Ariana: The Ministry of National Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban] said Sunday that two more aircraft have been put back into service after being repaired. “An MI-35 helicopter and a C-208 aircraft have been restored and activated by Afghan Air Force engineers,” the MoD said. Click here to read more (external
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 18, 2022 An Afghan official says at least 19 people were killed when a truck carrying fuel exploded in a tunnel north of the capital, Kabul. Said Shamim, a spokesman for the Parwan provincial governor, said in a statement that the blast on December 17 injured at least 35 people and
8am: The incident took place around 10:00 a.m. yesterday (Saturday, December 17th) near the office of the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Department located in the New City of Bamiyan, according to sources. This incident occurred when Mawlawi Maqbool Ahmad Waqas was driving, carelessly over the speed limit, said a source, who did not disclose his
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS December 17, 2022 The Afghan National Resistance Front (NRF) is irate some members of the international community continue to provide funding directly to the Taliban just as the movement is on a public torture and execution spree. Moreover, as these millions pour into Taliban coffers, the NRF has struggled to raise a
ANI: Pakistani agents are robbing Afghanistan of its cultural heritage by smuggling ancient idols and other artifacts from the war-torn country, reported the Afghan Diaspora Network. The smuggling is done by a global racket of smugglers who are facilitated by local Afghan officials. Major support to the crime is provided by actors working from the
Aamaj: The Taliban minister of education, Mawlawi Neda Mohammad Nadeem, in his trip to Kandahar stated, “there is no difference between the order of God and the one of supreme leader of Taliban, Mullah Hibatullah.” Akhundzada, because both of them are derived from God’s book.” Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Pashtun Nomads (Kuchis) in Jaghatu district, Ghazni province have accelerated the construction of residential houses in settlements under dispute. This settlement is located in the “Pushte Faqirshah” area, Sarab village, Jaghatu district. Local sources claimed that the sedentary population’s pasture lands have been usurped by nomads thanks to the Taliban’s support. Although locals have
Before Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Sardar Mohammad made his living and provided for his family by playing the harmonium, a traditional folk instrument that was popular at celebrations. Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, playing and listening to music has been banned, with sermons or Koran readings replacing the melodies once heard at
South China Morning Post: As global geopolitics continues to be driven by great power competition, China will feature more prominently in the transnational jihadist rhetoric. Jihadist groups like Isis-K require a bigger adversary to justify their extremist violence and attract funding and recruitment. For the past two decades, the raison d’être of transnational jihadism was