8am: A research institution based in the United Kingdom, after examining the photos and videos of the Taliban massacre in Panjshir, says that the group has shot dead 27 prisoners in this province. The findings of the research project “Afghan Witnesses – Shahid Afghan”, whose report was published on Tuesday, October 18, indicate that the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 16, 2022 Amnesty International says its initial investigation validates the authenticity of videos shared on social media depicting what appears to be extrajudicial executions carried out by the Taliban of members of a resistance group operating mainly out of the Panjshir Valley. The United Nations has already voiced “grave concern” about
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 15, 2022 The United Nations says it is “gravely concerned” by video that appears to show Taliban militants executing captured members of an Afghan resistance group. The video, which has been shared widely on social media, shows two groups of men — allegedly from the National Resistance Front (NRF), a group operating mainly
The Guardian (UK): Gul Bano* and Karima* are activists who ran provincial branches of the ministry of women’s affairs in two different parts of Afghanistan. Their former offices have been taken over by the Taliban’s feared enforcers, the ministry for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. They are now in hiding, afraid of
8am: Taliban shot dead, Jura, one of the commanders of the popular uprising of the former government, who is a resident of Tabatash village in Takhar district of Rustaq. According to sources, the incident took place on Thursday night in the village of Khawja Palkhman in the district. “He laid down his weapon and returned
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 15, 2021 Amnesty International says it has documented torture and extrajudicial executions committed by the Taliban as the group seized power in Afghanistan in August. Taliban members have “tortured and killed ethnic and religious minorities, former ANDSF (Afghan National Defense Security Forces) soldiers, and those perceived as government sympathizers in
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 14, 2021 The United Nations says the first four months of Taliban rule in Afghanistan have been marked by “credible allegations” of more than 100 extrajudicial killings, the denial of women’s rights, and the recruitment of boys to be soldiers. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on December
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 5, 2021 The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has rejected condemnation by Western countries over the alleged summary killings of former members of the Afghan security forces. The Taliban’s Interior Ministry on December 5 rejected a joint statement the day before in which the United States, European Union, and 20 other
8am: The bodies of the two women were found on Saturday in the first district of Gardez. Earlier, former soldiers expressed concern about their security, saying they have been persecuted, detained and assassinated by Taliban forces. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Locals in Takhar told Hasht-e Subh that Taliban forces had shot dead two former military commanders, Shoaib Aryaei and Sohrab Haqqani. The incident took place on Tuesday morning in the Chahaab district of Takhar province in northern Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).