8am: A former military official, who wishes to remain anonymous, has stated that the Taliban are intent on espionage and inspecting people’s beliefs. According to him, the Taliban are taking this action to exert greater control over the population and to prevent gatherings and citizen assemblies. This former military official further asserts that the Taliban
Khaama: In 2011, the Thomson Reuters Foundation declared Afghanistan the “most dangerous place in the world to be a woman,” the head of Afghanistan’s UN mission said that the Taliban had turned Afghanistan into the worst place for women. Research by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the United Nations reveals that Afghanistan has not been
Shapoor Saber Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 17, 2023 Soon after seizing power in Afghanistan, the Taliban outlawed music and publicly beat and humiliated musicians. Now the militant group is intensifying its clampdown on Afghans playing and listening to music, which it considers un-Islamic. In the western city of Herat, members of the Taliban’s notorious
8am: The Taliban, who took control in August 2021, regularly attack musicians and destroy their instruments, often depriving them and their families of their livelihoods. It is outrageous to see the Taliban rulers silencing the voices of so many talented Afghan artists who simply want to share their music with the world. Jawid Shawqi, once
NYT: While the Taliban have erased most obvious vestiges of the U.S. nation-building effort in Afghanistan, the cultural legacy of two decades of American occupation has been harder to stamp out. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: With the collapse of the republican government in Afghanistan, the Taliban have once again revived the concept of sexual jihad, known as Jihad-ul-Nikah. Over the past two decades, in areas under Taliban control, this group engaged in Jihad al-Nikah, although it was less prevalent and confined to specific regions. However, with their return to
8am: This program will be implemented in the central and western regions as well, which will contribute to fulfilling the dream of Pashtun chauvinism. If the Pashtun relocation program in the north is implemented as planned, it will eventually lead to the cleansing of the native inhabitants of the north. This will be carried out
8am: Sources on Wednesday, May 3, told Hasht-e Subh that the Taliban’s Directorate of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Herat has warned drivers in this province not to allow women without a veil to ride in their cars. According to sources, the Taliban’s morality police have been present at some of the
Khaama: Friday marked the beginning of Eid-ul-Fitr in Afghanistan, which was celebrated across the country. Afghanistan people celebrated the Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday across the country after the supreme court confirmed the 21st of April as the first day of Eid in the country. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban Orders Women Not
By Shahpoor Saber Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 12, 2023 Twenty-eight-year-old Humayun invested his entire savings of $10,000 to open his own arcade in the western Afghan city of Herat nearly four years ago. The investment initially paid off as the powerful gaming consoles in his shop attracted young Heratis who spent considerable amounts of money