{"id":12625,"date":"2026-05-10T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/10\/taliban-interior-ministry-border-police-security-measures\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:15:16","slug":"taliban-interior-ministry-border-police-security-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/10\/taliban-interior-ministry-border-police-security-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Interior Ministry Acting Head Meets Border Police Chief to Discuss Border Management and Security Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sirajuddin Haqqani, acting head of the Taliban&#8217;s Ministry of Interior, met with Mullah Hezbollah Afghan, chief of the border police, to discuss the current state of the borders and new security measures. Strengthening border order and facilitating operations at airports and ports were key topics in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>According to information released by the Taliban administration, the two sides also exchanged views on recent progress in border management and related issues. However, specific details about these advances and how the plans will be implemented were not provided.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban administration&#8217;s talk of reinforcing border order comes amid ongoing criticism regarding border management and treatment of travelers, especially merchants and passengers. Some residents of border areas have previously complained about restrictions and a lack of transparency in procedures.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear when and by what mechanisms the programs discussed in this meeting will be put into practice, a matter that could affect cross-border movement, trade, and regional interactions involving Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban&#8217;s acting interior minister meets border police chief to discuss border security, management progress, and facilitating trade at airports and ports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}