Tolo News: Earlier human rights watchdogs expressed concerns over the house-to-house searches in Afghanistan. There have been reports of house-to-house searches on Wednesday in the province of Balkh. Click here to read more (external link). Related Human Rights Watch: Afghans Destroy Identifying Documents as Taliban Search Homes
Reuters: The defendants, identified as Sayed H. and Seyed H. under German privacy laws, are accused of luring their 34-year-old sister to meet them last July in Berlin and choking her and cutting her throat, the Berlin prosecutor’s office said. All three siblings had Afghan citizenship and had been living in Germany for several years.
Reuters: The executive board of the World Bank on Tuesday approved a plan to use more than $1 billion from a frozen Afghanistan trust fund to finance urgently needed education, agriculture, health and family programs, the bank announced. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The earthquake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, took place at around 2:35 p.m. in the northeast and center of the country. The epicenter was reported to be in the Bazarak district of Panjshir province. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS March 1, 2022 Three American senators urged the Biden Administration and the World Bank to immediately direct more than $1 billion from a reconstruction trust fund to pay the salaries of health workers and teachers in Afghanistan and inject liquidity into the country’s economy which they said is on the verge of
8am: Daikundi residents say local Taliban forces have arrested and tortured dozens of civilians in the past two weeks. Siddiqullah Abed, Taliban’s police chief for Daikundi province said on Sunday – in a meeting with dozens of residents and influential figures – that anyone who poses a threat to the regime – of any ethnicity
Tolo News: Facing domestic and international reactions to the recent travel restrictions announced by the Islamic Emirate on Sunday, on Tuesday Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghans who have legal documents and invitations can travel abroad and return to the country without any problem. Click here to read more (external link). Related U.S., UK Criticize Taliban Restriction
8am: Mr. Khalilzad says there is a need to negotiate to form a government in Afghanistan and adopt a formula to avoid the mistakes of the past 40 years. Click here to read more (external link).