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Taliban’s Arrest Of Ethnic Uzbek Commander Sparks Clashes In Northern Afghanistan

29th January, 2022 · admin

Bruce Pannier Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 29, 2022 Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August, information has trickled in about tensions building between the ethnic Uzbek, Turkmen, and Tajik communities in parts of northern Afghanistan and the mainly Pashtun Taliban fighters who have moved to the area in recent months. The

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, NRF - National Resistance Front, Political News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Faryab, Makhdoom Alam, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtunization, Taliban ethnically cleansing Northern Afghanistan, Turkmen, Turks in Afghanistan, Uzbeks |
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Detained Uzbek Brought to Kabul

16th January, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: Makhdoom Alam, a local commander of the Islamic Emirate who was detained by the government, has been brought to Kabul, officials said. Commander Makhdoom Alam, who was based in Faryab province, was arrested last Thursday in Balkh. The arrest of the commander sparked widespread demonstrations by residents in Maimana, Faryab’s provincial capital. Click here

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Makhdoom Alam, Pashtun Taliban, Turks in Afghanistan, Uzbeks |
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Pashtun Taliban v. Tajiks: ‘A Clash of Civilizations?’

10th January, 2022 · admin

MEReports: Is it a clash between Pashtun tribal culture and Farsiwan (Tajiks, Turks, Hazaras, etc.)? To some degree it is: Farsiwan culture is sophisticated and extended from Iraq and Anatolia to India and over the Oxus into Central Asia and Inner Asia. Persian culture produced hundreds of thousands of titles of scientific and literary import;

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Opinion/Editorial | Tags: Destruction of non Pashtun history and culture by Pashtun Taliban, Farsi, Hazaras, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Turks in Afghanistan |
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Taliban Accused Of Forcibly Evicting Ethnic Uzbeks, Turkmen In Northern Afghanistan

9th December, 2021 · admin

By Zarif Nazar Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 9, 2021 Taliban fighters have been accused of helping to forcibly evict more than 1,000 people in northern Afghanistan, with the evictions targeting members of the ethnic Uzbek and Turkmen communities. Ethnic Uzbeks and Turkmen allege that Pashtuns seized their homes and land in the

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, History, Taliban | Tags: Amir Abdul Rahman, ethnic cleansing, Jowzjan, Kuchis, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtunization, Taliban ethnically cleansing Northern Afghanistan, Turkmen, Turks in Afghanistan, Uzbeks |
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Taliban removing Turks from their lands and giving it to Pashtuns

29th November, 2021 · admin

BBC: A group of locals in the northern Afghan province of Jawzjan have reportedly been forced to “migrate”. A number of Uzbek / Uzbek and Turkmen residents in Jowzjan’s Qushtepe district say “houses and thousands of acres of land have been confiscated by nomads” and that Taliban officials have “imprisoned protesters”. Click here to read

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Destruction of non Pashtun history and culture by Pashtun Taliban, Jowzjan, Pashtunization, Pashtuns, Turkmen, Turks in Afghanistan, Uzbeks |
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Initial Agreement Made to Recall Faryab Governor to Kabul

24th May, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: The Afghan government, facing widespread protests, has agreed to recall newly-appointed governor Mohammad Daud Laghmani to Kabul and to authorize the deputy governor to lead the province, for the time being, a member of the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Junbish-e-Milli) said. Enayatullah Babur Farahmand said that the government has also agreed to

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Power Grab, Dostum, Faryab, Junbesh-e-Milli, Mohammad Daud Laghmani, Turks in Afghanistan, Uzbeks |
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Faryab Protesters ‘Vote’ for Governor, Would Accept Dostum’s Pick

23rd May, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: The protests in Faryab entered their ninth day on Sunday and demonstrators took a vote for a new governor of the northern province. Faryab is currently facing unrest because of President Ashraf Ghani’s appointment of Mohammad Daud Laghmani, a non-resident, as a new governor. At least four names were reportedly put on the unofficial

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Posted in Elections News, Ethnic Issues, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Power Grab, Dostum, Faryab, Junbesh-e-Milli, Mohammad Daud Laghmani, Turks in Afghanistan, Uzbek |
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Protests in Faryab Enter 8th Day Over Governor Appointment

22nd May, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: Protests entered the eighth day in Faryab province on Saturday as hundreds of people rallied against the appointment of the new governor. In the latest sign of escalating tensions, protestors on Saturday took to the streets in Maimana city in front of 209 Shaheen Army Corps where a week ago Ashraf Ghani-backed governor

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Power Grab, Faryab, Mohammad Daud Laghmani, Turks in Afghanistan, Uzbeks |

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