Ariana: Hekmatyar said that the sides have already started talks and achieved some progress. Limiting airstrikes, printing of new afghani banknotes and increasing cash aid are likely to be part of the agreement between the two sides. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: On Saturday, October 29, local sources said that the Taliban have imprisoned and tortured the residents of Khaja Omari district in recent days under the pretext of having weapons. The sources further added that the detained individuals were released in exchange for money and their stories of experiencing the Taliban’s prison is heartbreaking. Click
Tolo News: The Union of Money Exchangers of Sarai Shahzada expressed concerns over the trafficking of US banknotes to neighboring countries, saying that this would have a negative impact on the Afghan economy. The union said that the trafficking of dollars abroad will affect the value of Afghan currency. Click here to read more (external
8am: Sources on Saturday, October 29, said that local Taliban authorities smuggle weapons across the border by using some local residents. Based on the information, American weapons, including night vision cameras, rifles, and snipers have a very demanding market in Pakistan, particularly the Pakistani military members prefer these weapons. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: The Department of Labor and Social Affairs in Baghlan said that the latest survey by a foreign institution, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), with the ministry’s cooperation, revealed that more than 14,000 children are engaged in hard labor, which is a thirty percent increase from last year. 3,000 of these children
Minute Mirror (PK): Two senior commanders of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan TTP Bismillah Alias Asadullah Pehelwan and Mudasir Iqbal have been assassinated in two separate incidents in Afghanistan on Thursday. Both Asadullah Pehelwan and Iqbal moved from Pakistan to Kandahar to avoid assassination. Click here to read more (external link).
Middle East Eye: Earlier this week, Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted out a picture of him meeting with Hamas leaders in Istanbul. In the tweet, Mujahid said that he discussed issues of Afghanistan and Palestine, including the status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, with a delegation that included Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s political chief. “The Taliban is
Tolo News: The increase in cases of kidnapping and murder, especially of doctors, is causing alarm among residents of Balkh province. They asked the security officials to arrest and punish the perpetrators. “We ask the authorities and the military departments to pay serious attention so that our doctors can work comfortably,” said Fazel Rahim Houshmand,
8am: Residents told Hasht-e Subh on Friday (October 28th) that Taliban fighters have turned “the Markaz-e Bandar Seminary” in Sangtakht-Wa-Bandar district in Daikundi province into a military base. One of the residents of this district, who does not want his identity to be revealed, says that the Taliban in the mentioned district threw away the