Tolo News in Dari – September 9, 2021
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‘Signs Of Torture’: Two Afghan Journalists Severely Beaten After Detention By Taliban
Two journalists for Kabul-based newspaper Etilaat-e Roz were detained by Taliban militants while covering a protest for women’s rights on September 7. They were released hours later covered in bruises and barely able to walk. RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi spoke to the newspaper’s founder about the beatings and the dangers faced by journalists trying to
CIA Chief Meets With Pakistani Military Leaders In Islamabad For Talks On Afghanistan
By Radio Mashaal September 9, 2021 The head of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency met with the heads of Pakistan’s army and military intelligence in Islamabad for talks on the security situation in Afghanistan, where Pakistani intelligence has long backed the Taliban. Pakistani security officials said William Burns spoke with General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is chief
Taliban’s cabinet, only the old guard included
Afrasiab Khattak via Prothomalo: Pakistani focus on Pashtun Taliban is to weaken Pashtun nationalism on both sides of the Durand Line. That’s what motivates the predominantly Punjabi generals of Pakistan army in supporting Talibanization of Pashtuns. But the exclusion of other important ethnic groups will deepen the ethnic fault lines in Afghanistan leading to serious
Shameless: Taliban destroyed the tomb of national hero Ahmad Shah Masood
NRF vows resistance against Taliban’s ‘illegitimate’ interim government
Press TV September 8, 2021 Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) says the Taliban’s new interim government is “illegitimate,” fated to become a “pariah” amid the front’s call for a nationwide uprising. The Taliban on Tuesday announced the formation of the new caretaker government made up of top leaders from the Taliban and the militant Haqqani
IOC Chief Says All Afghan Olympians Have Left The Country
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 8, 2021 International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said that all of the Afghan national athletes from last month’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are “outside the country,” as international concerns mount over hard-line Taliban rule in Afghanistan. “All athletes who participated at the Olympic and Paralympic Games at
Tolo News in Dari – September 8, 2021
Public Executions, Floggings ‘Inevitable’ Under Taliban Court Rulings, Says Scholar
By Ron Synovitz Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 8, 2021 A return to lurid public executions and floggings is inevitable in Afghanistan as the Taliban transforms the country’s court system under its strict interpretation of Islamic law, an Afghan legal scholar says. “We’re going to go back,” says Haroun Rahimi, an assistant law professor for the
‘They came for my daughter’: Afghan single mothers face losing children under Taliban
The Guardian (UK): Life for single mothers in Afghanistan has always been marred by stigma and poverty. Now with the Taliban in control, what few protections they had have disappeared. Click here to read more (external link).