosted by Kamal Nabizada, a well-known Afghan businessman in Central Asia.
Karzai–Taliban Rift: A Political Game to Deceive Public Opinion
In recent weeks, rumors have surfaced in the media suggesting that the Taliban’s supreme leader is attempting to restrict or even exile former president Hamid Karzai. At the same time, sources close to Afghanistan’s former political structure have reported on the movements of figures such as Engineer Ebrahim Spinzada and Yama Karzai, who allegedly held secret meetings with Taliban officials in Kabul.
Mir Rahman Rahmani Withdraws from Political Struggle against the Taliban after U.S. Sanctions
Khwaja Mahboob Sediki, political advisor to the leader of Jamiat-e-Islami (Ata Mohammad Noor’s faction), confirmed in a conversation with Nusrat Parsa that Rahmani, after facing problems with the United States, has refrained from continuing his activities in the National Resistance Council. According to him, Rahmani was actively participating in its leadership meetings at the time of the council’s establishment.
Khwaja Mahboob Sediki: A Sepah Proxy or Atta Mohammad Noor’s Partner?
Four years after the fall of the Afghan Republic, the name Khwaja Mahboob Sediki has become one of the political–economic enigmas linked to the fate of the Islamic Society (Jamiat-e Islami). He both sells oil and engages in politics, claims to have had commercial agreements with NATO, and has hosted IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) […]
Circumventing U.S. Sanctions: Kamal Nabizada Transfers Part of His Assets to His Wife, Child, and Close Associates
Recent investigations by Arg Times reveal that Kamal Nabizada, an Afghan businessman under U.S. Treasury sanctions, has transferred part of his assets and companies to the names of his wife and son, Ajmal Nabizada, to continue his business activities. One of these companies, Afghan National Petroleum in Afghanistan, is now registered under their names. The […]
Islamabad Meeting: The Dual Role of Hanif Atmar Between the Taliban and Their Opponents
Next week, a meeting is scheduled to take place in Pakistan, usually attended by political opponents of the Taliban. Among nearly forty Afghan figures expected to participate, the political movement Peace and Justice, led by Hanif Atmar, the former foreign minister and the last senior official of the Republic regime, is also listed. It is possible that Atmar himself or his representative will attend this meeting.
