Tolo News: “The disappearances and detentions of Taliban critics, journalists & activists continue. Sayed Baqir Mohsini & Nadima are taken by the Taliban & there is no information about their whereabouts. This a group of dictators & repressors who must never be recognized & supported,” said Samira Hamidi, a member of Amnesty International. Click
Ariana: Afghanistan’s education ministry is planning to segregate schools by gender, officials said on Sunday. There will be schools only for boys and there will be schools only for girls, according to officials. In areas where it is not possible to have separate schools for girls and boys, they will go to the same school
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 5, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A senior leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban, listed by the United States as a global terrorist, made a maiden public appearance Saturday, his first since the Islamist group seized power in August, days before U.S.-led international forces withdrew from the country. Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s
The Guardian (UK): The Afghan journalist Zahra Joya has been named as one of Time’s women of the year 2022 for her reporting of women’s lives in Afghanistan through her news agency, Rukhshana Media. Now living as a refugee in the UK, Joya continues to run Rukhshana Media from exile, publishing the reporting of her
8am: It is has been for six months that local Taliban authorities in Helmand province have reportedly detained Sayed Gul, known as Khaksar Alizai, a local commander in the Kajaki district of the province. Though the Taliban have announced a general amnesty, the former soldiers, government officials, and those who have worked with foreign alliances
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s national cricket team tied the T20 series in a win against Bangladesh–by eight wickets–on Saturday in Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan lost its first match of the T20 series last Thursday. Team Afghanistan was hosted by Bangladesh for three ODIs and two T20 matches. Click here to read more (external link).
Mohsin Amin via Al Jazeera: Many have been puzzled by the policy choices of the Biden administration vis-à-vis Afghanistan since the United States’ disastrous withdrawal from the country last August. It is not clear whether these choices are aimed at appeasing domestic audiences or collectively punishing a people for the unsuccessful ending of a long
Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 4, 2022 Afghanistan is rapidly descending into one of the worst humanitarian crises in living memory amid rampant starvation, a health-care crisis marked by child malnutrition, and the collapse of essential services since the Taliban took over the country six months ago. The situation initially prompted generous donor