By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 15, 2024 Days after the Taliban seized power in 2021, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, the powerful head of Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence agency, took what seemed a victory lap in the Afghan capital, Kabul. “Please don’t worry — everything will be OK,” he told a Western journalist
Afghanistan International: On the third anniversary of the Taliban’s rule, Amnesty International accused the group of widespread human rights violations, particularly against women. In a detailed statement released on Thursday, Amnesty International stated that Taliban authorities are committing crimes against the people of Afghanistan with “absolute impunity”. Amnesty International further stated that the Taliban viewed
Mohammad Jawad survived his war service in the Afghan National Army (ANA), fighting against the Taliban, but was kidnapped and tortured to death after the militant group seized power in 2021. Human rights groups have documented targeted killings, disappearances, and extrajudicial arrests of hundreds of other former service personnel, while RFE/RL has spoken to two
By Siddhi Mahatole VOA News August 14, 2024 washington — The suspension of broadcast licenses, arrests and closures of news outlets in Afghanistan show that the Taliban continue to exert pressure on media, watchdogs say. In recent weeks, the Taliban-run Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority, or ATRA, suspended 17 broadcast licenses assigned to 14 media outlets in eastern
Afghanistan International: On the third anniversary of the Taliban’s rule, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has declared that the time has come for unity, cohesion, and alignment among all anti-Taliban groups and forces. The Front stated that the unification of anti-Taliban forces is the only way to dismantle the tyranny of the Taliban. In a
By Michael Scollon Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 13, 2024 The Taliban craves recognition by the international community that it is the only group capable of ruling and establishing security in Afghanistan. But not only has the militant group failed to achieve that status in its three years in power, rival extremist groups like Islamic State-Khorasan
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 13, 2024 The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of its return to power in Afghanistan with a military parade on August 14 amid what international aid groups say is one of the world’s largest and most complex humanitarian crises. Taliban forces seized Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on August 15, 2021, after the U.S.-backed government
Khaama: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban, stated on the eve of the third anniversary of the fall of the republic that they had predicted the escape of Ashraf Ghani, the former President of Afghanistan. In an interview with BBC, Muttaqi said, “Ashraf Ghani was given power very easily by the