8am: After the Taliban rose to power, ethnic hatred, which had already been a long–standing issue due to years of war, increased significantly. The Taliban seemed to be using ethnic cleansing as their primary source of power, and wanted to intensify it. Videos circulated online showing members of the group wildly dancing and waving their
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
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: NRF spokesperson, Sibghatullah Ahmadi, made the claim in a tweet on Thursday (November 24th). “The Taliban have started distributing lands along the Qosh Tepa irrigation canal to the families of terrorists from Waziristan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and other non-native peoples,” Ahmadi detailed. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: On Tuesday, October 25, reliable sources said that the Taliban forcibly displaced around 18 families from the mentioned village, one of the remote areas in Bazarak, the center of Panjshir. Sources added that most of the residents of this village were displaced from the area months ago and only 18 families remained there who
8am: Local sources in Panjshir province report that the Taliban has dismissed at least 400 civil and military employees from the offices of this province. Sources claim that the dismissed people are of Tajik origin and they are replaced with people from Kandahar and Helmand provinces. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Residents of the districts along the Kokcha River (Dasht Qala, Rustaq, Yengi Qala, Darqad, Chah Aab and Khwaja Bahauddin) in Takhar province report that during the course of the last year, about 700 Kuchi families – Pashtun Nomads – have been settled in Khwaja Bahauddin and Dasht Qala districts. The Taliban have set a
8am: A well-known local source in Faryab province told Hasht-e Subh on the condition of anonymity that the Taliban were removing non-Pashtuns who head government institutions and replacing them with Pashtun affiliates. Referring to the arrest of Mawlawi Aref, an Uzbek commander in charge of the Aqina railway port, the source said that the Taliban
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 10, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have illegally detained and tortured residents in northern Panjshir province for their alleged links to armed opposition forces, Human Rights Watch said Friday. The U.S.-based global rights monitoring group said fighting had escalated in Panjshir since mid-May, when fighters of the National Resistance Front