8am: The name and history of Taliban creation are associated with opium and drug trafficking, along with the implementation of strict and extreme religious practices. This spring, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of this group, issued an order prohibiting the cultivation, production, purchase, and sale of narcotics. But the findings of Hasht-e Subh Daily show
8am: Complaints about overtaxing, overcharging, and extortion of Taliban militants under the name of transportation taxes are raised while there have already been reports about the takeover of citizens’ private businesses by the Taliban, disorder in the transportation sector, and the Taliban’s failure to meet the necessary conditions for registering cars and drivers on the
8am: Local sources in Ghazni report that on Friday, September 23, the Taliban started destroying poppy fields in the Gilan district of this province, while they had already collected the crops two weeks ago. According to sources, the local Taliban are involved in the planting, production, and trafficking of narcotics, and have dramatically destroyed harvested
8am: Reliable sources from Helmand province say that 800,000 US dollars have been stolen from Hedayatullah Badri, known as Haji Gul Agha’s residency. Another source also confirms that Hedayatullah Badri is one of the partners of Haji Bashar Noorzai, one of the very beloved drug lords being supported by the Taliban who is recently released
8am: Local sources in Takhar report that the Taliban in this province collect tithes from farmers’ crops several times. On Thursday, September 22, a source said, quoting the farmers of some districts in this province, that the Taliban has not defined any mechanism for tithes collection, but there are local Taliban commanders who collect tithes
Inkstick: A year after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the world is still coming to terms with the full extent of the costs of that war — not only the budgetary costs, but also the lost human lives, the destruction of health facilities and other infrastructure, and the impacts on the environment. At first glance,
8am: The residents of Logar province have reported that an internal aid organization has distributed empty envelopes to the flood victims of this province, instead of cash. A number of residents of Logar province told Hasht-e Subh that a foundation under the name of “Cash Aid” has distributed empty envelopes to the victims of the
8am: Non-Muslim countries and societies, especially America and Europe, are called infidels and enemies of God and the Prophet from the Taliban’s point of view, and fighting against them is considered a religious duty, and friendship with them is forbidden, on the other hand, Taliban have been begging these infidels for direct interaction, support and
The Guardian (UK): It is an open secret that several senior figures in the leadership educated their own daughters while living outside Afghanistan – mostly in Pakistan or Qatar – during their 20-year fight against US forces and their Afghan allies. Some have continued doing so secretly, even after moving back to Kabul, including the
8am: Reliable local sources in Nuristan province have reported that Mufti Yusuf, Taliban’s Police Chief, in this province has collected and stocked the military weapons of the former government in his personal warehouse in Waygal district of the province. According to sources, Mufti Yusuf has secretly sold the collected weapons and has bought a luxurious