8am: The clashes have again escalated between the National Resistance Front forces and the Taliban fighters in Panjshir’s Rukha district, sources confirm. The Taliban rebels have attacked from several positions on the Resistance Front’s bases in the Hesarak area of Rukha district since Sunday morning, sources say. Sources report that casualties have been inflicted on
8am: In a new decree, the Taliban have banned displaying living beings posters in Herat province. The Taliban have told all printing shops and advertising companies in the province to refrain from publishing living beings’ posters and images. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Kabul police confirm an explosive device was detonated on Sunday afternoon in front of the Istiqlal Hotel in PD15. The explosion happened outside the hotel where a commemoration ceremony was being held to mark the sixth death anniversary of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the former leader of the IEA. Click here to read more
Message from Khpolwak Sapai, head of TOLOnews, says it all. pic.twitter.com/5MTHKj3Byp — Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) May 22, 2022 Ayaz Gul VOA News May 22, 2022 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Female program presenters in Afghanistan went on the air Sunday with their faces covered to comply with a fresh decree by the country’s Islamist Taliban rulers. Since
Ariana: More than one million children are expected to receive polio vaccinations in the fourth round of the current campaign which is set to start on Monday in the western provinces of Afghanistan. According to public health ministry officials, vaccination teams will go from house-to-house and vaccinate children under the age of five. Click here
8am: Sources in Versaj district of Takhar province have confirmed that the Taliban rebels had previously warned the local residents in Versaj of forced displacement. Based on that warning, the rebels have started harassing the people and forcefully expelling the residents from their houses and areas. Yesterday, the Taliban fighters evacuated the houses of Mohammad
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS May 21, 2022 Although intense infighting has complicated Taliban efforts to quash the resistance in northern Afghanistan, the fragmented opposition will be hard-pressed to expand nationwide without more external assistance, especially as Pakistan steps up support for the radical movement, experts told Afghan Online Press. The Taliban 2.0, in power now for
8am: Defense, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob has traveled to the province to lead the fight against the National Resistance Front. It is said that he arrived in Panjshir on Friday, May 20. According to reports, during this period of fights, the Taliban have not only failed to repel the forces of the Resistance Front, but the
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: After the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, Afghanistan became an unlikely refuge for a small number of dissidents from neighboring Iran. The Western-backed Afghan government granted asylum to the Iranian nationals, who were allowed to live freely without the fear of political persecution. But after the Taliban seized power in August 2021, some