The Atlantic: America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan added moral injury to military failure. But a group of soldiers, veterans, and ordinary citizens came together to try to save Afghan lives and salvage some American honor. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate is forming a joint committee comprised of several ministries to address the problems along the Durand Line, officials said on Monday. The Pakistan military’s move to build fencing along the Durand Line has continually sparked reactions from Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link). Related Pakistan, Afghanistan pledge coordination on
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 31, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden on January 30 called on the Taliban to release American civil engineer and contractor Mark Frerichs as he reaches the two-year mark since his abduction in Kabul. Frerichs, a U.S. Navy veteran, is thought to be in the captivity of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network.
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 30, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban announced Sunday they would start reopening all public universities in Afghanistan from this week, more than five months after the Islamist group retook control of the war-torn country. Abdul Baqi Haqqani, the minister for higher education, said by video that students in Afghan provinces with
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 30, 2022 A report from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the UN Security Council reportedly accuses the fundamentalist Taliban of dozens of revenge killings since the Taliban swept into control of much of Afghanistan in August. Reuters news agency on January 30 cited a copy it obtained of the
8am: Local sources in Panjshir and Parwan provinces confirm that the building districts of Panjshir’s Dara and Salang of Parwan province have been targeted by rockets. Meanwhile, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, the Taliban’s police chief for the Salang district in Parwan province blamed members of the National Resistance Front led
8am: The dispute over the Helmand water rights is a long-standing tension between Afghanistan and Iran that sometimes escalates. With the Taliban gaining power, tensions have risen again. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Afghan Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi said on Saturday during a meeting in Kabul with Pakistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf that Afghanistan’s soil will not be used against Pakistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Aamaj: Deputy of Jamaat-e-Islami party led by Salahuddin Rabbani, and former vice president, Ahmad Zia Massoud says that Taliban as an extremist religious group have taken the power by force, and there is no legitimacy for them. Mullah Hibatullah is an unknown, vague and mysterious person, who has the main power. Prime minister makes decisions
Aamaj: Sky News Agency reported that a multitude of Hazaras have left Afghanistan after Taliban’s domination. A number of Hazaras who worked with foreign forces in Afghanistan told Sky News that Taliban are doing retaliatory actions, and because of that they are living in hiding. Some of them said that Taliban’s amnesty promise was a