Daily Sabah: The Taliban are implementing public policies contrary to Islamic Sharia law, forcing Pashtun identity in a diverse society by eliminating non-Pashtun texts and disposing non-Pashtun identity from daily life. Such provocations by the Taliban brought controversy to the existence of a cohesive spontaneous national identity, which is crucial for the survival of a
The Guardian (UK): From civil servants, teachers and doctors to journalists and business owners, loss of female workers under the Taliban has already cost the economy $1bn – A gynaecologist from Herat, who wishes to be identified only as Dr Maryam, says: “Even before this decree, they made hijab mandatory for women doctors, and require
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 13, 2022 PARWAN, Afghanistan — Resistance to the Taliban is flaring up in northeastern Afghanistan, and as reports of deadly fighting increase, so are claims of war crimes against civilians. The fighting is centered in the center and south of Panjshir Province, a traditional hotbed of ethnic Tajik resistance to the
8am: Taliban fighters are arresting innocent residents in war-torn villages in Panjshir and use them as hostage to gain leverage over the National Resistance Front. Local residents in Panjshir province confirmed the incidents. “In a number of villages in the province, especially in the village of Piyavasht in Rokha district, the Taliban have deployed Badri
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 Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 4, 2021 During its 20-year insurgency, the Taliban employed suicide bombers as a lethal tool to kill foreign and Afghan government troops and terrorize the civilian population. Even now, as the Taliban attempts to transform from an insurgency into a government, its contingent of trained suicide bombers
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 22, 2021 Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the Taliban of forcibly displacing hundreds of families across Afghanistan, mainly as a form of “collective punishment” against ethnic Shi’ite Hazaras and people associated with the former government. Since the hard-line Sunni group came to power in August, the Taliban has ordered Hazaras
Zalmai Khan Achakzai, FB id Zalmai Rahimi, an Afghan Air-force Technician was beheaded in front of his wife and two kids in Herat province yesterday. Still no reaction of any amount from the int’l community on Taliban’s crimes & HR violations. @hrw @amnesty @UNHumanRights pic.twitter.com/n5KL2EZG6k — Majeed Qarar (@MajeedQarar) September 16, 2021
Tonight Taliban raided the home of Dr Fahima Rahmati, a civil society activist in #Kandahar province, and harassed her and her family. Fahima claimed that a Taliban member beat her and took her phone. pic.twitter.com/kz9Tk72MTw — Mamoon Durrani ☀️ مامون دُرانی (@MamoonDurrani) September 11, 2021 For those who are whitewashing the Taliban 👇#SHAME https://t.co/lQ4XW3lAuA —
The videos of mass killings of civilians in Panjsher by the Taliban are horrific, I watch few but due to graphic nature of the videos, I can't share it here. The world needs to stop the Taliban's mascara in Panjsher. #Afghanistan — Lina Rozbih (@LinaRozbih) September 11, 2021 I am not sorry for sharing the