By RFE/RL Gandhara December 6, 2021 Essential services for female survivors of gender-based violence in Afghanistan have been “decimated” since the Taliban took control of the country, Amnesty International said on December 6. In 26 interviews, survivors and service providers told the London-based rights group that the Taliban closed shelters and released inmates from prison,
8am: After the Taliban took control of the country, crime in Kunduz has increased. In recent days, this issue has raised concern to businessmen and residents of the province. In the last few weeks, kidnappers have abducted a doctor and a former member of national security, according to local sources. Click here to read more
AP: The Afghan boxers, their coach and a top boxing federation official remained in Serbia after the AIBA World Boxing Championships finished in early November, saying they could face retribution from the Taliban if they returned home. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Azadi: A former Radio Azadi journalist recounts a tense, late-night drive through Taliban checkpoints as he flees from Kabul to Pakistan for an uncertain future. Every time I think about my Pakistani visa expiring, my heart sinks. Afghanistan is too dangerous with the Taliban hunting for people like me, so I just have to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 5, 2021 The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has rejected condemnation by Western countries over the alleged summary killings of former members of the Afghan security forces. The Taliban’s Interior Ministry on December 5 rejected a joint statement the day before in which the United States, European Union, and 20 other
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 5, 2021 Afghan women’s rights activists held a protest in Kabul on December 5, insisting that they will continue to fight for their right to education, employment, and participation in politics after the Taliban-led government issued a decree on women’s rights that they say is inadequate. Writer and women’s rights activist
8am: Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has recently issued a decree on women’s rights. This decree focuses more on the rights of marriage, inheritance, and unsavory traditions. It does not mention the right to work, education, and political participation of women and girls in the new government. It also does not specify the extent to
AFP: Officials of the ousted Afghan regime and many Western analysts are sceptical, believing that Akhundzada died years ago. For them the madrassa visit was a carefully choreographed deception. There is a precedent — the Taliban pretended founder Mullah Omar was alive for two years following his death in 2013. Click here to read more
8am: Credible sources in Parwan province accuse Taliban officials of monopolizing and embezzling aid from the international community… The aid has been allocated to the military and people close to the Taliban… Click here to read more (external link).
Lisa Schlein VOA News December 3, 2021 GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency warns humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are rising to epic proportions as winter sets in and millions of Afghans face a crisis of hunger and starvation. Temperatures in Afghanistan are beginning to plunge below freezing and are expected to drop to minus 25 degrees