Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 5, 2021 Cricket Australia (CA) says it is postponing the hosting of a first-ever match against Afghanistan until “the situation is clearer” in the South Asian country following the Taliban takeover. CA confirmed on November 5 that the test match will not take place on November 27 as scheduled in
8am: According to the female activist’s relatives, they have contacted local Taliban officials to track down the perpetrators, but have not received a positive response. According to them, there are currently four unidentified bodies of young women in the hospital morgue, whose families have not yet been found. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: A number of Kabul residents said Thursday they no longer want to keep their money in the country’s banks. They said they will take out all of their previously deposited funds. Since the fall of the former government, Afghans have faced challenges in withdrawing their money from the banks and said they no
By Mansur Mirovalev Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 4, 2021 TASHKENT — Sergei grew up in Namangan, the eastern Uzbek city where Islamic traditions persisted despite decades of atheist Soviet rule. As a young communist in high school in the 1980s, Sergei was ordered to a nearby bazaar to forcibly remove burqas — known locally as
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 4, 2021 During its 20-year insurgency, the Taliban employed suicide bombers as a lethal tool to kill foreign and Afghan government troops and terrorize the civilian population. Even now, as the Taliban attempts to transform from an insurgency into a government, its contingent of trained suicide bombers
Al Jazeera: The supreme leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhunzada, has warned the group that there may be “unknown” entities among their ranks who are “working against the will of the government”. Click here to read more (external link).
Geo News: While fans in the stadium thoroughly rooted for their favourite sides to keep players’ spirits high, a conspiracy started brewing on Twitter regarding the disappointing performance of the Afghan side. The microblogging platform exploded with memes and claims that the Afghan cricket team had allegedly ‘fixed’ the match. Click here to read more
By Ron Synovitz RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 4, 2021 Life has become a nightmare of despair for 22-year-old Maryam Rezaei since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan less than three months ago. In early August, before the Taliban stormed into her neighborhood in the western city of Herat, Rezaei was among more than 10,000 women