Khaama: More than 40,000 people were killed and over 77,000 injured during Afghanistan’s armed conflict between 2009 and 2021, according to a new report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which documents the long-term human cost of two decades of war. The period between 2009 and 2021 was the deadliest phase of
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front says its forces clashed with the Taliban in Zebak district of Badakhshan on Sunday night, 30 August, after Taliban fighters attacked one of its positions. In a statement issued on Monday, the front said its commandos launched a counterattack and pushed back the Taliban forces. Click here to read
Afghanistan International: As Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada appoints a new governor and police chief to contain the unrest, evidence suggests the list of dissatisfied local Taliban figures in Badakhshan is growing. The Taliban leadership’s “monopolistic” policies, the marginalisation of Tajik and Badakhshani figures, and what critics describe as the unchecked looting of gold mines by
Khaama: The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights is set to hold a hearing on Thursday to examine the deportation of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers from European Union member states, as concerns grow over cooperation between some European governments and the Taliban. The hearing comes days after a three-member Taliban delegation arrived in Germany
Amu: The United States has deported 12 Afghan nationals to the Central African Republic. Among them is a young Afghan man whom a US judge had previously protected from deportation to Afghanistan because of fears he could face persecution by the Taliban. The deportation flight landed Saturday in Bangui, the capital of the Central African
Amu: Local sources in Badakhshan told Amu that a civilian was killed in an armed clash between two Taliban officials that they said began over a dispute about fishing. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Several residents in Ghazni, Maidan Wardak, Bamyan and Daikundi say they have grown weary of mounting Taliban pressure on former military personnel and their families. Sources have also confirmed that the Taliban have carried out widespread insults, humiliation, arrests and torture of former military personnel in these areas, killing dozens of them through various