Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front (NRF) reported a successful assault on a Taliban checkpoint in the Shindand district of Herat province on Saturday evening, resulting in the deaths of three Taliban members.The NRF confirmed that their forces suffered no casualties during the operation. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Scollon Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2024 Shortly after the Taliban seized power, Russia addressed the question of whether it was time to review the militant group’s status as a terrorist organization. “It is very important to see what the Taliban’s first steps in governing Afghanistan will be like,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry PeskovRead More...
8am: The claim of providing security has long been a tool in the hands of the Taliban, extending from the distant past to the present. By exploiting this notion and portraying themselves as worthy rulers, this group has also deceived some countries. However, the realities on the ground over the past nearly three years showRead More...
Khaama: People protests in Badakhshan’s Darayim district entered their second day on Saturday, May 4th. Residents claim the Taliban took five community leaders under the pretext of discussing protesters’ demands, but their fate remains unknown. Residents express concern over the detention of these five community leaders. Anti-Taliban protests in Darayim, Badakhshan, began on Friday, MayRead More...
Stars and Stripes: ISIS-K is taking advantage of poor economic conditions and instability in Afghanistan that came after the Taliban seized the country from the U.S.-backed government in 2021, said Kamran Bokhari, senior director of the Eurasian Security and Prosperity program at the Washington-based New Lines Institute. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 2, 2024 A new United Nations report suggested Thursday that the hardline Taliban government in Afghanistan has eased its drive to enforce an Islamic dress code or hijab on women. However, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, noted in its quarterly report that violations of human rights atRead More...
Ariana: New Zealand Cricket said Tuesday it will go ahead with a Test match against Afghanistan in September, a month after Australia scrapped a Twenty20 series against the national team. Cricket Australia postponed a three-match series due to take place in August at a neutral venue, saying the situation for women in Afghanistan was deteriorating.Read More...
The Guardian (UK): In the two decades before the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan had a vibrant media sector. There were newspapers, television channels, periodicals, magazines and more, invigorating the public discourse by allowing citizens to express their views on national and local issues. That is completely gone now. Click here to read more (externalRead More...
Daily News: The Taliban hopes to remedy Afghanistan’s many woes by making the highly conservative, poverty-stricken, war-torn country a tourism destination. Would-be bookers understand they have their work cut out for them. Visas are hard to procure. The Taliban’s treatment of women is famously abhorrent. None of the the country’s airports have direct flights toRead More...
8am: Findings from the Hasht-e Subh Daily show that the Taliban have imprisoned dozens of women in various provinces over the past nearly three years on various charges. Findings indicate that all detainees, contrary to the principles of fair trial in the Taliban’s penal system, have been subjected to humiliation, torture, and harassment, and someRead More...
Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan has issued a stark warning that the current situation under the Taliban’s rule presents a greater danger than the Soviet occupation. In a statement, the council urged for an extensive and definitive resistance against the Taliban, involving all political, military, and civilian sectors ofRead More...
Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced that within the past 24 hours, they have successfully conducted three separate operations targeting Taliban forces, resulting in the deaths of six members. On Saturday night, NRF forces initiated an attack in Kabul’s 6th police security district, eliminating two Taliban operatives. Further actions in Herat and KabulRead More...
Reuters: Directed by Roya Sadat, the 95-minute film is a testament to the courage of Afghan women leaders who continue advocating for change since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, and have drastically curtailed women’s freedoms and rights. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: Sergey Shoigu, speaking on Friday at the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s defense ministers in Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital, criticized America’s efforts to regain influence in Central and South Asia after withdrawing from Afghanistan. Shoigu states that international terrorist groups seek refuge in Afghanistan due to its politically unstable and ambiguous situation. Click hereRead More...
Sarah Zaman VOA News April 26, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s decision earlier this week to extend the term of a key document that allows Afghans to live in the country legally has created some breathing room for refugees who fear they would be sent back to Afghanistan. However, concerns remain about Pakistan’s controversial moves in recentRead More...
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: The Taliban has abolished the pension system in Afghanistan, which is gripped by a devastating economic and humanitarian crisis. The move has triggered protests by retirees who say they cannot survive without state assistance. Scores of retired civil servants and retired members of the armed forces staged a rally in Kabul onRead More...
Ariana: Acting Minister of National Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid has said that no destructive groups including Daesh have physical presence in Afghanistan, adding the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) will not allow anyone to pose threat to any country in the region from the Afghan soil. Mujahid made the remarks in a meeting with aRead More...
Afghanistan International: Amnesty International’s recent report has highlighted the dire human rights situation in Afghanistan. The organisation has pointed out severe repression and violations suffered by the Afghan people, with a particular emphasis on violence and discrimination against ethnic groups, notably the Hazaras. Released on Tuesday, April 23, the report also mentioned the Taliban’s policiesRead More...
Khaama: Islamabad’s special envoy for Afghanistan Asif Durrani said on Wednesday that Pakistan has suffered more due to Afghanistan’s internal situation than Pakistan has suffered in three wars with India in terms of blood spilt and finances drained. Click here to read more (external link). Related Suicide attacks increased by 500% in Pakistan: Durrani
By Navbahor Imamova VOA News April 24, 2024 WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s Central Asian neighbors are holding out hope that America, based on its pledges at September’s C5+1 summit, will expand its role in this neighborhood. The wish list includes delivering more humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people, facilitating the expansion of trade, and combating the threats of terrorismRead More...
CNN: For two years, the US military has insisted that the loss of life was caused by a single explosion, and that troops who reported coming under fire and returning it were likely confused in the chaotic aftermath, some suffering from the effects of blast concussion. But video captured by a Marine’s GoPro camera thatRead More...
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 24, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Iran pledged Wednesday they would increase joint efforts against Afghanistan’s terrorism threat and urged Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban government to involve all Afghans in “basic decision-making.” The two neighboring countries, which share long, porous borders with Afghanistan, made the promise in a joint statement released atRead More...
Afghanistan International: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e-Islami, has stated that with the Taliban assuming power in Afghanistan, the foundation for an “independent and robust government” in the country has been established. However, Afghanistan’s airspace remains under United States’ occupation. Hekmatyar has demanded from the Taliban that if the United States does not cease thisRead More...
Roshan Noorzai Zheela Noori VOA News April 23, 2024 Zuhal Akbari has opened a new pastry factory in the western Afghan city of Herat, recruiting women “so that they can do something for themselves, their families and their health.” Akbari told VOA that most of the 11 women who work with her are university graduatesRead More...