Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 1, 2022 The Islamic State (IS) extremist group claimed responsibility on May 1 for a bomb attack on a passenger bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the previous day. One woman was killed and three people were injured in the April 30 bombing, Kabul police said. No group has taken
Ariana: The report said that in Afghanistan, many minority Jewish, Hindu and Sikh residents have fled the country after the IEA [Taliban] returned to power. It said many members of other religious minorities, such as Ahmadiyya Muslims, Baha’is and Christian converts are worshipping in secret for fear of persecution. Click here to read more (external
8am: As a result of two explosions on passenger’s vehicle (minivan) in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, at least nine people have been killed and several others are injured. Eyewitnesses say the first blast took place near the Sakhi shrine, targeting a minivan in a bus station. Meanwhile, according to information provided to the media by
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 21, 2022 A series of explosions killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more in Afghanistan on April 21. An explosion at a Shi’ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif killed at least 11 people, said Zia Zendani, spokesman for the provincial health authority in the city,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 19, 2022 At least six people were killed and 11 wounded in three blasts that rocked a boys’ school in a Shi’ite Hazara neighborhood of Kabul on April 19, police in the Afghan capital said. Khaled Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul Police Command, told RFE/RL that the explosions occurred at the Abdul
8am: The Taliban has reportedly tortured a Hazara Shiite traveler in the city of Firuzkuh, the capital of Ghor province, for not fasting during Ramadan. According to locals and eyewitnesses, the Taliban rebels arrested the man, while having lunch at a restaurant. He was humiliated in the public in the center of Feruzkuh Bazar. In
8am: Sources in Daikundi province have confirmed that the Taliban’s Department of Vice and Virtue has instructed Daikundi Education Directorate staff who are the Shia sect to perform Zuhr prayers led by the Head of Education Directorate who is Sunni. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Recently, sources in Kabul have reported that Taliban Intelligence Department has banned the broadcast of Iranian shows via Tamadon TV. Tamadon TV belongs to Mohsehni Family, a Pashtun Shia family from Kandahar. The motive behind these recent decisions of Taliban is not clear. This is the second TV channel show being banned by Taliban
8am: Since August 15, Taliban officials from the province’s agriculture and livestock department began collecting tithes from people in Bamiyan. In the process, the Taliban took one-tenth of every crop and animal of the peasants. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 17, 2021 Two explosions hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, on November 17, killing one person and wounding six others, Afghan media said. The casualties were reported in the first blast that occurred in the mainly Hazara neighborhood of Dasht-e Barchi in Kabul’s west, TOLOnews said, citing a Taliban official. Three