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ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Kabul attack

Al Jazeera: The ISIS (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul that killed at least six people. In a Telegram post on Tuesday, ISIL said one of its members detonated an explosive vest in the Afghan capital the previous day
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ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Kabul attack

Al Jazeera: The ISIS (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul that killed at least six people. In a Telegram post on Tuesday, ISIL said one of its members detonated an explosive vest in the Afghan capital the previous day, targeting the Taliban government’s prosecution service. Click here to readRead More...

Badakhshan Women Alarmed by Rising Forced Marriages and Mental Health Crises

8am: Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, girls and women in the country, particularly in Badakhshan province, are experiencing the harsh reality of not being able to attend school or university and the violence perpetrated by the group. These f
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Badakhshan Women Alarmed by Rising Forced Marriages and Mental Health Crises

8am: Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, girls and women in the country, particularly in Badakhshan province, are experiencing the harsh reality of not being able to attend school or university and the violence perpetrated by the group. These factors have led to an increase in forced marriages and mental health issues among girls andRead More...

Suicide bomber kills 6, wounds 13 in Kabul

Ariana: A suicide bombing took place in capital Kabul on Monday, killing six civilians and wounding 13 others, police said. The blast happened in Qala-e-Bakhtiar area in PD 6 of the city. Khalid Zadran, city’s police spokesman, said that one woman was also
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Suicide bomber kills 6, wounds 13 in Kabul

Ariana: A suicide bombing took place in capital Kabul on Monday, killing six civilians and wounding 13 others, police said. The blast happened in Qala-e-Bakhtiar area in PD 6 of the city. Khalid Zadran, city’s police spokesman, said that one woman was also among those killed. Click here to read more (external link).

Leader of Afghanistan’s resistance movement says he will defeat the Taliban ‘no matter the odds’

CNN: Massoud is now 35, and he leads the National Resistance Front to the Taliban. In our interview, he asserted that his group has carried out 207 military operations around Afghanistan this year and that he has 5,000 soldiers under his control. Click here t
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Leader of Afghanistan’s resistance movement says he will defeat the Taliban ‘no matter the odds’

CNN: Massoud is now 35, and he leads the National Resistance Front to the Taliban. In our interview, he asserted that his group has carried out 207 military operations around Afghanistan this year and that he has 5,000 soldiers under his control. Click here to read more (external link).

Chairman of US House Foreign Affairs Committee to Soon Meet Afghanistan’s NRF Leader

Afghanistan International: Michael McCaul, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, has announced plans to meet with representatives of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), including its leader Ahmad Massoud, on September 10. McCaul
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Chairman of US House Foreign Affairs Committee to Soon Meet Afghanistan’s NRF Leader

Afghanistan International: Michael McCaul, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, has announced plans to meet with representatives of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), including its leader Ahmad Massoud, on September 10. McCaul expressed his eagerness to hear about Massoud’s efforts to liberate the Afghan people from Taliban control. Click here toRead More...

Inside Abdul Hamid Khorasani’s Kabul Villa: OSINT Reveals Militia Operations, Alleged ISKP Links, and Internal Taliban Tensions

8am: Recent intelligence indicates potential connections between Khorasani and the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). Video evidence and social media posts suggest his unit includes former ISKP operatives, raising suspicions of a strategic pivot toward t
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Inside Abdul Hamid Khorasani’s Kabul Villa: OSINT Reveals Militia Operations, Alleged ISKP Links, and Internal Taliban Tensions

8am: Recent intelligence indicates potential connections between Khorasani and the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). Video evidence and social media posts suggest his unit includes former ISKP operatives, raising suspicions of a strategic pivot toward this rival group. His vocal criticisms of the Taliban’s ethnic policies and the emerging power struggle within its ranks furtherRead More...

Murky CIA-Taliban Ties Demand Scrutiny

Michael Hughes: The CIA claims it established a back channel with the Taliban to cooperate on operations against anti-Western terrorist groups, while suggesting dire warnings of Afghanistan becoming a terrorist sanctuary are overblown. The narrative has been
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Murky CIA-Taliban Ties Demand Scrutiny

Michael Hughes: The CIA claims it established a back channel with the Taliban to cooperate on operations against anti-Western terrorist groups, while suggesting dire warnings of Afghanistan becoming a terrorist sanctuary are overblown. The narrative has been spun harder recently, undeniably for political purposes ahead of a presidential election, but the covert agency’s assertions areRead More...

Germany Begins Deporting “Criminal” Afghan Migrants

Afghanistan International: German media reported that the country began the deportation of “criminal” Afghan migrants on Friday, August 30. The magazine Der Spiegel wrote that a flight carrying 28 Afghan “criminal” migrants departed fr
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Germany Begins Deporting “Criminal” Afghan Migrants

Afghanistan International: German media reported that the country began the deportation of “criminal” Afghan migrants on Friday, August 30. The magazine Der Spiegel wrote that a flight carrying 28 Afghan “criminal” migrants departed from Leipzig Airport to Kabul today. According to the report, these migrants, who had criminal records, were deported from various states inRead More...

