By Baktygul Chynybaeva Farangis Najibullah January 24, 2023 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Dozens of ethnic Kyrgyz from Afghanistan’s remote Wakhan Corridor are calling on the government in Bishkek to repatriate them to their ancestral homeland so their children can get the education that the Taliban has denied them. In video statements sent to RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service,
The Hill: In an attempt to moderate their international image after the fall of Kabul, Taliban authorities pledged to ensure security for Afghanistan’s religious minorities. These were false promises. In reality, the Taliban has used its power to remove Hazara leaders from all levels of government, discriminate against Hazaras in distributions of humanitarian aid and
8am: As the Taliban continue to rule over the country, some Pashtun nomads [Kuchis], a tribe supported by the Taliban, have started confiscating the property of other tribes in the corners of the country. Following Takhar, Sar-e Pol, Baghlan, and other provinces, people in Badghis are now facing usurpation challenges. The most recent case reveals
8am: Local sources in Sar-e-Pul province inform about the granting of more than 80 acres of inhabitants’ agricultural land by the Taliban to the tribes native in Maidan Wardak province. Non-Pashtun ethnic groups in general live in the northern parts of the country. Uzbek and Tajik communities live in Sar-e-Pul province, especially in center of
Michael Hughes: The Taliban have much to gain – both economically and militarily – by enabling the Kuchis, Pashtun nomads, to seize land and build homes within sedentary communities in Hazarajat and other areas in the country’s northeast. However, the strategy is also pregnant with risk: for land disputes have historically been known to spark
8am: “Tens of millions of dollars are flown into Kabul every week by the United States and the United Nations for distribution across the country as humanitarian catastrophe grips tighter with winter closing in. Sources inside and outside the country say much of the money never reaches those who need it,” according to a Foreign
8am: Nomads claim that one of their members was injured 15 years ago in Bukhara village of Nawur district and he blames local people for his injuries. But residents said that the person was wounded in the war against former ANDSF forces. Sources added that locals are not able to pay this amount of money
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 20, 2022 Taliban fighters carried out a deadly raid last month in Afghanistan’s central province of Daikundi. The militant group said it targeted and killed “armed rebels” in a village outside of the provincial capital, Nilli, on November 25. But locals said the at least eight people killed in the
8am: Residents of Sar-e-Pul province rallied to protest against what they call land grabbing and forced displacement by the Taliban. Dozens of residents protested in the capital city of Sar-e-Pul province on Monday. A protester told Hasht-e Subh that the Taliban, in an official statement, set a deadline for the people of 8 villages in
8am: Pashtun Nomads (Kuchis) in Jaghatu district, Ghazni province have accelerated the construction of residential houses in settlements under dispute. This settlement is located in the “Pushte Faqirshah” area, Sarab village, Jaghatu district. Local sources claimed that the sedentary population’s pasture lands have been usurped by nomads thanks to the Taliban’s support. Although locals have