Life in the Taliban’s Afghanistan
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Karzai: US Money Seizure ‘Atrocity’ Against Afghans
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 13, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s former president, Hamid Karzai, joined the Taliban rulers Sunday in urging the United States to review its decision to allow half of the roughly $7 billion in his country’s foreign frozen assets to be reserved for families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Many Afghan Radio Stations Closed in Past 6 Months: Watchdog
Tolo News: At least 86 radio stations have halted operations over the past six months, media watchdog organizations reported, saying financial and political issues are the main reasons for the collapse of the Afghan media. February 13th marked the UN’s World Radio Day. Click here to read more (external link).
Four Missing Female Activists Reportedly Released In Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 13, 2022 Four female activists in Afghanistan who went missing several weeks ago have been released by the country’s de facto Taliban authorities, the United Nations said on February 13. The four women — Tamana Paryani, Parwana Ibrahimkhel, Zahra Mohammadi, and Mursal Ayar — went missing after attending an anti-Taliban
Pakistan Supports Biden’s Decision on Afghanistan’s Assets
8am: Following Joe Biden’s executive order to cut Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves and release another part of the country’s funds, Pakistan’s representative to the United Nations Munir Akram said: “Half a loaf of bread is better than nothing.” Click here to read more (external link). Related US Decree on Afghan Assets Is Unjust, DAB Says
As Afghan Economy Stalls, Shopkeepers Complain Of Taliban’s Increasingly Coercive Attitude
Shopkeepers in Kabul’s market believe that without the Taliban, it would be shut down by now, as people have no money. In a call-in program broadcast by RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi, a shopkeeper who chose to remain anonymous said on February 8 that the only thing that keeps it open are Taliban enforcers, who demand traders
Taliban Free UN-Linked Foreign Journalists, Others
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 11, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban said Friday that they had released from custody two foreign journalists and their local colleagues after “verifying their identities.” The announcement came hours after the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had confirmed the detention of the journalists in the capital, Kabul, saying they were
U.N. aims to launch new Afghanistan cash route in February
Ariana: The United Nations aims to kick start this month a system to swap millions of aid dollars for Afghan currency in a plan to stem humanitarian and economic crises and bypass blacklisted Taliban leaders, according to an internal U.N. note seen by Reuters. Click here to read more (external link). Other Economic News “I’ve
Afghan District Left To Pick Up The Pieces After Taliban’s Advance
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique February 11, 2022 Shamalgah was once a bustling agricultural village that housed hundreds of residents of the Bala Bulk district of Afghanistan’s western Farah Province. But their pastoral existence was shattered when fighting between the Taliban and the Afghan National Army placed the community squarely in the line of fire.
Taliban Officially Recognizes Helmand River Treaty
8am: The Ministry of Energy and Water has announced that the 1972 agreement on the Helmand River between Iran and Afghanistan is feasible. The Helmand River water agreement was signed in 1972 between Mohammad Musa Shafiq and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, the then prime ministers of the country and Iran. Click here to read more (external link).