Roshan Noorzai VOA News April 29, 2022 WASHINGTON — Afghanistan lost two more local radio stations in April, as economic hardship hits the country’s media community. The stations – Paktia Ghag, in Paktia province, and Sadai Maimana, in Faryab province – cited financial constraints in announcing the closure. “We were not able to pay either the
Ariana: “It is a major concession for the Taliban (IEA). It facilitates their bid to gain international legitimacy. It is a preliminary step,” said Aziz Ma’arij, an expert on international relations. Click here to read more (external link).
BBC News: Lt Gen Sami Sadat said that eight months of Taliban rule has convinced many Afghans that military action is the only way forward. He said operations could begin next month after the Islamic Eid festival, when he plans to return to Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The Taliban Intelligence has arrested more than 10 former local commanders in Samangan province over the past three days, local sources have reported. In the past three days, more than 100 former local commanders have been displaced in the province to prevent from being detained by the Taliban Intelligence, according to sources. Click here
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 29, 2022 At least 10 people died on April 29 in a bomb blast at a mosque in Kabul, said a spokesman for the Taliban-led government police force. More than 30 people were injured in the blast in the Afghan capital’s Darul Aman district at around 4 p.m. local time. A
8am: This resident of Logar stated that they have raised the issue with Logar’s health officials several times, but no one has paid attention. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 29, 2022 The supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban has called again on the international community to recognize the government of the radical militant group that swept to power in August amid the withdrawal of the U.S.-led international forces. Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the group’s reclusive supreme leader, said in a written message
VOA News Masood Farivar April 28, 2022 With the onset of the “fighting season” in Afghanistan, small pockets of anti-Taliban resistance appear to be forming across much of the country. The development, coupled with a spike in deadly attacks by the Islamic State terrorist group, could threaten the Taliban’s hold on power eight months after
CNN: “They were beating our parents, our family members, our teammates,” Fatima, who is spokesperson for the Afghanistan Women’s National Football team, told CNN Sport. “You didn’t know if you’ll be alive, or dead soon.” The scene being described is the fall of Kabul in 2021 and the frantic rush to exit Afghanistan before the