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Taliban Removes Non-Pashtun Staff From Government Offices in Northern Afghanistan, Sources Say

23rd June, 2022 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Ethnic descrimination, Faryab, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Taliban, Taliban ethnically cleansing Northern Afghanistan, Uzbeks |
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Balkhab Siege: Civilians to Be Used As Cannon Fodders if the Battle Breaks Out

18th June, 2022 · admin

8am: After seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban has slowly and steadily begun to purge non-Pashtun commanders off its ranks. So far, several Uzbek and Tajik commanders of the group have been ousted from the government in control of the Taliban. Among the Taliban commanders ousted by the group is Mawlawi Mehdi Mujahid. Mahdi

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ethnic descrimination, Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtunization, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Taliban infighting, Uzbeks |
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Internal Clashes Between Uzbek and Pashtun Taliban Fighters Leave 3 Dead in Baghlan

20th May, 2022 · admin

8am: Taliban on the bases of vague allegations against Uzbek and Tajik Taliban members have been trying to remove them from their ranks. This is one of the reasons that have escalated internal conflicts and tensions among the Taliban members. As a result of internal conflicts among the Taliban fighters in Barka district of Baghlan

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Baghlan, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtunization, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks |
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Lack of Trust: Pashtun Taliban to Replace Tajik and Uzbek Taliban in Tajik and Uzbek Dominated Provinces

7th May, 2022 · admin

8am: Taliban have recently deployed 300 additional Forces from Kandahar and Eastern provinces in Badakhshan to replace the local Taliban fighters. The purpose to increase the outsider Taliban fighter in Badakhshan is to seize the control of gold mines and grazing grass. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Ethnic Issues, Security, Taliban | Tags: Badakhshan, Kandahar, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtunization, Tajiks, Taliban ethnically cleansing Northern Afghanistan, Taliban looters, Uzbeks |
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Taliban Arrests Their Local Uzbek Commander in Samangan

5th May, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources in Samangan province have confirmed that the Taliban rebels have arrested their Uzbek commander named Mullah Jandullah. He is accused of helping the National Resistance Front in the province. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Ethnic Issues, NRF - National Resistance Front, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan resistance against Taliban, Pashtun Taliban, Samangan, Uzbeks |
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Taliban Arrests District Governor of Dasht-e Qala in Takhar Province

27th March, 2022 · admin

8am: This Uzbek-affiliated powerful commander is arrested for the accusation of his cooperation with ISKP. There are reports that Uzbek and Tajik-affiliated Taliban soldiers are escaping the battleground in the northern region. They are not fighting and in most cases, they are surrendering to National Resistance Forces led by Ahmad Massoud against Taliban. Click here

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, NRF - National Resistance Front, Taliban | Tags: Ahmad Massoud, Pashtun Taliban, Takhar, Taliban ethnically cleansing Northern Afghanistan, Uzbeks |
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A popular Uzbek commander fought for the Taliban for more than two decades. He was arrested anyway.

1st February, 2022 · admin

Washington Post: By all accounts, Makhdoom Alam was a Taliban stalwart. The 45-year-old ethnic Uzbek commander fought U.S. and Afghan forces for two decades and was held for five years in a U.S.-run prison. Last summer, his fighters seized three northern provinces, helping pave the way for the Taliban to take over the nation. With

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Makhdoom Alam, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtunization, Uzbeks |
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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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Russia Worried By Afghan ‘Ethnic Strife’

21st January, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: “We are concerned over the ethnic protests that broke out in the north of the country. They were sparked by the arrest of a Taliban field commander, an ethnic Uzbek, on charges of illegal actions. We hope the new authorities will not succumb to provocations staged by destructive elements, which are aimed at

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Pashtun Taliban, 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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