8am: The vehicle carrying Dashty and General Wadud with their two bodyguards was stopped by the Taliban on the Dashtak-Tawakh route, and they were buried in a mass grave after being shot on the side of the road. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: A video on social media appears to show Islamic Emirate forces destroying fencing built by the Pakistani military along the Durand Line. The force members on the video warn the Pakistani military to stop building fences or they will face dangerous consequences. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Local sources confirmed that two people were killed and one was wounded in clashes between Taliban fighters and members of the National Resistance Front in the Ashkamash district of Takhar province. According to sources, the clash took place on Sunday afternoon (January 2nd) in the village of Elitch. Click here to read more (external
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS January 1, 2022 Afghan resistance leaders and their supporters appear confident that both military and political efforts to counter the Taliban will eventually spread nationwide amid growing human rights abuses against women and minorities. Amrullah Saleh, who declared himself the “Acting President” of Afghanistan amid the fall of Kabul, has been resolute,
8am: On Thursday, the Taliban’s Department of Information and Culture in Panjshir province announced that the men’s and women’s salons would be separated, adding that playing music at weddings and drinking alcohol in restaurants and hotels in Panjshir would be prevented. Civil activists and residents of Panjshir province, however, said the Taliban are seeking excuses
Tolo News: Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said that some professional military and intelligence officials as well as strong army units were given promises before the fall of Kabul that they would be evacuated, and their departure was one of the main reasons for the collapse of the Afghan military. Ghani posted on Facebook a
8am: The Taliban government has recently dismissed all public health directors in 34 provinces. The Ministry of Public Health has also nominated new directors affiliated with the Taliban to replace public health directors in the provinces. Meanwhile, some former public health managers told Hasht-e Subh that most of the public health chiefs appointed by the
Roshan Noorzai VOA News December 31, 2021 WASHINGTON — Afghan women who served in the country’s military are speaking out about how their life has changed under the Taliban. “I feel like I am in prison,” said Jamila, 28, a former Afghan military officer in the western city of Herat. “I have to be at home.
Tolo News: “I believe political recognition will be more like a symbolic act. As you see, the recognition is happening in practice. A delegation of the Taliban attended a summit within the Moscow structure here with us and they had the opportunity to talk face-to-face with the (envoys) of ten countries,” Kabulov told the Russian
WSJ: Two decades ago, Iran helped the U.S. topple the Taliban regime to remove what it saw as a threat to its national security and fellow Shia Muslims in Afghanistan. Now, four months after the Taliban seized power in Kabul, Iran and Afghanistan are both struggling under crippling U.S. sanctions—a predicament that is pushing them