By Radio Mashaal December 30, 2021 Four Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an attack in the North Waziristan tribal district. The banned Islamist group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the December 30 attack in the Karkanra area of the Mir Ali subdistrict. There were no immediate reports of other casualties. Attacks on police
Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 29, 2021 The Taliban toppled the Western-backed Afghan government in August following a brutal, nearly 20-year insurgency. But the militant group’s war against its former enemy is not over. The Taliban has been accused of killing, torturing, or forcibly disappearing hundreds of members of the former government
Tolo News: Abdul Sabor Husseini, a transgender person, was tortured by a group of unknown individuals in the western province of Herat. Husseini, 65, said that the individuals started torturing him after he refused to have relations with them. According to Husseini, the attackers burned his feet. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: As the omicron variant is spreading fast across the world and some neighboring countries, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) said that the World Health Organization (WHO) has been asked to provide the omicron’s testing kits for Afghanistan. Reports stated that the omicron coronavirus variant has been detected in Iran and Pakistan, both
VOA News December 29, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced the appointment of Rina Amiri as special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights. The appointment comes as women in the country are facing increasing oppression by the ruling Taliban following the U.S. withdrawal in August. Earlier this week, the
#تازهآماج به نوارهایی از کشتار غیرنظامیان و توهین به جسدها از سوی طالبان در پنجشیر دست یافت آماج نیوز به نوارهایی خشنی از پنجشیر دست یافته که نشان می‌دهد طالبان شماری از غیرنظامیان را کشته و با بوت به روی جسدها پا می‌گذارند. یادآوری: برخی نوارها به دلیل خشن بودن قابل نشر نیست. pic.twitter.com/mxrYIle9kg —
Ariana: Jawid Hazhir, a spokesman for the MoPH, stated: “Four positive cases [of poliovirus] were recorded of which three cases were registered in Kunduz province and another positive case was reported in Ghazni province.” A number of Afghan doctors stated that the Kunduz outbreak was due to insecurity and lack of health care services which
Dozens of women protested in Kabul on Tuesday in reaction to "discrimination and social injustice against women."#TOLOnews pic.twitter.com/jYxFsnawmM — TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) December 28, 2021 Ayaz Gul VOA News December 28, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Witnesses say Taliban security forces in Afghanistan fired warning shots Tuesday to disperse a group of female activists in Kabul protesting restrictions placed
Tolo News: “Ghani certainly deserves an award, too. He was breathtaking in both his corruption and his gross incompetence. He deserted his people, leaving them to misery and death so he could live among the corrupt former state officials in the moral cesspool that is the UAE,” said Sullivan. Click here to read more (external