8am: Local sources in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz Province say that on Thursday night (July 14th), fierce fighting raged on between the Taliban and unknown armed men. Although the exact number of casualties is not known, local sources have said that both sides suffered casualties. The Taliban have claimed that they attacked an
8am: Local sources in Panjshir province say that the Taliban bombed the National Resistance Front (NRF) bases in Peshghor village and surrounding areas in Khenj District. NRF forces and civilians have not been harmed in this offensive. Sources state that the NRF commandos had left the area even before the offensive took place. Click here
The Guardian (UK): Musicians had hoped to keep their art alive after fleeing Taliban but now face crackdown on refugees. Ajmal Haikalzada, 44, first became a refugee when his artist father left Afghanistan for Pakistan during the Soviet-Afghan war in the 1980s. In 2001, then a musician, he returned, singing and performing across the country
8am: Taliban forces in the Jaghuri district of Ghazni province opened fire on a wedding party convoy on Thursday afternoon (July 14th). According to the source, the incident occurred on the outskirts of the district center. Taliban fighters apparently opened fire on the wedding entourage because they were playing music. Traditionally, during the wedding parties,
Ariana: Amnesty International on Wednesday described the BBC’s findings of alleged war crimes by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2011 as horrific and called for an urgent investigation. “The BBC’s reporting outlines unlawful killings, including deliberate killing of individuals after they were detained, targeting of civilians and fabricating evidence to justify the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 13, 2022 Afghanistan and Pakistan are at the bottom of the global gender gap index for 2022, dragged down by the lack of opportunities for women in the conservative, male-dominated societies. The World Economic Forum, in a report released on July 13, says the two countries are joined by Iran in the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique July 13, 2022 Suleiman and his family have been living in hiding for months, constantly moving from place to place for fear of Taliban retribution. His family has been on the run since his elder brother, a former member of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, was killed soon after the Taliban toppled
8am: Unknown armed men shot dead two young individuals last night in the center of Ghazni province while they were on the way home, local sources reported Thursday. The residents of Ghazni have accused the Taliban of not being able to provide security, saying that the patrols of armed men and thieves have increased in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 13, 2022 A plane has arrived in the Netherlands with a 181 Afghans who had fled their war-torn country, the Dutch government said on July 13. The refugees on the flight from Pakistan were the latest group of Afghans to fly to safety following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last
8am: Local sources told Hasht-e Subh that after Mullah Yaqoob, the Taliban’s defense minister, criticized the members of this group for disobeying the orders of their commanders in Baghlan province, the Taliban have now deployed hundreds of their reserved forces to the Khost district of Baghlan province. Sources in Khost district said on Wednesday (July