Ariana: Pakistan security forces arrested 85 Afghan nationals in the border district of Chagai district for allegedly crossing into Pakistan illegally, officials said on Monday. The Afghan nationals were found on the Pakistani side near the border without legal travel documents, Dawn News reported. Reports indicated the Afghan nationals entered Pakistan illegally in order to
VOA News Carla Babb June 11, 2024 President Joe Biden picked the “worst of all possible worlds” when deciding how to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the former commander who oversaw the U.S. withdrawal there told VOA. Retired General Frank McKenzie writes in a new book, “The Melting Point,” that he briefed President Biden in February 2021
Ariana: Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi is currently the top wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup 2024. With nine scalps from two games, Farooqi is leading the pack. If Farooqi keeps on the same path, he will join fellow Afghanistan cricketer Mohammad Nabi as top wicket-taker at a T20 World Cup. Nabi scooped his accolade at the
8am: Firstly, this move marks one of the most significant actions by Al-Qaeda in recent years. Saif al-Adl’s call, implying a resurgence of Al-Qaeda, or at least an attempt at it, under the Taliban’s flag, does not seem to have happened without Taliban cooperation. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban’s Welcoming Embrace
8am: The Hasht-e Subh Daily’s findings from Herat, confirmed by sources within the Taliban, reveal that ISIS has significantly infiltrated the Taliban, particularly its intelligence service. These findings show that on the first day of the attack on the Mohammadia mosque, five individuals were arrested from two locations in Herat province on charges of membership
Ariana: Afghanistan faces a staggering daily toll of 24 maternal deaths and 167 infant deaths due to preventable causes, according to a new report released Sunday by the World Health Organization. The report underscores the continuing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, highlighting the multifaceted challenges that citizens endure daily. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The Hazara residents of this area in Ghazni have condemned the Taliban’s decision as unjust. They stress that nomads (Kuchis) have occupied hundreds of acres of government land around Ghazni city and settled there, yet the Taliban deliberately overlook this while falsely labeling private lands as usurped. It is noteworthy that in less than
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 9, 2024 By Frud Bezhan and Shapoor Saber One of the Taliban’s first acts after seizing power in 2021 was to rename the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Since then, the militant Islamist group has changed the names of scores of prominent streets, squares, universities, and even a city.