8am: The women describe methods of torture including hanging by the feet, placing plastic bags over their heads and faces, binding their hands behind their backs, keeping them in damp rooms, whipping with belts, placing the barrel of a Kalashnikov near their ears, and threatening them with death. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: Local sources in Takhar province report that Abdul Nasir, a resident of Farkhar district, has died as a result of torture by the Taliban’s intelligence forces. This is not the first case of a detainee dying in Taliban custody. Over the past three years, numerous reports have surfaced of individuals dying due to
Afghanistan International: The BBC has reported that the Taliban is monitoring Kabul’s residents using 90,000 CCTV cameras, marking a significant expansion of its surveillance network. The BBC stated that it is the first international media outlet allowed access to the Taliban’s control centre. Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s police spokesperson in Kabul, confirmed the scale of
By Ray Furlong Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 22, 2025 As Germany heads into pivotal federal elections on February 23, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is making unprecedented gains. But the party has also faced strong opposition from people who accuse it of exploiting a series of brutal attacks by migrants for political ends.
Afghanistan International: The UK Ministry of Defence has, for the first time, confirmed that British Special Forces rejected the resettlement requests of over 2,000 Afghan commandos, the BBC reported on Monday. According to the BBC World Service, the decision was made to prevent the disclosure of potential war crimes committed during the Afghan conflict. The
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 13, 2025 ISLAMABAD — The leader of Afghanistan’s governing radical Taliban has defended his policies, including banning female access to education and employment, asserting that they are derived from the “commands of Allah.” Hibatullah Akhundzada’s assertions came days after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced he was seeking
Afghanistan International: Men styling themselves God’s soldiers are using sexual violence on captive women to inflict punishment not just on individuals but to intimidate all Afghan women from any role in society. The accounts of women violated and raped by Taliban members while in custody shared by the survivors with Afghanistan International paint a grim
8am: These refugees assert that their situation in Pakistan has now become even more difficult. They claim that in their pursuit of a safer environment, they have endured discrimination, oppression, and harsh treatment by Pakistani police over the past three years. They insist that Western countries, particularly the United States, should not reject or delay
Afghanistan International: Documents reviewed by Afghanistan International indicate that members of the Taliban have cooperated in the legal proceedings leading to a request for the arrest of Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the group’s supreme leader, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, its chief justice. It remains unclear what ranks and positions these Taliban members hold or how they
Amu: A group of unidentified hackers has carried out a rare cyberattack on Taliban databases, leaking documents from 21 ministries and government agencies. The leaked records, published online, suggest that the Taliban has imprisoned approximately 1,400 women and more than 16,000 men. According to the documents, Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has also banned overseas academic