Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 23, 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says a list of rules that the Taliban-led government is requiring Afghan journalists to follow opens the way to “censorship and persecution,” adding to growing international concerns about press freedoms in Afghanistan. RSF warned in a report that the 11 rules to which journalists
😑😢In one of the southern provinces of Afghanistan, people are selling their children due to poverty. Boys $228 and girls $114 https://t.co/2oB6zj93tE — Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) September 22, 2021
The Intercept: The retreat of Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh belies public claims that they are still in Afghanistan. There is also ample historical precedent for opposition groups fleeing to neighboring countries to plot their eventual return. Click here to read more (external link). NRF Response: Claims by the Taliban's paid mercenaries in the mass
Press Release September 22, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) released the following joint statement: “It was a great honor and privilege to talk to Ahmad Massoud, who is leading the Afghan National Resistance Front. We appreciated hearing his continued commitment to resisting the
#Taliban collect their religious taxes from #Hazar, #Uzbek, and #Tajik provinces only. This is the exact policy of #AbdulRahman, their king who start stabling their historical #Emarat! It’s wired that after #democracy, Afghanistan pushed back to 300 years ago again! — Massoud Hossaini (@Massoud151) September 22, 2021
Tolo News: Jalalabad city in the eastern province of Nangarhar witnessed five security incidents on Wednesday morning. Four explosions in different parts of the city took the lives of two people and injured three others, eyewitnesses told TOLO news. Click here to read more (external link).
Following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the previous government’s funding for a school for Afghans in Tajikistan’s capital was cut off. A school official hopes wealthy Afghans can step in, but so far, parents of the students have had to help cover the costs to pay rent for the school. Related Life under Taliban
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 22, 2021 The United Nations says it is releasing $45 million to help prevent Afghanistan’s battered health-care system, which the World Health Organization (WHO) said was “on the brink of collapse” following the Taliban’s takeover in mid-August. Afghanistan’s health-care system was plunged into deep crisis after the Taliban swept into
India Today: As Pakistan attempts to assert its influence in Kabul, there is a major tussle going on between Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt General Faiz Hameed. Sources in the intelligence agencies said the tussle has come to a point where the Pakistan Army chief has been