AP: Hundreds of men, strung out on heroin, opium and meth, were strewn over the hillside overlooking Kabul, some in tents, some lying in the dirt. Dogs skulked around because they sometimes give them drugs, and there were bodies of overdosed dogs amid the garbage. Men here as well slip, quiet and alone, across the
Tolo News: The US State Department in its annual report which was published on Monday, included Afghanistan on the list of countries engaged in a “policy or pattern” of human trafficking and forced labor or whose security forces or government-backed armed groups recruit or use child soldiers. According to the report, the current government of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 20, 2022 The United Nations says that almost one year since the Taliban take-over, the situation of human rights in Afghanistan has worsened considerably despite an overall significant reduction in armed violence. The Human Rights In Afghanistan report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), published on July 20, highlighted
8am: Sources in Ghazni say that the Taliban’s Department of Virtue Promotion in this province has warned all civil servants that the time of giving advice and tolerance toward them is over. Local sources in Ghazni province said on Wednesday (July 20th) that a delegation from the Taliban’s Virtue Promotion Ministry came to Ghazni province
Tolo News: More than 700 families have been displaced, due to security incidents, from Panjshir to Parwan, officials at the refugee and repatriations department of Parwan said. Bebe Begom, a 90-year-old woman, was displaced from Panjshir. Bebe Begom, due to fighting, left her house behind. She along with her family live in a small room
8am: Local sources in Takhar province told Hasht-e Subh that Qari Fasihuddin, the head of the army staff of the Taliban, is leading the operation of the Taliban against NRF forces in Warsaj district. Qari Fasihuddin is now in the Farkhar district of Takhar and has deployed hundreds of troops to attack NRF camps and
Tolo News: TOLO news findings show that in the past two months, 27 people have committed suicide in eleven provinces of Afghanistan. According to the findings, the number of girls who committed suicide is more compared to boys. Poverty, economic challenges and family violence are said to be the main reasons for the surge in
8am: Local sources say that during the house-to-house inspections in the center of Samangan province, Taliban fighters started fighting each other on Tuesday morning (July 19th). Pashtun and Arab Taliban have reportedly clashed with each other. The cause of this conflict is still unknown. Click here to read more (external link). Related Infighting between Pashtun