8am: The prosecutors claim that they have repeatedly approached Taliban officials to provide them with security and allow them to return to their duties, but the Taliban have said that former government prosecutors and judges have no place in their government. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Members of the Haqqani family and Paktia residents have laid the first foundation stone for a new madrassa, that will be named after the network’s founding father Mawlawi Jalaluddin Haqqani. The religious studies school will be built on four acres of land in Gardez city in Paktia province and is being sponsored by local
Ariana: Afghanistan’s National Olympic Committee’s acting president Nazar Mohammad Motmaeenon on Wednesday called on athletes who fled the country after the Islamic Emirate takeover to return home. Motmaeen made the comments during a ceremony in Kabul honouring Afghan athletes who won medals for Afghanistan over the last twenty years and earned global recognition for their
8am: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says representatives of the Turkish and Qatari private sectors will hold talks on the management of Kabul Airport. However, the identities of these companies have not been determined yet, so the Turkish president says that the companies are scheduled to hold talks with the Taliban in the near future.
What #Iranian revolutionary guard personnel are doing in #Afghanistan’s National TV? Local artists & reporters informed me that Ali Komeili & Ehsan Razavi are in #Kabul trying to hire them to produce propaganda narratives against the #US & #west! pic.twitter.com/o7ESZQziqP — Massoud Hossaini (@Massoud151) December 8, 2021 After the #US & allies left #Afghanistan, #Iran’s
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 8, 2021 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced $560,000 of aid for the winter to members of the Afghan sports community who are still living in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August. The aid package was approved by the IOC Executive Board on December 8, the committee said
Arab ethnic minority of Afghanistan in Faryab province saying Taliban torturing and accusing them of links with ISIS. An elderly man while cring says the Taliban, hang if you proved we have ties with ISIS. He says Taliban electrified my son. pic.twitter.com/SJSKWZRyMt — Tajuden Soroush (@TajudenSoroush) December 8, 2021
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 8, 2021 Arifa Fatimi was among the hundreds of Afghan women who spilled into the streets of Kabul following the Taliban’s forcible takeover of Afghanistan in August. For weeks, the women staged almost daily protests to demand their rights, representation in government, and roles in the deeply religious