8am: Local sources confirmed that the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Agents in Zabul warned shopkeepers in Qalat city, the capital city of Zabul province, to avoid displaying any kind of photos in their shops, in a virtue promotion campaign on Friday, December 6. Based on the new order, it is forbidden to even hang photos
8am: The outbreak of an idiopathic disease in Zabul left at least 2 people dead. The Taliban’s Head for Public Health Department in Zabul, Abdul Hakim Hakimi, says that in the last few weeks, people suffering from an illness with an unidentified cause have been admitted to medical centers. It should be noted that severe
Xinhua: A total of 300 people mostly children have been affected by pertussis, or whooping cough, in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province, and two children have died of the disease, Abdul Hakim Hakimi, the provincial public health director, said Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: During a ceremony in Zabul province to mark the revealing of Mullah Omar’s burial on Monday, November 7, [Sirajuddin] Haqqani stated that he was chosen to defend the Islamic way of life and system. “Amir al-Mu’minin Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid was chosen to protect the religion and the system,” he said. The title Mullah
AFP: The Taliban on Sunday revealed the final resting place of the movement’s founder, Mullah Omar, whose death and burial they kept secret for years. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Agence France-Presse Sunday that senior leaders of the movement attended a ceremony at his gravesite earlier in the day near Omarzo, in Suri district of
8am: According to the newsletter issued by ALF, this operation was carried out around 7:00 PM, on October 31, in Qalat city, the center of the province. A video published on the Facebook page of this front shows that an explosion takes place in the center of Zabul province in the dark of night. Click
8am: Sources on Saturday, October 29, said that local Taliban authorities smuggle weapons across the border by using some local residents. Based on the information, American weapons, including night vision cameras, rifles, and snipers have a very demanding market in Pakistan, particularly the Pakistani military members prefer these weapons. Click here to read more (external
Khaama: Local Taliban health officials in the southern Afghan province of Zabul said that at least 600 people have fallen ill with tuberculosis in the past few months. Dr. Abdul Hakim Hakimi, the Taliban Director of Public Health in Zabul province told the media that the prevalence of tuberculosis has “unfortunately” increased in several villages
8am: Officials of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Zabul province report that they have kicked off the vaccination campaign and will cover 13,000 children with measles vaccination. One of the local officials of UNICEF in Zabul province said on Sunday that the measles vaccination campaign will be implemented in Mizani and Khak-e Afghan
8am: Local sources in Zabul province report that the Taliban have beaten and imprisoned five young men for raising the country’s national flag. The Taliban rebels reportedly beat and imprisoned these youths in the city of Qalat, the capital of the province. This is not the first time that the Taliban beat and imprison young