Ayaz Gul VOA News December 21, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United States and human rights defenders Thursday renewed a call for Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to allow female students to return to universities and ensure that women have access to education at all levels. This week marks one year since the exclusively male Taliban government abruptly suspended
8am: Local sources have reported a disturbing incident involving the Taliban, who stand accused of shooting at Shamsuddin Bikzad, a former government soldier and current director of criminal affairs for the group’s security command in Samangan. The alleged reason for the attack was his supposed involvement in “harassing and tormenting people and engaging in gambling.”
Khaama: In a concerning move, the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education has issued a directive to private universities in Afghanistan to purge their libraries of non-Hanafi Islamic texts, including Shia and other minority religious books. This mandate represents an intensification of the Taliban’s effort to enforce a singular Sunni Hanafi Islamic perspective across educational institutions.
Akmal Dawi VOA News December 21, 2023 The de facto Taliban regime in Afghanistan has increased oil imports from Russia, rising from 246,000 tons in 2022 to more than 710,000 tons in the past 11 months, resulting in the expansion of oil trade to more than $300 million, according to Taliban officials. The means by
Ariana: After a thrilling 2023 that was packed full of exciting sporting events, Ariana Television Network is thrilled to announce yet another treat that will soon be broadcast to cricket fans around the country. This time it’s Afghanistan’s three-match T20I tour to India that will be screened live and exclusively on Ariana Television. The series
8am: According to this directive, the name of Abdul Ali Mazari Airport in Bamyan has been changed to “Bamyan Airport,” Abdul Karim Khalili Airport to “Daikundi Airport,” and General Mahiuddin Ghori Airport to “Sultan Ghiyasuddin Ghori Airport.” Renaming places by the Taliban is not a new practice. Previously, this group changed the names of cities,
Akmal Dawi VOA News December 20, 2023 A top United Nations official has called for more frequent and direct engagements with de facto Taliban authorities both inside and outside Afghanistan to address the country’s challenging relations with the international community. Addressing members of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Roza Otunbayeva, the secretary-general’s special representative
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 20, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United States has again denied leaving any weapons in Afghanistan during the American military’s withdrawal from the country in August 2021, dismissing such allegations as “farce.” John Kirby, U.S. National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, made the comments Tuesday just days after Pakistan urged the