By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 14, 2021 The United Nations says the first four months of Taliban rule in Afghanistan have been marked by “credible allegations” of more than 100 extrajudicial killings, the denial of women’s rights, and the recruitment of boys to be soldiers. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on December
Tolo News: Facing the threat of the omicron variant of COVID-19, officials at the Afghan-Japan hospital have raised concerns over the lack of testing kits for the omicron variant at the hospital. According to officials, dozens of COVID-19 patients in critical condition are being treated by the hospital each day, and the hospital is not
8am: The Financial Times recently reported that Afghanistan’s lithium reserves could compete with those of other countries. Lithium, like oil, is rapidly becoming a strategic product, said Elif Nuroglu, head of economics at the University of Turkey-Germany (TAU). Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 14, 2021 Afghanistan’s central bank on December 14 took steps to stop a steep drop in the country’s currency after it lost almost 12 percent of its value against the dollar in a matter of hours the day before. The central bank said it had held a number of meetings with foreign
AP: Students and faculty members from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music arrived with their families Monday in Portugal, where they are being granted asylum and where they hope to rebuild their acclaimed school. Click here to read more (external link).
Task and Purpose: Close to 800 people have been held at the prison since it opened in 2002, but hundreds of those prisoners have been transferred to third countries since then. Currently, 39 detainees are being held at Guantanamo Bay, said Army Lt. Col. César Santiago, a Pentagon spokesman. Click here to read more (external
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 13, 2021 No U.S. military personnel will be held accountable for a Kabul drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, in August, the Pentagon has said. An investigation by the U.S. Air Force inspector-general last month called the August 29 strike, which took place during the U.S.-led
VOA News December 13, 2021 The United States continues to evacuate Americans, permanent U.S. residents and Afghan nationals who helped the U.S. from Afghanistan following a chaotic withdrawal in August that left an unknown number of Americans in the country. According to a press release from the State Department released Monday, the U.S., since August
Aamaj: The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran deports thousands of Afghan refugees who have fled the Taliban and poverty. “People are simply being dumped on the border” by Iranian authorities, a United Nations official said. “The percentage of deportations is rising dramatically since the takeover by the Taliban,” the official said to the Wall