Foreign Policy: Members of Afghanistan’s elite National Army Commando Corps, who were abandoned by the United States and Western allies when the country fell to the Taliban last year, say they are being contacted with offers to join the Russian military to fight in Ukraine. Multiple Afghan military and security sources say the U.S.-trained light
8am: On Tuesday, October 25, reliable sources said that the Taliban forcibly displaced around 18 families from the mentioned village, one of the remote areas in Bazarak, the center of Panjshir. Sources added that most of the residents of this village were displaced from the area months ago and only 18 families remained there who
ICC: Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan has overtaken Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood and re-claimed his place as the No.1 T20I bowler in the world following the latest update to the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Player Rankings on Wednesday. Rashid earns top billing on the back of his strong start to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Tolo News: A member of the Afghanistan Trust Fund, Shah Mohammad Mehrabi, said that the Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) is due to deliver new Afghani banknotes to Afghanistan within one month. This comes as a spokesman for the US Department of State, Ned Price, said at a press conference that the US and its
8am: According to sources, the Taliban have also forced the local residents in the district to bring them food. The residents meanwhile said that they cannot provide food for the Taliban because of the poor economy. Sources have stated that the public library is in Dawood area of the district which has been turned into
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 25, 2022 Young men inhaling fruit-flavored tobacco from hookahs had become a common site in Afghanistan in recent years. But the Taliban recently issued a fatwa, or Islamic decree, banning the popular pastime. The militant Islamist group considers hookahs, also known as shisha, as an intoxicant, which is banned under Islam.
Reuters: New Zealand have tried to move on from thrashing champions Australia in their World Cup opener but are keen to keep the good times rolling against Afghanistan, pace spearhead Trent Boult said on Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: Sarwar Danesh, a former vice president of Afghanistan, has announced the formation of the “Afghanistan Justice and Liberty” party. The newly formed political party sees “fighting the Taliban and building a federal republic in Afghanistan” as its two main goals. “We want an inclusive and federal government,” a member of this party reportedly said