Ayaz Gul VOA News May 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Media advocates and international partners of Afghanistan have denounced the Taliban insurgency for threatening local journalists for allegedly not being impartial in their reporting of the country’s long war. The warning coincided with allegations that the chief of the Afghan spy agency had also made a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 6, 2021 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that falling international donor support to Afghanistan has reduced women’s access to essential health care, and that it expects further cuts in the coming months as foreign forces prepare to withdraw from the country. In a report published on May 6, the
Tolo News: On Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported 293 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,185 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 61,455, the total number of reported deaths is 2,673, and the total number of recoveries is 53,961.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2021 U.S. intelligence agencies warn in an unclassified report released on May 4 that gains in women’s rights in Afghanistan made in the last two decades will be at risk after U.S. troops withdraw. “The Taliban remains broadly consistent in its restrictive approach to women’s rights and would roll
Ariana: Local officials confirmed Wednesday that Burka district in Baghlan province has fallen to the Taliban. Officials said the district fell on Tuesday night. According to the sources the civilian and military leadership of the district retreated to neighbouring Nahrin district. Click here to read more (external link). Related Helmand: Thousands of Afghans flee their
Tolo News: Ahmad Massoud, the son of Afghanistan’s National Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud, on Wednesday said that the Afghan mujahideen are ready for a military confrontation with the Taliban if the group does not abide by its commitments to peace. Massoud’s warning follows media reports weeks ago that men are taking up arms in Takhar,
1TV: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Twitter claimed that some media outlets have been disseminating NDS propaganda and are not maintaining impartiality. He warned of actions if this continues. Meanwhile, NDS chief Zia Siraj, speaking in a closed-door session of parliament, said that some TV stations spreading propaganda benefiting the Taliban is shocking and will
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2021 A roadside bomb targeted a minibus carrying medical workers in the Afghan capital on May 5, killing one person, Kabul police and officials said. Three medics were wounded and taken to hospitals, said Kabul police chief spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz. The health workers were heading to their office in
Ashraf Ghani via Foreign Affairs: President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September represents a turning point for the country and our neighbors. The Afghan government respects the decision and views it as a moment of both opportunity and risk for itself, for Afghans, for the Taliban, and