Roshan Noorzai VOA News December 11, 2021 Farmers in Afghanistan say that they will continue to grow poppy amid uncertainty over the Taliban’s poppy eradication policy. “We have no choice but to cultivate opium poppy,” said Noor, 52, a farmer living in a remote village in the western Farah province. For safety reasons, he did
Al Jazeera: In the biting cold of a Kabul autumn, Hadia Ahmadi, a 43-year-old teacher who lost her job after the Taliban seized Afghanistan’s capital in August, sits by the roadside trying to earn the equivalent of a few cents polishing shoes. Click here to read more (external link).
The Hill: “What we would like to see from the Taliban would be a strong position against al-Qaeda,” he told the AP, but also noted that “I think there are internal arguments inside the Taliban about the way forward.” Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Germany has pledged to admit 25,000 Afghans deemed most at risk following the Islamic Emirate if Afghanistan (IEA) takeover in Kabul from about 40,000 such people that European Union states are to accept, according to a letter by a senior EU official. Click here to read more (external link). Related EU countries agree to
8am: Residents of Kabul reported three explosions in the western part [Hazara] of the city. Two explosions took place at around 3:25 pm on Friday (December 10th). Shortly afterward, a third explosion occurred in the same neighborhood. The exact number of casualties is unknown. However, Taliban officials said two civilians were killed and three others
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 9, 2021 The Pakistani Taliban, a militant group fighting a guerrilla war in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan, says it will not extend a cease-fire agreed to last month, accusing Islamabad of failing to respect terms of the truce deal. The group, also known as Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP),
By Zarif Nazar Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 9, 2021 Taliban fighters have been accused of helping to forcibly evict more than 1,000 people in northern Afghanistan, with the evictions targeting members of the ethnic Uzbek and Turkmen communities. Ethnic Uzbeks and Turkmen allege that Pashtuns seized their homes and land in the
8am: The prosecutors claim that they have repeatedly approached Taliban officials to provide them with security and allow them to return to their duties, but the Taliban have said that former government prosecutors and judges have no place in their government. Click here to read more (external link).
What #Iranian revolutionary guard personnel are doing in #Afghanistan’s National TV? Local artists & reporters informed me that Ali Komeili & Ehsan Razavi are in #Kabul trying to hire them to produce propaganda narratives against the #US & #west! pic.twitter.com/o7ESZQziqP — Massoud Hossaini (@Massoud151) December 8, 2021 After the #US & allies left #Afghanistan, #Iran’s
Arab ethnic minority of Afghanistan in Faryab province saying Taliban torturing and accusing them of links with ISIS. An elderly man while cring says the Taliban, hang if you proved we have ties with ISIS. He says Taliban electrified my son. pic.twitter.com/SJSKWZRyMt — Tajuden Soroush (@TajudenSoroush) December 8, 2021