The Guardian (UK): Eighty Afghans may have been victim of summary killings by three separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and 2013, lawyers representing the bereaved families have told a public inquiry. One of the elite soldiers is believed to have “personally killed” 35 Afghans on a single six-month tour of
8am: According to the sources, on the night of Wednesday, June 21, two armed individuals affiliated with the Taliban were detained by the local residents in the Qatas area of Firozkoh city while attempting to sexually assault two girls. The sources state that these two Taliban members are residents of the Ghelmin area in Firozkoh
Alarabiya News: Australia’s most decorated war veteran, found by a civil court to have played a part in the murder of four Afghans while serving in Afghanistan, said he was devastated by what he called an “incorrect” judgement and he would not apologize for his actions. In his first public comments since the court ruling,
Tolo News: Families of victims of night operations of foreign forces in Chak Maidan Wardak district are demanding justice from international courts and human rights organizations. They called the event a war crime and asked the international courts to punish the perpetrators for their actions. Shams Rahman, one of the relatives of the victims, said
Ariana: The United States has warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent U.S. forces from working with Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment, Australia’s defense force chief said on Wednesday. Gen. Angus Campbell told a Senate committee that he received a letter from the U.S. defense attache in Canberra in
8am: Local sources in Nimruz province have reported that the Taliban’s Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has issued a warning to barbers in Zaranj city, urging them to refrain from shaving their customers’ beards. According to the sources, the Taliban’s Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
An Afghan singer who was well-known for supporting the Taliban has fallen foul of the militants. Khosh Naseeb was arrested after putting Taliban verses to music.
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 26, 2023 A new legal assessment says the Taliban’s treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan “amount to the crime against humanity of gender persecution” and should be investigated under international law, according to two human rights groups. Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) released their joint
8am: Mawlawi Abdul Ghani Haqbeen, Director of Counter-Terrorism of Spin Boldak Security Command in Spin-Boldak, Qandahar, and a close associate of Mawlawi Mohammad Yosuf, the former governor of Qandahar and current acting governor of Balkh province, was released on Thursday, May 4. Haqbeen, due to his familial relationship with the former governor of Qandahar, was
8am: According to local sources, Mawlawi Muttaqi, the commander of the Taliban’s security command for Panjshir province, forcibly entered a residential house and sexually assaulted a woman. A credible source from the ranks of the Taliban in Panjshir told Hasht-e Subh that the incident occurred on Monday, May 1, in the village of Frubal, in