Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate has denied allegations by the head of the UN Development Program (UNDP) in Afghanistan that Afghanistan’s central bank is unable to convert dollars into Afghan currency. Earlier, Reuters quoted a senior UNDP official as saying that although the organization had $135 million in the International Bank of Afghanistan (AIB), it
8am: The US special representative for Afghan women Rina Amiri has condemned the detention of female protesters in Kabul and described it as unfair. “If Kabul were to seek popular and global legitimacy, it must respect human rights, especially women’s rights,” Rina Amiri, the US State Department’s envoy for Afghan women, said today (Friday, February
Tolo News: At least 318 media outlets have closed since the fall of the Western-backed government in 33 of 34 provinces in Afghanistan, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said. The IFJ in a report on Thursday expressed concerns over the status of Afghan media community. Click here to read more (external link). Related RSF
Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 4, 2022 For years Afghanistan was seen as place of refuge for Baluch separatists seeking to evade Islamabad’s crackdown on their homeland in Pakistan. But following the return of the Islamist Taliban to power in Kabul, members of the secular groups fear they have lost their sanctuary. Some
Since taking control of the Afghan capital last August, the Taliban have imposed severe restrictions on women and girls forcing many to give up on their education, careers, hopes and dreams. But at least one international group is trying to help. Karina Bafradzhian reports. Camera: Andrey Degtyarev
ABC News: “Pick up the phone right now, call Kabul and ask the girls to be released immediately,” Hoda Khamosh, an Afghanistan woman’s rights activist shouted at the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Oslo, Norway, last week. Khamosh demanded the release of Tamana Zaryabi Paryani and Parawana Ibrahimkhel, two female activists who
8am: An investigative report by the New York Times shows that hundreds of thousands of people have migrated from Afghanistan following the recent political changes and the economic crisis in the country. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that more than one million people had migrated to Iran from Afghanistan’s southwestern border. Click here
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS February 2, 2022 Powerful U.S. lawmakers and other influencers in Washington are attempting to pressure the Biden administration into launching “over-the-horizon” airstrikes inside post-NATO Afghanistan amid concerns international terrorist groups are growing stronger by the day. Yet as feared as the terrorist threat is, launching such operations – especially at this point
Axios: Leaked notes from a White House Situation Room meeting the day before Kabul fell shed new light on just how unprepared the Biden administration was to evacuate Afghan nationals who’d helped the United States in its 20-year war against the Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).
NYP: Taliban fighters will no longer be allowed to carry their weapons in amusement parks in Afghanistan, the group’s spokesman said on Wednesday, in what appeared to be another effort by the country’s new rulers to soften their image. Click here to read more (external link).