ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani government minister Monday criticized neighboring Afghanistan’s ruling Islamist Taliban for placing curbs on women, denouncing the curbs as “retrogressive thinking” and as posing threat to his country. Information Minister Fawad Hussain, while speaking to an Islamabad gathering, described the new Taliban government in Kabul as an “extremist regime.” “We want to fully
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 26, 2021 In a further move restricting women’s freedoms in Afghanistan, the Taliban says that women seeking to travel more than 72 kilometers should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. An advisory distributed by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion
Ariana: “Since the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan took over the government, 1.55 billion Afghanis have been collected in revenue from the 10 percent tax on SIM cards,” said Enayatullah Alkozai, the Ministry spokesman. Meanwhile, mobile users called on the IEA to ensure transparency in the collection process of the 10 percent revenue tax. Click here
8am: Local sources in Panjshir province say there has been an armed clash between Taliban forces and Abdul Hamid Khorasani’s men. According to sources, the clash took place after Taliban forces shot and killed a young man in the Anaba district of Panjshir today Sunday afternoon. Click here to read more (external link).
Civilians who live in the occupied main valley of Panjshir are rising up & are raising voices against the Taliban oppressors. They are chanting long live @AhmadMassoud01 & NRF. They are starting a peaceful uprising while their brothers in arms are resisting from the side valleys. pic.twitter.com/HOX38jKuqP — Ali Maisam Nazary (@alinazary) December 26, 2021
Aamaj: Spokesman of National Resistance Front, Sibghatullah Ahmadi, in a series of tweets released a long list of NRF guerrilla fighters’ attacks on Taliban across the country. Mr. Ahmadi also says that in past nine days 34 Taliban fighters killed and 52 others wounded in Samangan, Maidan Wardak, Kabul, Takhar, Ghor, Farah, Kapisa, Laghman, Nangarhar,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 25, 2021 The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for a blast that took place near the gate of a passport office in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on December 23. IS made the claim on December 25 in a statement posted on a Telegram account affiliated to the
Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate in a new move dissolved the State Ministry for Peace, the State Ministry for Parliamentary Affairs, the Independent Election Commission (IEC), and the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC). Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, said currently there was no need for these institutions and the leadership decided to
8am: During his trip to Nangarhar, Fasihuddin emphasized the strengthening and readiness of military forces on the border, especially with Pakistan. Click here to read more (external link). Related Pakistan Warned Against Firing On Afghan Soil
Ron Synovitz Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 25, 2021 The chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and the lightning collapse of the internationally recognized government in Kabul in August spelled the end of the West’s nearly 20-year foothold in the war-torn country. Now, with the Taliban back in control of Afghanistan, other