The Telegraph (UK): Taliban officials in Afghanistan have been filmed dancing to music – both of which they immediately banned in a draconian crackdown when they returned to power. The militant group – who outlawed music, dance, and any form of public celebration – were caught on video swaying and twirling with guns slung over
8am: Local sources in Khost district, Baghlan province, claim that four Taliban fighters sexually assaulted three members of a family, including two women and a 13-year-old girl. According to the sources, this incident happened Tuesday night last week in the village of “Dehkhiri Faroz” in Khost district. One source said, “Four Taliban fighters entered the
Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) has announced that in an attack on the Badghis provincial building, the Taliban’s finance and administrative head for the province was killed along with three of his companions. The Taliban police command in Badghis and local residents have confirmed that the explosion was caused by a
Afghanistan International: Raiessa Yazdanparast, a former senior officer at the National Directorate of Security (NDS), has disclosed that she was detained by the Taliban from her home in Kabul and subjected to one and a half months of torture in prison. Yazdanparast told Afghanistan International that the Taliban have access to information about NDS officers,
DW: Women are the ones who are suffering most under Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Disappointed by the lack of support from the West, they are establishing networks to come together and fight for their rights. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: Reliable sources from Herat have confirmed that Taliban members killed a young Shiite man in the Jebrael township of the province on Thursday. The young man, identified as “Habib”, was killed amid rising tensions between the Taliban and Afghan Shiites over Ashura observances. According to local sources, Habib had clashed with Taliban members
Afghanistan International: Turkiye has detained five military commanders affiliated with Abdul Rashid Dostum, the leader of Junbish-i-Milli Islami Afghanistan party and transferred them to a migrant deportation centre in Istanbul. The Afghan embassy in Ankara told Afghanistan International that it is ready to assist to free them. An informed source in Turkiye told Afghanistan International
Dawn: The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is now the largest terrorist group in Afghanistan, enjoying operational and logistical support from both the Afghan Taliban and factions of the Al Qaeda terrorist network, according to a United Nations monitoring report. “The Taliban do not conceive of TTP as a terrorist group: the bonds are close, and
Khaama: Groups of Shia protesters in Herat marched through the city’s 12th, 9th, and 13th districts, waving Ashura flags and chanting “Labbaik Ya Hussain” as they expressed their religious devotion and voiced dissent against recent statements made by the Taliban. Caravans of Shia protesters in Herat marched through the city’s 12th, 9th, and 13th districts,
8am: Several residents of Herat claim that after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, they assigned specialized positions in this province to their uneducated fighters. They allege that this group has become corrupt but has not learned how to work. According to these Herat residents, the Taliban’s administrative procedures have caused numerous challenges and confusion for