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Afghanistan to tour India for three-match T20I series in January
Ariana: Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Tuesday that the country’s team will tour India for a three-match T20I series in early January 2024. The three T20I matches are scheduled for the 11th, 14th and 17th of January in Mohali, Indore and Bengaluru cities respectively. Click here to read more (external link).
Taliban Gun Down Civilian in Andarab
8am: Local sources in Baghlan province report that the Taliban targeted an unarmed civilian in Andarab, unleashing a barrage of gunfire. The incident occurred on Monday, November 20, in the Qasan Dara area of Andarab. The young man subjected to the gunfire was named Mir Aqa. Following his arrest, the Taliban reportedly executed him by
Rising suicides and child marriages in Afghanistan: Rawadari Report
Khaama: Commanders of the Taliban in various provinces have continued to engage in marriages with underage girls. The report states, “In Nimroz province, a local Taliban official forcibly married a 13-year-old girl. Due to economic difficulties and security concerns, the victim’s family could not raise objections to this incident. In another case in Maidan Wardak
Tolo News in Dari – November 20, 2023
Online Abuse of Afghan Women Tripled After Taliban Takeover
AP: Online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan has significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in Aug. 2021, according to a report released Monday by a U.K.-based rights group. Afghan Witness, an open-source project run by the non-profit Center for Information Resilience, says it found that abusive posts
Protesters Block Major Border Crossing Between Afghanistan And Pakistan
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 20, 2023 Protesters in Pakistan have blocked a major border crossing with neighboring Afghanistan to protest against Islamabad’s refusal to allow document-free travel, which has hit traders and the local economy on both sides hard. Late on November 19, protesters in Chaman, a border town in Pakistan’s southwestern
Expulsion of Afghan Migrants from Pakistan: Taliban Resettling Majority in the Northern Provinces
8am: Nearly three thousand expelled Afghan migrant families from Pakistan have relocated to the provinces of Jawzjan, Faryab, Sar-e Pol, and Samangan. According to sources, as per the Taliban’s directives, 1,300 families have moved to Jawzjan, 1,100 to Faryab, 410 to Sar-e Pol, and another 50 to Samangan. Residents of these provinces claim that the
Tolo News in Dari – November 19, 2023
Taliban Enforce New Restrictions on Wedding Celebrations in Samangan: No Cameras, No Music
8am: Local sources disclosed that the directive was issued during a meeting between Mullah Habibullah Hamas and wedding hall owners at the department’s headquarters on Sunday, November 19. Acting on the verbal guidance of Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s Minister of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the directive explicitly prohibits women from participating