8am: Taliban forces killed this commander of former militias supported by the former republic regime around 12 a.m. on Tuesday night (December 20th) in Chobar vicinity, Taloqan city’s 1st PD, Takhar province. Sources identified the commander as Gol Aziz, a resident of Qaruqusaai village, Kalafgan district, Takhar province. Two Taliban fighters were also injured in
Akmal Dawi VOA News December 20, 2022 When U.S. and Taliban representatives signed an agreement for peace in Afghanistan in February 2020, they agreed to “seek positive relations with each other.” But over the past year, their differences have only widened. “We are not prepared to improve our relationship with the Taliban until and unless
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 20, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders Tuesday ordered public and private universities across the country to immediately suspend female students access to higher education until further notice. A spokesman for the higher education ministry, Hafiz Zia Hashami, said the order had been formally delivered to all universities in line with
Akmal Dawi VOA News December 20, 2022 The State Department has welcomed the release of two U.S. nationals from Taliban detention in Afghanistan. The two were en route to Qatar on Tuesday from where they will fly to the U.S. to reunite with their families. “We are in a position to welcome the release of
Sarah Zaman VOA News December 20, 2022 WASHINGTON — Broad international recognition remained elusive for the Afghan Taliban in 2022. After more than a year in power, no foreign nation has officially recognized the Taliban government, although China, Russia, Pakistan and Turkmenistan have accredited Taliban diplomats. Despite the Taliban’s desire for more engagement with the world,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 20, 2022 Taliban fighters carried out a deadly raid last month in Afghanistan’s central province of Daikundi. The militant group said it targeted and killed “armed rebels” in a village outside of the provincial capital, Nilli, on November 25. But locals said the at least eight people killed in the
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 20, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The leader of an outlawed militant alliance waging terrorism in Pakistan praised his fighters Tuesday for taking several security officials hostage inside a provincial police counterterrorism interrogation center and urged them not to surrender, come what may. Noor Wali Mehsud, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban or
8am: Local sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh that Amanullah Haqmal was killed on Monday in Kian Valley, Dushi district, Baghlan Province. According to sources, gunmen fired on the employee of the provincial prosecutors’ office from an official military vehicle. Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, mysterious murders have increased in various provinces of Afghanistan. Click