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Systematic and Extrajudicial Killings: A Confession That Exposes the Taliban’s Targeted Crimes

6th January, 2026 · admin

8am: For more than four years, the Taliban have carried out widespread arrests, assassinations, and extrajudicial killings, while forcibly disappearing former military personnel. Despite mounting evidence, the group has consistently dismissed investigative reporting by the media, human rights organizations, and field and visual documentation, labeling them as baseless accusations. Recently, the Hasht-e Subh Daily documented

Plundered Mines and Cut Water Supplies: Takhar Residents Stand with Sticks Against Guns

6th January, 2026 · admin

8am: Residents of the Samti area in Chah Ab District of Takhar Province rose in protest, armed with stones and sticks, against Taliban-affiliated companies they accused of plundering gold mines and destroying their water wells. Sources identify the companies as belonging to Haji Mohib and Haji Ruhullah Ruhani from Kandahar Province. They are described as

Protesters Burn Taliban-Linked Gold Mining Equipment In Northern Afghanistan

5th January, 2026 · admin

Afghanistan International: Protesters in northern Afghanistan set fire to gold mining equipment linked to the Taliban after clashes with security forces and company personnel escalated in Takhar province, local sources said. The violence followed confrontations in the Samti area of Chah Ab district, where residents have opposed what they describe as unregulated gold mining by

Land Seizure in Rawza Village, Ghazni: Residents Demand an End to Taliban Coercion

5th January, 2026 · admin

8am: Several residents of Rawza village, located near the historic Rawza of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, say the Taliban seized land in the same area without following legal steps or acknowledging ownership documents. They describe the area as one of the most densely populated residential zones of Ghazni city, home to more than 5,000 people

Corruption Under Sharia: Inside the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Directorate in Balkh Province

4th January, 2026 · admin

8am: When commanders and fighters from within the group face accusations of sexual relations outside marriage, the Taliban often protect their own. Instead of enforcing the Sharia punishments they claim to uphold, they conceal these acts by imposing forced marriages. These accounts follow earlier findings by the Hasht-e Subh Daily, which documented in multiple reports

Drones & Khalilzad Are Monitoring Taliban Leader, Says Afghan Envoy In Geneva

4th January, 2026 · admin

Afghanistan International: Afghanistan’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva said Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has become increasingly isolated and is under constant scrutiny from foreign surveillance and political pressure. Nasir Ahmad Andisha said Akhundzada disapproves of the repeated visits to Kabul by Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US special envoy for Afghanistan,

Afghanistan Freedom Front Claims Killing of Two Taliban Fighters in Kunduz

3rd January, 2026 · admin

8am: The Afghanistan Freedom Front has claimed that two Taliban fighters were killed and two others wounded in an attack in Kunduz province. According to the Afghanistan Freedom Front, the vehicle carrying Taliban fighters was also set on fire in the attack. Click here to read more (external link). More AFF News Afghanistan Freedom Front

Linguistic Purge from Streets to Universities: How the Taliban Are Translating Proper Names

3rd January, 2026 · admin

8am: For more than four years, the Taliban have systematically erased Persian words and expressions from schools, universities, and even city streets. In recent days, images shared on social media have revealed a new phase of this effort. Taliban authorities have removed urban signboards in Kabul, rearranged text, replaced Persian with Pashto, and gone so

Three Ismaili Men Killed In Separate Attacks In Northern Afghanistan

3rd January, 2026 · admin

Afghanistan International: The latest incident occurred on Thursday evening in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, where armed men shot and killed Mohammad Shah, an Ismaili resident originally from Shighnan district. Shah, who worked for a private office in the province, was attacked in the Dasht-e-Qargh area while returning home from a bakery, according to eyewitnesses.

Taliban spokesman accuses Pakistan of seeking to destabilise Afghanistan

2nd January, 2026 · admin

Amu: Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has accused Pakistan of seeking to destabilise Afghanistan in coordination with major powers, including the United States, as relations between the two sides remain strained despite multiple rounds of talks. He linked the allegation to renewed US statements about Afghanistan’s former Bagram air base, adding: “When the United States

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Systematic and Extrajudicial Killings: A Confession That Exposes the Taliban’s Targeted Crimes

Plundered Mines and Cut Water Supplies: Takhar Residents Stand with Sticks Against Guns

Protesters Burn Taliban-Linked Gold Mining Equipment In Northern Afghanistan

Land Seizure in Rawza Village, Ghazni: Residents Demand an End to Taliban Coercion

Corruption Under Sharia: Inside the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Directorate in Balkh Province

Drones & Khalilzad Are Monitoring Taliban Leader, Says Afghan Envoy In Geneva

Afghanistan Freedom Front Claims Killing of Two Taliban Fighters in Kunduz

Linguistic Purge from Streets to Universities: How the Taliban Are Translating Proper Names

Three Ismaili Men Killed In Separate Attacks In Northern Afghanistan

Taliban spokesman accuses Pakistan of seeking to destabilise Afghanistan