Ariana: Afghanistan defeated Turkmenistan 2-1 in their first match of the 2023 CAFA U-20 Championship on Sunday. The match was held at CSKA Stadium in Tajikistan capital Dushanbe. Afghanistan will meet hosts Tajikistan in their next match of the tournament on Monday. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: In the last month of the solar year (April/May 2023), the Taliban killed 13 former military personnel through various means. They also detained 29 individuals from different parts of the country, including military personnel, a civil activist, a poet, 15 tribal elders, a mayor, a private clinic director, a journalist, and a taxi driver.
8am: Several farmers in Khost reported on Sunday, May 21, that the Taliban has informed them in the province’s center and districts that they are not allowed to use machinery for wheat harvesting. According to the farmers, this action by the Taliban has resulted in a prolonged process of wheat collection from the fields. Click
Khaama: A British man is charging £4,000 per person for dangerous tours to the Taliban’s heartland in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces through is company Safarat Tours, according to Daily Mail. Despite the British government’s advice against all travel to Afghanistan, Joe Sheffer is offering tourist holidays to the war-torn country. Click here to read
Tolo News: The head of the media organizations in the southeastern province of Khost voiced concerns that they have been struggling with a shortage of content because their publications must meet Islamic Emirate [Taliban] policies. The officials said that it is difficult to prepare their content rapidly in a way that also meets the demands
8am: The Taliban, who now control the Logar Directorate of Education, have recently converted a girls’ high school building in the Mohammad Agha district of the province into a religious school. They view this Taliban move as the initial official step towards eliminating girls’ schools in Logar province. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 20, 2023 By Ahmad Hanayish Sahar Lewal Michael Scollon Giving birth is a life or death struggle for women in Afghanistan, where roughly one mother is believed to die every two hours from preventable pregnancy and childbirth complications. Even mothers who survive face the stark reality that their newborns may not,
Khaama: On Friday, Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian ambassador to Kabul, issued a fresh warning to the Taliban, urging them to get water rights as soon as possible. Qomi said in a TV interview that Iran would act if it were proven that the Helmand River had sufficient water and Kabul refused to grant the neighbouring