Tolo News in Dari – May 5, 2024
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 5, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban leaders have threatened to militarily suppress unprecedented violent public protests in a northeastern border region against a nationwide ban on poppy cultivation. The unrest erupted last Friday when the Taliban’s anti-narcotics forces began destroying poppy fields in Badakhshan province, prompting angry farmers to resist
Khaama: People protests in Badakhshan’s Darayim district entered their second day on Saturday, May 4th. Residents claim the Taliban took five community leaders under the pretext of discussing protesters’ demands, but their fate remains unknown. Residents express concern over the detention of these five community leaders. Anti-Taliban protests in Darayim, Badakhshan, began on Friday, May
8am: The claim of providing security has long been a tool in the hands of the Taliban, extending from the distant past to the present. By exploiting this notion and portraying themselves as worthy rulers, this group has also deceived some countries. However, the realities on the ground over the past nearly three years show
Ariana: Zakia Wardak, Afghanistan’s consul general in India’s Mumbai city, resigned on Saturday, following reports of gold smuggling. The Times of India has reported that Wardak was caught at Mumbai airport with 25 kilograms of gold smuggled from Dubai. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: In the continuation of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) tournaments, Sarsabz Yashlar FC beat Khadim FC 2-1 in the 29th match of this league. In Sunday’s matches, Mawj Sahil FC will face Adalat Farah FC at 1:00pm and Abu Muslim Farah FC will face Maiwand FC at 3:30 p.m. The matches are broadcast live on
Michael Hughes: Anthropologist Jesse Barfield argued that throughout history Afghans never “united” in the strict sense of the term to oust an invader, they actually scattered and became ungovernable, while attacking the enemy from all different directions. This fundamental disunity embedded seeds of future discord. Of course when the infidel began exiting during the anti-Soviet jihad,
Roshan Noorzai Noshaba Ashna VOA News May 3, 2024 Reporters and media analysts in Afghanistan report steadily increasing censorship and deteriorating conditions for local journalists. Media on the ground feel as though “no stories can be filed” without Taliban approval, said a Kabul-based journalist who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation. The
