Tolo News in Dari – September 3, 2022
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UN Calls On Taliban To Probe Allegations Of Forced Marriage, Rape Against Key Member
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 3, 2022 The United Nations has called on the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan to investigate allegations of the forced marriage and abuse of a medical student by an ex-Taliban official that has sparked strong condemnation by many Afghans. “We call on the de facto authorities to transparently investigate all alleged
Four Children Killed In Afghanistan When Unexploded Ordnance Detonates
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 3, 2022 Four children were killed and three others injured when unexploded ordnance detonated in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Police and a local doctor said on September 3 that the incident occurred after the children brought the ordnance inside their religious school and started to play with it. Police said
Former Kyrgyz President Otunbaeva Appointed UN Envoy For Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 3, 2022 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named former president of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbaeva as the UN’s new special representative for Afghanistan. Otunbaeva, 72, replaces Deborah Lyons, who stepped down in mid-June, the United Nations said in a statement on September 2. She assumes the job as the rights of
Thousands attend funeral of popular Herat cleric killed in mosque bombing
Ariana: Thousands of people attended the funeral Saturday of a popular Herat Imam, Mawlavi Mujeeb-ur-Rahman Ansari, who was killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque on Friday. Mawlavi Ansari was killed along with 19 others at the Guzargah Mosque, officials said. ISIS (Daesh) claimed responsibility for this deadly attack. Click here to read more
Young Boys Being Used to Sell Drugs in Samangan Province
8am: Civil activists in Samangan province voice their deep concerns over the selling of drugs by young boys in the province who are being employed to do so by the criminal gangs. Samiullah Samangani, a civil activist for the province, told Hasht-e Subh on Saturday that the selling drugs by criminal gangs have increased in
Tolo News in Dari – September 2, 2022
Top Taliban Cleric Among 18 Killed in Afghan Mosque Bombing
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 2, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber struck a packed mosque in western Afghanistan Friday, killing at least 18 worshippers, including a prominent cleric loyal to the ruling Taliban. Police officials said the influential slain scholar, Mujibur Rahman Ansari, was leading afternoon prayers at his Guzargah Mosque in the city of
‘Better To Die’: Afghan Woman Accuses Taliban Official Of Rape, Forced Marriage
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 2, 2022 A young Afghan woman has accused a Taliban official of beating, raping, and forcibly marrying her in a video that has gone viral. Elaha Delawazai, a medical student at Kabul University, made the allegations against former Taliban Interior Ministry spokesman Saeed Khosty in a video that surfaced on social
One Year After Leaving Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi Is Determined To Go Back
Forbes: One year ago today, Fawzia Koofi, the first female deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament and one of a few women involved in the intra-Afghan Peace Talks, left Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover. At the time, Koofi was under house arrest in Kabul and it was becoming clear that her safety was in jeopardy.