AP: Although the Taliban, who took over Afghanistan in mid-August, had previously banned sports when they ruled the country in the 1990s, pahlawani had been exempt even then. Now, just over three months into their new rule of the country, a handful of Taliban police attended the Friday matches as security guards. Click here to
8am: Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has recently issued a decree on women’s rights. This decree focuses more on the rights of marriage, inheritance, and unsavory traditions. It does not mention the right to work, education, and political participation of women and girls in the new government. It also does not specify the extent to
8am: “Instead of fomenting and pervasive the talks between the majority and the ethnic minority at this time, it would be better to discuss and separate the traitorous minority from the patriotic majority,” Nabil tweeted on Saturday, December 4. Meanwhile, the remarks came as Ashraf Ghani’s former deputy interior minister at the University of Cambridge,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 4, 2021 French President Emmanuel Macron has said several European countries are working on opening up a common site for diplomatic representation in Kabul that would enable their ambassadors to return to Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August. Speaking during a visit to Qatar on December 4, Macron told reporters
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 4, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Saturday it will host a conference of foreign ministers from Islamic countries later this month in a bid to avert a looming humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore that the “extraordinary session”
AFP: Officials of the ousted Afghan regime and many Western analysts are sceptical, believing that Akhundzada died years ago. For them the madrassa visit was a carefully choreographed deception. There is a precedent — the Taliban pretended founder Mullah Omar was alive for two years following his death in 2013. Click here to read more
8am: Credible sources in Parwan province accuse Taliban officials of monopolizing and embezzling aid from the international community… The aid has been allocated to the military and people close to the Taliban… Click here to read more (external link).
Aamaj: Leader of National Congress Party of Afghansitan, Abdul Latif Pedram, said that sooner or later there will be a new political geography. He tweeted that the history will not forget the people who take risks and struggle for removing class rank in society, especially struggling for obtaining nation’s rights, and democracy. Click here to
CNN: Last month, CNN reported that Parwana and several other underage girls were being sold by their fathers so other members of their families could eat. At the time, Parwana’s father Abdul Malik said she cried day and night before, begging him not to sell her, saying she wanted to go to school and