Are the Taliban retaliating against Afghan citizens?
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With Their Economy Close To Collapse, Some Afghans Switch To Iranian Currency
In Zaranj, the capital of Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimroz Province, Iran’s currency is now being used for most transactions. One shopkeeper says more than 90 percent of his customers pay him with Iranian currency. Businessmen say it is because banks are closed or limiting withdrawals and there is a shortage of afghanis, the country’s currency.
‘We Don’t Have Any Money’: Taliban Takeover Plunges Afghanistan Into Economic Turmoil
By Frud Bezhan RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 2, 2021 KABUL — Hundreds of Afghans stand along dusty roadsides in the capital, Kabul, desperately trying to sell their meager possessions. Many offer used pots, plates, and cups that are piled up on bedsheets. Others sell tattered mattresses and old rugs or hope someone will buy their television
Afghan Women Stage Protest In Herat, Call For Their Rights To Be Preserved
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 2, 2021 KABUL — About three dozen women in the western Afghan city of Herat have protested to demand the new Taliban leadership preserves the rights and advances women have made in the country since the militants were ousted two decades ago. “Education, security and work is our fundamental right, “
Taliban Militants Said To Have Arrested Prominent Afghan Cleric
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 30, 2021 The family of influential Afghan cleric Maulvi Mohammad says he has been arrested by the Taliban. The hard-line Islamist group took control of Afghanistan more than two weeks ago, triggering concerns that it will return the war-torn country to the repressive rule it imposed when last in power from
Afghan Musicians Fear Being Silenced By The Taliban
Haroon Bacha Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 29, 2021 Young musician Ahmad Khan says doomsday arrived for him when the hard-line Taliban movement overran the Afghan capital, Kabul — the conclusion of a dramatic sweep across the war-torn country that saw Afghanistan’s pro-Western government melt away. Khan — using a pseudonym for security
Afghanistan Human Rights Violations Surge Since Taliban Takeover
Lisa Schlein VOA News August 28, 2021 GENEVA – U.N. and private aid agencies say human rights violations have been surging in Afghanistan since Taliban militants seized control of the country. Aid agencies say Afghanistan is at a very dangerous point. They say an increasingly brutal conflict is worsening the already serious human rights violations
Kabul’s Young Professionals Fret About Their Future Under The Taliban
Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 28, 2021 Ahmad Dawood has barely left his house on a quiet backstreet in Kabul’s Khairkhana neighborhood since Taliban militants marched triumphantly into the Afghan capital on August 15, the same day that President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad. Just two days later, a gun-wielding militant ordered the 24-year-old
Kabul Mayor Keeps City Running After Taliban Takeover
Shaista Lami VOA News August 24, 2021 WASHINGTON – Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy is the mayor of Kabul, Afghanistan’s sprawling capital city. And while the Taliban have kept him in office, he has a word of caution for the militant group. Sultanzoy said in a Monday interview with VOA’s Afghanistan Service: “If the Taliban don’t pay
Taliban starts removing barricades from Kabul streets
Khaama: The process which started Sunday, August 22, the Kabul municipality personnel removed barriers erected in front of the defense ministry. The barricades had dramatically narrowed the streets of Kabul and were said to be the biggest cause behind bumper-to-bumper traffic in the city which had created major problems for the citizens. Click here to