Al Qaeda Expands Its Footprint in Afghanistan

Foreign Policy: Al Qaeda has set up nine new terrorist camps in Afghanistan in 2024, a sign of the Taliban’s increasing tolerance of terror groups in their backyard in spite of pledges to crack down, according to an Afghan resistance leader visiting Washing
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Al Qaeda Expands Its Footprint in Afghanistan

Foreign Policy: Al Qaeda has set up nine new terrorist camps in Afghanistan in 2024, a sign of the Taliban’s increasing tolerance of terror groups in their backyard in spite of pledges to crack down, according to an Afghan resistance leader visiting Washington this week.  “These are training centers; these are recruitment centers,” said AliRead More...

Taliban Restrict Uzbek Language Growth: University Professors Banned from Translating Academic Works into Uzbek

8am: The Ministry of Higher Education under Taliban control has instructed professors in Uzbek language and literature departments at public universities to translate academic works only into one of the two official languages, Persian or Pashto, if they wish
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Taliban Restrict Uzbek Language Growth: University Professors Banned from Translating Academic Works into Uzbek

8am: The Ministry of Higher Education under Taliban control has instructed professors in Uzbek language and literature departments at public universities to translate academic works only into one of the two official languages, Persian or Pashto, if they wish to qualify for promotion. However, Uzbek students, university professors, and writers describe this decision as rootedRead More...

Afghanistan Slides Into ‘Ever More Hellish Conditions’ After New Morality Law Enacted

Abubakar Siddique and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 29, 2024 The Taliban has attempted to police the public appearances and behavior of millions of Afghans, especially women, since seizing power in 2021. But the enforcement of the extremist group’s rule
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Afghanistan Slides Into ‘Ever More Hellish Conditions’ After New Morality Law Enacted

Abubakar Siddique and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 29, 2024 The Taliban has attempted to police the public appearances and behavior of millions of Afghans, especially women, since seizing power in 2021. But the enforcement of the extremist group’s rules governing morality, including its strict Islamic dress code and gender segregation in society, was sporadic andRead More...

Pakistan urges Afghan Taliban to address perception as ‘ideological cousins of TTP’

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2024 Islamabad — Pakistan urged Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders Wednesday to explain their relationship with a globally designated terrorist group waging cross-border bloodshed and address concerns about sweeping restrictions t
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Pakistan urges Afghan Taliban to address perception as ‘ideological cousins of TTP’

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2024 Islamabad — Pakistan urged Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders Wednesday to explain their relationship with a globally designated terrorist group waging cross-border bloodshed and address concerns about sweeping restrictions they have imposed on Afghan women. The remarks by Islamabad’s special representative to Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, came as the militant group inRead More...

Taliban Ministry of Health says no reports in Afghanistan of monkey pox

Ariana: The Ministry of Public Health has announced that no suspected or positive cases of monkey pox have been registered in Afghanistan. After receiving reports about two suspected cases of monkey pox in Kabul and Paktia, officials say that no suspected or
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Taliban Ministry of Health says no reports in Afghanistan of monkey pox

Ariana: The Ministry of Public Health has announced that no suspected or positive cases of monkey pox have been registered in Afghanistan. After receiving reports about two suspected cases of monkey pox in Kabul and Paktia, officials say that no suspected or positive cases of this disease have been registered in Afghanistan. Click here toRead More...

Taliban Exploiting Global Fatigue on Afghanistan, Says NRF Leader

Afghanistan International: The leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) Ahmad Massoud has urged policymakers in Washington to heed the recommendations of the Hudson Institute, which has called for support for the NRF. Massoud stated that the Taliban are
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Taliban Exploiting Global Fatigue on Afghanistan, Says NRF Leader

Afghanistan International: The leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) Ahmad Massoud has urged policymakers in Washington to heed the recommendations of the Hudson Institute, which has called for support for the NRF. Massoud stated that the Taliban are exploiting the world’s fatigue regarding Afghanistan to maintain their rule and continue suppressing the people, particularlyRead More...

EU Aid To Afghanistan Continues To Flow Amid Taliban’s Restrictions On Women

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 27, 2024 Afghanistan is one of the largest recipients of humanitarian aid from the European Union, EU officials said on August 27, one day after saying it was appalled by a new decree issued by the Taliban-led governmen
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EU Aid To Afghanistan Continues To Flow Amid Taliban’s Restrictions On Women

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 27, 2024 Afghanistan is one of the largest recipients of humanitarian aid from the European Union, EU officials said on August 27, one day after saying it was appalled by a new decree issued by the Taliban-led government further restricting the lives of women. The European Union this year hasRead More...

