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Former US Forces Translator Brutally Tortured to Death by Taliban in Kunar Province
8am: Local sources in Kunar have reported the distressing demise of a former translator for the American forces in Afghanistan, who succumbed to brutal torture inflicted by the Taliban in the province. The lifeless body of the former translator was discovered one day after his detention in the Sarkan district, displaying evident signs of torture,
Under The Taliban Rule: Transgender Individuals Treated as Sexual Slaves
8am: Some transgender individuals are currently missing, while others remain in hiding. Bitter and shocking stories of Taliban fighters’ behavior are shared by some transgender and lesbian individuals. According to their accounts, aside from humiliating treatment, the Taliban regard them as sexual slaves. Everyone interviewed in this report has experienced Taliban detention and torture, with
Tolo News in Dari – January 23, 2024
Pakistan Reopens Key Border Crossing With Afghanistan
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal January 23, 2024 Pakistan on January 23 reopened the Torkham border crossing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, a critical access route for trade and transportation between the two countries, after a 10-day closure prompted by Islamabad’s imposing of a requirement for passports and visas for Afghan drivers. A Pakistani customs official in Torkham told RFE/RL’s Radio
Afghan nationals top the list of asylum seekers in France in 2023
Khaama: The Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in France (OFPRA) has announced that Afghans, with 17,500 requests, were the largest group of asylum seekers in the country in 2023. This agency stated that in total, 142,500 people requested asylum in France last year. OFPRA released the first asylum data for the
Afghan Journalist Detained In Taliban’s Continued Crackdown On Independent Media
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 22, 2024 The Taliban has detained another Afghan journalist in the country’s capital, Kabul, in a continuing crackdown on independent media in Afghanistan. Media watchdog the Afghanistan Journalist Center (AFJC) said Taliban intelligence officers detained Ehsan Akbari, an Afghan reporter for Japan’s Kyodo news agency. “The arrest of this journalist shows
UN: Taliban Dismiss 600 Female Afghan Workers Over Edict Violations
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 22, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Monday that the Taliban government in impoverished Afghanistan had recently forced hundreds of females out of their jobs for allegedly not adhering to Islamic law requirements imposed on women nationwide. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, documented the job dismissals in
Tolo News in Dari – January 22, 2024
Hazaras in Afghanistan being targeted deliberately: UNAMA
Khaama: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in its latest report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, covering the months of October and December 2023, has documented several targeted attacks against Hazaras and stated that the perpetrators of some of these attacks remain unidentified. According to this report, targeted attacks against Hazaras