By Radio Mashaal October 22, 2021 A global money-laundering watchdog has called on Pakistan to “continue to make progress as soon as possible ” to address the one remaining recommendation that is preventing the country from being removed from a so-called gray list of terrorism financing. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed Pakistan on
8am: Afghanistan’s military and political figures announced the formation of a coalition called the “Supreme Council of National Resistance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.” Abdul Rab al-Rasul Sayyaf, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Atta Mohammad Noor, Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, and other political figures are said to be members. Click here to read more (external link).
شورای عالی مقاومت ملی با گزینه‌های صلح و جنگ به میدان آمد شورای عالی مقاومت ملی جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان با حضور چهره‌های سیاسی هم‌چون عبدرب الرسول سیاف، محمد یونس قانونی، عطا محمد نور، عبدالرشید دوستم و محمد محقق اعلام موجودیت کرد.https://t.co/ZFz1M42YdR pic.twitter.com/hB0dxcDuz3 — Aamaj News (@aamajnews24) October 22, 2021 شورای عالی مقاومت ملی با گزینه‌های
By Amos Chapple Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 22, 2021 Locals say a protest that took place in Kabul on October 21 shows the increasing desperation of Afghans women, whose freedoms have been stripped away by the Taliban since the hard-line Islamists seized power on August 15. Photographs taken by several news agencies on October 21
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 22, 2021 Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the Taliban of forcibly displacing hundreds of families across Afghanistan, mainly as a form of “collective punishment” against ethnic Shi’ite Hazaras and people associated with the former government. Since the hard-line Sunni group came to power in August, the Taliban has ordered Hazaras
8am: According to reports, the first snowfall this year in the Salang Pass, through which the Kabul-North highway passes, started at 10:00 pm on Thursday night and continues to this day. The Salang Pass is closed to trucks for this reason. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Afghanistan, India and Pakistan were among 11 countries singled out by U.S. intelligence agencies on Thursday as being “highly vulnerable” in terms of their ability to prepare for and respond to environmental and societal crises caused by climate change. Click here to read more (external link).
Mahjabeen's family was threatened not to speak to the media. And change the narrative that she comitted sucide. She did not. https://t.co/83riNVkqyh — Sarfaraz (@Sarfaraz1201) October 21, 2021 New York Post: She was killed earlier this month, but her death remained mostly hidden because her family had been threatened not to talk, claimed the coach,