8am: According to Jamiat-e-Islami, people and commanders in Badakhshan have resorted to armed struggle in order to get rid of oppression and defend their dignity. This party condemned the killing of prisoners and anti-Taliban commanders and called the battle of the NRF in Badakhshan as a struggle for justice. Click here to read more (external
8am: The Taliban regime did not permit Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, to travel to Germany, sources confirm. It is still not clear why the Taliban prevent Karzai from traveling abroad. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 21, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s election authorities Friday disqualified populist former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding public office for allegedly concealing his assets, prompting his supporters to stage nationwide protests and fueling political turmoil in the country. The ruling alleges that the former cricket star turned politician had made a
By Sadiq Amini via The Diplomat: Nothing illustrates the divisions inside the Taliban leadership so much as the cruel ban on girls’ education, which is widely believed by nationalist circles within the Taliban to be the work of the ISI and extremist elements of the Taliban who are closely aligned with Rawalpindi, as they are
Khaama: The National Security Advisor of the former Afghan government, Hamdulalh Mohib, stated that he spoke with Ahmad Masoud, the National Resistance Front leader about matters revolving around the return of democracy and the republican system. Click here to read more (external link).
Daily Beast: “Noorzai isn’t the first drug smuggler the US [had] released; about 50 other drug traffickers were released after the Doha deal, but he is certainly the most prominent,” the official said. “All of them [released prisoners] have gone back to their narcotic business again, as will Noorzai. The Taliban continue to depend on
Khaama: The United States special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West said he fears Afghanistan “could see a return to civil war in time”, calling the need for “political dialogue” in national level. Without a serious “national political dialogue” about the future of the country among Afghans who have “genuine support in their community, I really
Luke Coffey via Arab News: Firstly, allocate a percentage of the frozen assets of the central bank of Afghanistan to the resistance front to support and fund its activities. The US currently holds about $7 billion of these frozen funds. American policymakers should explore legal ways to divert some of them to the group’s political
Tolo News: The [Taliban] Islamic Emirate’s [Taliban] supreme leader [Haibatullah Akhundzada] issued an order on Tuesday announcing a reshuffle of several national and provincial positions, including replacing the acting education minister. Tuesday’s order also announced that acting Deputy Interior Minister Mullah Mohammad Mohsin would be appointed to run the northern province of Panjshir, replacing a
AFP: Afghan insurgent group leader Ahmad Massoud on Friday urged the diaspora to unite to find a political solution to end Taliban rule, describing his appeal as the beginning of a new phase. Massoud, who heads the National Resistance Front (NRF), an armed group waging an insurgency in Afghanistan’s northern Panjshir Valley, said it was