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Category Archives: Civilian Injuries and Deaths

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Taliban Militants Kill Relative Of Journalist, Wound Another

20th August, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 20, 2021 The German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) says Taliban fighters have shot and killed a close relative of one of its journalists, heightening international concerns over the safety of media workers and their families under the hard-line Islamist group’s rule. The militants killed the relative and seriously wounded

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule |
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Afghanistan: Taliban responsible for brutal massacre of Hazara men – new investigation

20th August, 2021 · admin

Amnesty International: Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last month, Amnesty International said today. On-the-ground researchers spoke to eyewitnesses who gave harrowing accounts of the killings, which took place between 4-6 July in the village of Mundarakht, Malistan district. Six of the men were shot and three

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ghazni, Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban War on Muslims, War Crime |
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Taliban ‘Intensifying’ Search For Afghans Who Helped U.S., UN Says

20th August, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 19, 2021 The Taliban is stepping up a search for individuals who worked with the U.S. and NATO forces and those persons and their families could be now risking torture and executions, according to a confidential UN document seen by the media. The report — provided by the UN’s threat-assessment

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Refugees and Migrants, Security, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Afghans Hold Independence Day Rallies With National Flag Despite Taliban Crackdown

19th August, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 19, 2021 Casualties were reported as Afghan demonstrators waving the national flag took to the streets of several cities to mark the country’s Independence Day in the first major display of popular opposition to the Taliban, a day after at least one person was killed when the hard-line Islamist militants

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, History, Security, Taliban | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Jalalabad, Life under Taliban rule, Paktia, Protest |
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Reports Of Violence Near Kabul Airport As Foreign Powers Debate Taliban Intentions

18th August, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 18, 2021 Gunshots rang out in Kabul and some militants violently broke up a protest in eastern Afghanistan as foreign powers watch every action of the Taliban to see if it will live up to its promises of having left the group’s brutal human rights record behind. Hundreds boarded planes

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Economic News, Everyday Life, Haqqani Network, Human Rights, Political News, Refugees and Migrants, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Abdul Ali Mazari, Hekmatyar, Jalalabad, Life under Taliban rule, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar |
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Survivors of ’98 Taliban Massacre Recall Slain Relatives as Group Retakes Control of Afghan

18th August, 2021 · admin

 As the Taliban completed its rapid takeover of Afghanistan in recent days, they captured the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, 23 years after last seizing it and massacring several thousand of its inhabitants. Two women who survived that massacre spoke to VOA about the family members they lost in the Taliban killing spree and their

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, History, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, massacre, Mazar-e-Sharif |
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The Taliban knocked on her door 3 times. The fourth time, they killed her

17th August, 2021 · admin

CNN: Najia was at home with her three young sons and daughter in a small village in northern Afghanistan when Taliban fighters knocked on their door. Najia’s daughter Manizha, 25, knew they were coming — her mother had told her they’d done the same thing the previous three days, demanding that she cook food for

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Posted in Afghan Women, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, War Crime |
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Taliban Fighters Going ‘House-To-House’ For Kabul Street Executions

17th August, 2021 · admin
Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Taliban Executions, Taliban terror |
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Desperate Afghans Cling To U.S. Military Plane To Flee Taliban

16th August, 2021 · admin

 Afghans poured onto the tarmac at Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul on August 16 in a desperate bid to flee the Taliban. Video posted on social media showed chaotic scenes of people clinging to a U.S. military jet as it took off to evacuate diplomatic staff.

Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Refugees and Migrants, Security, Taliban | Tags: Kabul Airport |
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Journalist Sees ‘Dark Future’ As Taliban Fighters Go ‘House-To-House’ For Kabul Street Executions

16th August, 2021 · admin

 Many Afghan journalists and activists have gone into “hiding” the day after Taliban fighters took control of the capital, Kabul. One RFE/RL Radio Azadi reporter, whose identity could not be revealed for security reasons, sees “a dark future” ahead. He said there were reports of Taliban militants going “house-to-house” and shooting people in the

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Media, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Taliban War on Muslims |
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