Ayaz Gul VOA News March 20, 2023 Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader in Afghanistan, has told Afghan officials to replace any relatives they have hired for government positions and avoid hiring relatives moving forward. Allegations have emerged that some Taliban officials have placed their sons in government positions they are not qualified for. Afghanistan is
8am: On Saturday, reliable sources said that Khan Mohammad, one of the people close to the Taliban in Shaikh Ali district of Dar-e-Ghorband in Parwan province, collected aid from the World Food Organization (WFP) for 80 families in need, and is going to spend them on the construction of a mosque in that district. “Khan
8am: The brother of Haji Rajveli has called for the Taliban intelligence group to be held accountable for his death. On Monday, Rahmatwali released a video in which he declared that he had no affiliation with ex soldiers or anyone else, and that the Taliban must answer for their actions or face consequences on the
8am: The Taliban are collecting 600 AFG as tax for every KG of opium smuggled through Nimruz border, Afghanistan. Adding that the price of opium has also increased in domestic markets, sources told Hasht-e Subh on Saturday that drug trafficking under the Taliban administration is carried out legally. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: “The Taliban have issued a new order, according to which, the teachers’ two-month salaries will be returned to the [Taliban] government treasury because of UNICEF’s humanitarian aid,” said the teacher. “In this extreme cold, teachers, who desperately need help, are wandering with the question of what to eat and how to pay bills. Is
8am: In an exclusive report, the Daily Etilaat Roz newspaper revealed the existence of widespread corruption in the general traffic directorate under Taliban rule. Based on the report published on Saturday, Hasibullah Mukhtar, the Taliban’s general traffic director, who is affiliated with the Haqqani network, has illegally recruited his relatives, embezzling the daily revenues of
8am: Taliban fighters are committing armed robbery in the outskirts of Herat province, sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh on Friday (December 9th). A group of four Taliban fighters stopped a young man’s car at a checkpoint in the Kalata Hakim neighborhood of Islam Qala district early this week, sources detailed. Taliban fighters first searched him
8am: The Taliban have ordered that the 12th-grade exams of female students must be held in one day. All 12th-grade girls are going to appear in the exams today without having preparation as they have only been asked to contact their schools on Monday to register for the exam along with a photograph, ID card,
8am: A reliable source in the Department of Public Health in Ghazni confirmed on Monday (December 5th) that an estimated amount of 1,200,000 AFG was provided by donors to purchase medical supplies for health centers in Nawur and Malistan districts which has been stolen by the Taliban’s former chief of public health. Taliban’s former chief
8am: Taliban allows Qatari nationals to hunt Afghanistan’s endangered birds. Sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh that on Thursday (December 1st), Arab sheikhs, using Taliban helicopters, visited Nimruz province and are hunting rare birds. It is reported that these Arab sheikhs are residents of Qatar and until last week they were busy hunting birds in the