8am: According to the sources, armed Kuchi tribesmen, accompanied by Taliban members, entered the village and opened fire on a family, injuring several others. The victim of the shooting has been identified as Nowroz. Sources also claim that similar attacks by armed Kuchi groups over the past two decades have led to the displacement of
Amu: The provincial skew underscores what critics describe as the Taliban’s insular and exclusionary approach to governance. Cabinet roles are overwhelmingly filled by ethnic Pashtuns from the south and southeast, while much of the country — including major provinces such as Kabul, Nangarhar, Herat, and Balkh — are entirely absent from the cabinet’s makeup. Women,
8am: Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, former First Vice President, reacted to the removal of the Uzbek language from the Jawzjan University plaque, stating that this act has further revealed the discriminatory nature of the Taliban. According to him, such measures are an insult to the identity and culture of the country’s Turkic communities and inflict
8am: For more than a century, since the reign of Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan politics has revolved around a recurring pattern: to preserve stability, the center of power co-opts part of the ethnic elite while sidelining the rest. I call this the “Abdur Rahman Scenario”: concentration at the center, concession at the margins, and the
Afghanistan International: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has described recent remarks by the Taliban’s spokesperson as “malicious and misleading,” saying the Taliban regime is responsible for the continued oppression of ethnic groups, women, and minorities in Afghanistan. Asif said the Taliban does not represent Afghanistan and is plagued by internal divisions and factionalism. Click here
Afghanistan International: Local sources reported renewed clashes early Wednesday in the Shahr-e-Buzurg district between Taliban units and fighters loyal to Abdul Rahman Ammar, the group’s former provincial head of mining. The clashes, which have continued for several days, pit Ammar’s forces against those of Shafiqullah Hafizi, the Taliban’s current head of mining in Badakhshan, in
8am: Local sources in Badakhshan province say that clashes over control of a gold mine in the Shahri Buzurg district have resulted in casualties. Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Monday, October 27, that the fighting broke out between forces loyal to Emar, a local Taliban commander in Shahri Buzurg, and the group’s director
8am: According to the sources, the arrest took place after recent tensions and clashes between Pashtun and Uzbek Taliban fighters in the district. They added that Karimi was detained for allegedly mocking Tajik members of the Taliban. Ethnic and factional disputes among Taliban fighters in Badakhshan have intensified in recent months and, in some cases,
8am: Local sources in Faryab province report that the Taliban have arrested 25 residents after resisting the confiscation of their land by the provincial governor. The sources said on Saturday, October 18, that Abdul Ahmad Fazli, the Taliban-appointed governor of Faryab, seized land belonging to Tajik residents in the village of Khwaja Ghar, Ghayorzan district,
Amu: New recruits in Taliban police in Panjshir province have been asked to procure their own weapons or risk dismissal, four sources from the Taliban police told Amu. The sources said the order specifically targets local recruits from Panjshir, while Taliban members brought in from other provinces are exempt. Click here to read more (external