Ayaz Gul Navbahor Imamova VOA News July 6, 2022 ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON — The United States says no foreign government is contemplating legitimacy for Taliban rule in Afghanistan, even as the insurgent-turned-Islamist group next month will mark the first year of its return to power in Kabul. “I think there’s actually a global consensus to include Moscow and
8am: Local sources in Balkhab district of Sar-e Pol province have confirmed that Mawlawi Mehdi is currently in this district and is trying to reunite his forces to continue the fight against the Taliban. A reliable local source told Hasht-e Subh that the situation in Balkhab is worse than what has been said so far.
8am: Afghanistan’s National Liberation Front – an anti-Taliban armed group – has announced that it has launched a missile attack on Bagram Airport in Parwan province. The front published a videotape and a newsletter, saying that the attack was carried out around 1:00 am on Monday (July 5th). Based on the claims, six Taliban soldiers
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi July 4, 2022 At least two people were killed after unknown gunmen attacked a vehicle being used by the Taliban’s Defense Ministry in the western Afghan city of Herat, local officials said. Another 20 were wounded in the attacks, a hospital source told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. The vehicle was carrying employees of
8am: Local sources have confirmed an attack on a Taliban camp on the outskirts of Kapisa province. The attack took place in the middle of Saturday night (July 2nd) in the Qazikhel area in the first district of Kapisa province, according to sources. The Afghanistan Liberation Front claims to have carried out the assault. This
8am: Sarajul Haq Hakimi, a former soldier, is shot dead by the Taliban rebels in Pul-e- Khumri city, the center of Baghlan province, sources reported Saturday. He was shot while going to the evening prayers in Qol Nawabad area in the second district of Pul-e- Khumri city. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique July 1, 2022 Residents and international human rights watchdogs are criticizing the Taliban for grave rights abuses that have been reported in its military campaign against a dissident commander in a remote part of northern Afghanistan. Civilians in Balkhab, a rural district in the Sar-e Pul Province, told RFE/RL’s Radio
Aamaj: Relatives of the victims said that the incident took place in Char Qala Char Dehe neighborhood in Kabul, last night. They added that Taliban arrested another brother of them, and their father who is suffering from cancer; took them in an unknown whereabouts. They added their situation is not known as well. Click here
8am: Sources in Kabul have confirmed that the Taliban group has arrested Wali Ahmad Sarih, a spokesperson of the former Nangarhar Police Command. The motive behind his arrest is not yet clear, sources said. According to the sources, this is the 10th young man from Andarab who has been detained by the Taliban in Kabul
8am: Local sources in Baghlan province have reported the attack of the Taliban fighters on the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces’ base in the Andarab valley of this province. The attacks were carried out in Qasan Valley this Thursday morning, sources added. As a result of this clash, a local commander of the NRF named