8am: Local sources in Deh Salah district of Andarab in Baghlan province have confirmed that the Taliban killed 7 civilians last night and took away 10 others to an unknown place. Last night, the Taliban fighters killed the innocent civilians in revenge when the Resistance Front forces attacked the Taliban’s vehicle in Qassan valley of
8am: Burqa is neither an Islamic hijab nor part of Afghanistan’s culture. It is a tribal tradition that is forcefully imposed on women in remote areas, particularly in Pashtun-dominated society only. Following the reactions to the Taliban’s compulsory hijab, the Women’s Movement for Justice and Freedom has said that the Taliban have insulted all Muslim
8am: Local sources in Panjshir province have claimed that the Taliban fighters have tortured and killed innocent civilians in the province. According to sources, the Taliban have killed 8 civilians, including a woman, in Abdullah Khil valley in Dara district of Panjshir for the last couple of days. The victims are Mullah Faqir, Sami, Jalil
Daily Mail (UK): Afghan women are being jailed by the Taliban for ‘immoral behaviour’ – including travelling in a taxi without a male relative An undercover camera crew inside Herat’s central jail found all the women interviewed had been incarcerated for minor infringements Maryam, an Afghan woman in Herat’s jail said: ‘If the government remains
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 7, 2022 Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have ordered all women to cover their faces, the latest in a series of restrictions that have drawn criticism from many Afghans and the international community. The decree, announced at a news conference in the capital, Kabul, on May 7, calls for women to only show
8am: Sources in Deh Rawood district of Urozgan province have reported to Hasht-e Subh that anonymous armed individuals have mysteriously murdered two former soldiers. It is said that the victims were father and son. Despite the general amnesty announced by the Taliban, dozens of the former security forces have been mysteriously arrested, tortured, killed, and
Akmal Dawi VOA News May 4, 2022 For several months Pashtana kept rejecting marriage proposals made for her 14-year-old daughter, Zarghona, until she had to make a final decision. “I had to choose between the survival of my four little children and giving Zarghona to marriage,” Pashtana told VOA over the phone from the southern
Al Jazeera: We were all watching you. To see what your plan was. What is the plan for our jobs, our economy? And what about women? And Afghan journalists? Afghans have been let down by so many, and so many times. We were let down by America and also by you. Because now we all
8am: Herat Prison, with a capacity of housing more than 15,000 prisoners at a time, was opened to prisoners after the rise of the Taliban. In August, nearly 4,000 terrorists, criminals and murderers were released from Herat prison. The Taliban are reportedly filling the prison with political critics, intellectuals, civil society and women’s rights activists,
8am: Iran has deported many Afghan refugees because of celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr in the country on Monday. Iran had earlier announced Monday as the 30th day of Ramadan, and Tuesday was declared Eid-ul-Fitr in the country. The deported immigrants told Hasht-e Subh that they had celebrated the occasion of Eid on Monday in obedience to Sunnis