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Category Archives: Ethnic Issues

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Three Taliban Members Killed in Baghlan’s Tala Wa Barfak District

26th August, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources in the Tala Wa Barfak district of Baghlan province say that around 8:00 am on Friday (August 26th), two factions of the Taliban fought each other. A local source, who did not want to be named for security reasons, says that following this gun fighting, three Taliban members affiliated with the Pashtun

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Pashtun Taliban, Taliban infighting |
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Pashtunization: Taliban Settles Nomads in Takhar

22nd August, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources told Hasht-e Subh on Monday (August 22nd) that the Taliban are moving the nomads who have just arrived in Takhar province from Pakistan and southern provinces to lands belonging to the local people. Sources indicate that around 100 nomadic families have come from Pakistan and southern provinces to the Khwaja Bahauddin district

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Destruction of non Pashtun history and culture by Pashtun Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Kuchi Invasion, Pashtunization, Takhar, Uzbeks |
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Mawlawi Mehdi Killed by Taliban in Herat, Sources Say

17th August, 2022 · admin

8am: Mawlawi Mehdi Mujahid has been killed by the Taliban in Herat province after being arrested. Intelligence sources confirm to Hasht-e Subh that Mawlawi Mehdi Mujahid, the former commander of the Taliban, was arrested and executed on Wednesday (August 17th) in the third Kamana brigade, in the village of Boonyad in the Kohsan district of

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Herat, Mehdi Mujahid, Taliban infighting |
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Taliban Arrest Six Residents of Panjshir Province in House-to-House Search Operations in Kabul

12th August, 2022 · admin

8am: Sources in Kabul report the start of house-to-house search operations by the Taliban for the second time. The Taliban started a house-to-house raid on Thursday (August 11th) in the Gozargah and Dehmzang neighborhoods of ​​Kabul and continued until the evening of the same day. Sources add that the Taliban have arrested six residents of

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban home raids |
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Amnesty International: Taliban must immediately step-up measures to protect the Hazara Shiite communities

9th August, 2022 · admin

Amnesty International: Responding to the series of attacks leading to about 120 deaths and injuries in areas dominated by Hazara Shiite communities in west Kabul over the last few days, Zaman Sultani, Amnesty International’s South Asia regional researcher, said: “The systematic attacks on the minority Hazara Shiite community in Afghanistan may amount to crimes against

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure, War Crime |
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‘They beat girls just for smiling’: life in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban’s return

7th August, 2022 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Despite their promises of peace and stability, the country is on its knees, and its people are desperate  “The Taliban are representing the Taliban, not Afghanistan. Half of the population has not been represented in government at all in the past nine months,” said the Afghan analyst. As in 2001, whole ethnic,

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Posted in Afghan Women, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Economic News, Education, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun dominated Taliban government |
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How smouldering discontent affects the Taliban rule in Afghanistan

4th August, 2022 · admin

TRT World: Factional rift and competing interests to move up the power ladder are among the key factors pushing the former insurgent group to the brink of implosion. There are four major divisions in the Taliban administration. The first is between the movements’ pragmatist and hardline leaders. The second division is between the Taliban fighters

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Haqqani Network, Opinion/Editorial, Taliban | Tags: Pashtun dominated Taliban government, Qari Fasihuddin, Taliban Factions - Haqqanis versus Kandaharis, Taliban infighting |
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Taliban Arrest Young Man in Sar-e Pol Province

1st August, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources in Sar-e Pol province confirm that the Taliban intelligence has arrested a young man named Rahim Ughlo in the center of the province for connection with General Abdul Rashid Dostum. In recent months, arbitrary arrests of  citizens by the Taliban have increased in the northern provinces of the country. Click here to

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Panjshir, Sar-e-Pol, Taliban home raids |
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Taliban Open Fire at Residential House in Salang, Leaving Three Members of a Family Injured

29th July, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources report that Taliban fighters opened fire on a residential house in Parwan province. According to the sources, a 17-year-old boy and girl and a 30-year-old woman were injured as a result of this incident. The victims are all members of the same family. Sources quoting the victims of this event say that

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Parwan |
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Tashkent conference calls for inclusive government in Afghanistan

27th July, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Formation of a government on the basis of “broad representation” was emphasized in an international conference on Afghanistan that was held in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on Tuesday. Ensuring women’s rights and access of Afghan girls to receive a full school education was also emphasized, according to a statement released by the hosts. Click

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Posted in Afghan Women, Central Asia, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Political News, Taliban, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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