8am: A research institution based in the United Kingdom, after examining the photos and videos of the Taliban massacre in Panjshir, says that the group has shot dead 27 prisoners in this province. The findings of the research project “Afghan Witnesses – Shahid Afghan”, whose report was published on Tuesday, October 18, indicate that the
By Sadiq Amini via The Diplomat: Nothing illustrates the divisions inside the Taliban leadership so much as the cruel ban on girls’ education, which is widely believed by nationalist circles within the Taliban to be the work of the ISI and extremist elements of the Taliban who are closely aligned with Rawalpindi, as they are
Khaama: The new programme will admit 1,000 Afghans per month and their family members, targeting particularly exposed Afghans who are active in women’s and human rights advocacy or those at risk for working in the fields of justice, politics, media, education, culture, sport or science. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: In a newsletter, the Central Bank of Afghanistan under Taliban control in a series of Tweets said on Tuesday, October 18 that the group received the fifth aid package of 40 million dollars from the international community in Kabul. The international community has been injecting aid packages while there is no reliable monitoring mechanism
Al Jazeera: The United States has assured Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that Washington will not fund any armed groups or non-state actors in the country, Taliban sources have told Al Jazeera. The assurances were welcomed by the Taliban as Tajik armed groups, which have been backed by the West in the past, continue to challenge the
8am: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that in the last three years, the poverty graph in Afghanistan has increased from 47% to 97%. OCHA tweeted on Monday that unemployment, decrease in income and increase in prices are among the reasons for the increase in poverty in Afghanistan. Click
WION: In a shocking incident, a woman in Afghanistan killed herself before the Taliban forces could kill her for running away from home, local media reported citing a resident. According to a report by Khaama Press published on October 15, the woman who ran away from home with a married man was going to be
Reuters: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it will commit $1.2 billion to support efforts to end all forms of polio globally. Governments and foundations aim to end polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two countries where the virus continues to circulate. Click here to read more (external link). Related Sub-National
8am: The new ranking of the Henley Passport Index shows that the Afghan passport is still the world’s least powerful passport. The Henley Passport Index, which measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports from time to time based on data received from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA), has released its report for 2022. Japan has