Jeff Seldin VOA News June 6, 2022 WASHINGTON — Tales of Afghanistan’s former president and his senior advisers fleeing the country in helicopters laden with millions of U.S. dollars, as Taliban fighters closed in on Kabul, appear to be overblown, according to an interim report by American investigators. Russia’s embassy in Kabul first floated the allegations
8am: In a new move, the Taliban group has defined fighting background as the criteria for recruitment and employment in government posts and positions. The application for government employment is required to have a fighting background in the ranks of the Taliban against the former governments. According to the source, the Taliban group considers having
8am: With the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Pakistan has become Afghanistan’s most important natural resources market. Local sources in Takhar province say that hundreds of trucks carrying coal are being loaded and transported to Pakistan on daily basis from his province. According to sources, some Taliban officials and commanders are involved in the deal. Residents
8am: The female police officer added that after seven hours in custody of Intelligence Department of Taliban, she was released off with the mediation of elders, and her husband, who was a taxi driver, was forced to buy a weapon to give the Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: After the dissolution of the Independent Commission for Overseeing the Implementation of the Constitution, the Taliban expelled dozens of the respective commission’s employees without payment. Hundreds of government employees are fired after the Taliban came to power without receiving their outstanding salaries, and are replaced by Taliban affiliates. Click here to read more (external
8am: The Taliban are confiscating private cars under the name of government vehicles in Ghazni’s Jaghori district in the province, sources confirm. Local sources in Jaghori district have accused the Taliban of extorting money from people, saying that dozens of vehicles belonging to residents of the district have been seized by the Taliban in the
8am: China has allocated five government scholarships to Afghanistan in this new academic year, sources confirm. The source says the scholarships are given to Kandahar, Urozgan, and Helmand Taliban members who are all Pashtuns. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News April 15, 2022 A blanket ban on poppy cultivation by the Taliban emir is exacerbating Afghanistan’s already dire economic situation and could lead to armed uprisings against the Islamist regime, experts say. “This is a crazy policy at the worst possible time,” said William Byrd, senior Afghanistan expert at the U.S. Institute of
8am: Hasht-e Subh has gained access to documents showing that Hamidullah Ghani, the First Secretary and envoy of Afghanistan embassy in Moscow, has withdrawn $56,775 from the embassy’s bank account, but has not handed the money over to the Financial and Administration Department of the respective embassy. According to the document, he has misused his
8am: No matter if they can read or write, Taliban affiliates will receive school certificates and university degrees (Bachelor’s and Master’s). Afghanistan is the only country on the earth where illiterates with affiliation to a particular ethnic has been ruling on the educated population segment of the society. Click here to read more (external link).