By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 23, 2023 An Afghan press freedom organization has called for the release of an Iranian photojournalist detained by the Taliban, which has arrested around a dozen reporters over the past two weeks. The semioffical Tasnim news agency in Iran reported on August 22 that Taliban security agents had apprehended its
Ariana: Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who has enjoyed a career-best ranking of second in the past, has advanced three places to third position in the ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings after returning figures of three for 33 in Tuesday’s opening fixture of a three-match series against Pakistan. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Distressing news has emerged from local sources in Panjshir, reporting the tragic death of a resident from this province who fell victim to brutal torture at the hands of the Taliban in Herat. The individual, originally planning to travel to Iran, was apprehended by the Taliban at the Islam Qala border crossing. Subsequently, he
Freshta Negah Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 22, 2023 When the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were concerns that some of Afghanistan’s tiny non-Muslim minorities could vanish. Two years on, those fears are becoming realized. Afghanistan’s last-known Jew fled the country shortly after the Taliban takeover. Meanwhile, the Sikh and Hindu communities
Akmal Dawi VOA News August 22, 2023 When the Taliban entered Kabul in August 2021, nearly the entire leadership of the Afghan government fled the country fearing for their lives. President Ashraf Ghani, accompanied by his wife and closest aides, sought asylum in the United Arab Emirates, while the rest of his Cabinet, including his
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 22, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Tuesday that it had recorded at least 218 “extrajudicial” killings in Afghanistan and hundreds of other “serious” human rights abuses since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The victims were allegedly mostly individuals affiliated with the U.S.-backed former government in Kabul, including
Khaama: Two Turkish soldiers have been sentenced to the maximum prison term for the rape of an Afghan refugee woman during her deportation from Turkey to Iran in January. On January 3, during the incident, contract soldiers O.K. and A.C.D. singled out a 25-year-old woman from a group of 8 individuals they had brought to
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 21, 2023 An explosion in Kabul on August 21 killed two people inside a vehicle and injured a passenger, the security command of the Taliban-led government said. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the security command, told the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar news agency that the explosion occurred in the Afghan capital’s Darul