Afghanistan’s Taliban bans MMA, citing violent nature concerns

DPA: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has prohibited mixed martial arts (MMA), citing concerns over violence and the risk of death, an official told TOLOnews on Tuesday. Ahmadullah Wasiq, head of the Physical Education and Sports Department, said the ban
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Afghanistan’s Taliban bans MMA, citing violent nature concerns

DPA: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has prohibited mixed martial arts (MMA), citing concerns over violence and the risk of death, an official told TOLOnews on Tuesday. Ahmadullah Wasiq, head of the Physical Education and Sports Department, said the ban, enforced by the country’s morality police, was due to the sport’s violent nature. Click hereRead More...

Female journalist silenced on air apparently in compliance with Taliban morality law

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 27, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A Taliban-controlled state broadcaster in Afghanistan silenced a female journalist and her image during a live media event Tuesday, apparently in compliance with the radical rulers’ recently enacted morality
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Female journalist silenced on air apparently in compliance with Taliban morality law

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 27, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A Taliban-controlled state broadcaster in Afghanistan silenced a female journalist and her image during a live media event Tuesday, apparently in compliance with the radical rulers’ recently enacted morality law that bans women from speaking or showing their faces in public. Officials of the de facto TalibanRead More...

Taliban’s Minister Declares Sharia & Women’s Hijab As Group’s Red Line

Afghanistan International: Taliban’s Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Khalid Hanafi, has reiterated that the implementation of Sharia, Islamic punishments (hudud), and the enforcement of the hijab are non-negotiable for Tal
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Taliban’s Minister Declares Sharia & Women’s Hijab As Group’s Red Line

Afghanistan International: Taliban’s Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Khalid Hanafi, has reiterated that the implementation of Sharia, Islamic punishments (hudud), and the enforcement of the hijab are non-negotiable for Taliban government. Speaking in Sar-e-Pul province, Hanafi described the newly signed “Law for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”Read More...

3 Years Later, Afghans Still Reeling From Impact Of Devastating Kabul Airport Attack

By Abubakar Siddique and Satar Furogh Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 26, 2024 The harrowing events of August 26, 2021, are seared into Shafiullah Samsor’s memory. Twenty-two years old at the time, Samsor was among the thousands of desperate Afgh
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3 Years Later, Afghans Still Reeling From Impact Of Devastating Kabul Airport Attack

By Abubakar Siddique and Satar Furogh Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 26, 2024 The harrowing events of August 26, 2021, are seared into Shafiullah Samsor’s memory. Twenty-two years old at the time, Samsor was among the thousands of desperate Afghans who had amassed outside Kabul airport hoping to be airlifted from the country by theRead More...

Why Tajikistan Remains at Odds with the Taliban?

8am: During the three-year rule of the Taliban, Tajikistan’s relations with the group have always been tense. Unlike other Afghan neighbors, Tajikistan has acted cautiously in establishing relations with the Taliban by supporting anti-Taliban groups. Anothe
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Why Tajikistan Remains at Odds with the Taliban?

8am: During the three-year rule of the Taliban, Tajikistan’s relations with the group have always been tense. Unlike other Afghan neighbors, Tajikistan has acted cautiously in establishing relations with the Taliban by supporting anti-Taliban groups. Another reason for the discord between the two sides is the presence of Tajik groups opposed to Emomali Rahmon’s governmentRead More...

UN denounces Taliban morality law as ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 25, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations expressed concern Sunday over the enactment of a morality law by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban that imposes severe restrictions on personal freedom, silences women in public, and requires th
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UN denounces Taliban morality law as ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 25, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations expressed concern Sunday over the enactment of a morality law by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban that imposes severe restrictions on personal freedom, silences women in public, and requires them to cover their faces. “It is a distressing vision for Afghanistan’s future, where moral inspectors haveRead More...

Amo Sharks win Shpageeza Cricket League for the first time

Ariana: Amo Sharks defeated Band-e-Amir Dragons by 7 wickets in the final match of the 9th edition of the Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL) in Kabul on Saturday to win their first-ever championship title. Click here to read more (external link).
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Amo Sharks win Shpageeza Cricket League for the first time

Ariana: Amo Sharks defeated Band-e-Amir Dragons by 7 wickets in the final match of the 9th edition of the Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL) in Kabul on Saturday to win their first-ever championship title. Click here to read more (external link).

Taliban Now Bans Broadcast of Education Programmes Above Grade Six in Khost

Afghanistan International: Sources in Khost province have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban has now imposed restrictions on educational programmes above grade six which are broadcast on local radio and television stations. These restriction
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Taliban Now Bans Broadcast of Education Programmes Above Grade Six in Khost

Afghanistan International: Sources in Khost province have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban has now imposed restrictions on educational programmes above grade six which are broadcast on local radio and television stations. These restrictions have reportedly been implemented on the orders of the Taliban’s Ministry of Education. Click here to read more (external link). RelatedRead More...