By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 4, 2023 A group of Afghan women’s rights activists have launched a hunger strike in Germany to protest against the policies of the ruling Taliban that limit the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. The hunger strikers, who have set up camp in the German city of Cologne, want the Taliban’s
Ariana: “We will not forget what statement the then president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani used while inaugurating the Kajaki Dam, but the ruling body of Afghanistan clearly stated many times that it adheres to the treaty,” Amir Abdullahian said in an interview with Iran’s Ettela’at newspaper. Ghani once said that Afghanistan would give water to
Aamaj: This former member of Iran’s parliament wrote today on his “X” page that the Taliban “destroyed” Afghanistan. “Taliban treats girls worse than in the pre-Islamic period. They shut down universities and the Persian language, and now they are insulting Shiites like this. What weakness do we have?”, he added. According to him, what else
Aamaj: The Pakistan Institute for Conflict & Security Studies has announced in its latest report that the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan has increased by 83% over the previous month. The authorities of this country consider the members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistani “TTP” to be responsible for most of these attacks and criticize the Afghan
AFP: Allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Najmul Hossain Shanto smashed centuries before Bangladesh’s pace bowlers shared eight wickets to beat Afghanistan by 89 runs in the Asia Cup in Lahore on Sunday. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: A former military official, who wishes to remain anonymous, has stated that the Taliban are intent on espionage and inspecting people’s beliefs. According to him, the Taliban are taking this action to exert greater control over the population and to prevent gatherings and citizen assemblies. This former military official further asserts that the Taliban
Khaama: The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced its intention to establish a medical facility named after Qasem Soleimani in Kandahar, Afghanistan. According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, quoting Javad Karimi Ghodoosi, a representative of the Iranian Parliament, the country plans to set up a medical facility in the province of Kandahar, named after the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 1, 2023 Women in the Afghan capital, Kabul, are furious after being turned away at a women-only section of a park that Taliban militants now say is closed as part of a nationwide ban keeping them out of one of the few remaining spaces where they say they could feel