Aamaj: “This money will not go to buy weapons, the more so as the Taliban do not need weapons. The Taliban has weapons worth billions of dollars, which have been abandoned there,” he said on Tuesday at a plenary session of the VTB Capital investment forum Russia Calling! Click here to read more (external link).
Henry Ridgwell VOA News November 30, 2021 Taliban forces have carried out more than 100 summary executions and forced disappearances in just four Afghan provinces, in a series of revenge attacks since the militant group seized power in August following the withdrawal of Western forces, according to Human Rights Watch. The attacks were documented in Ghazni,
Members of Afghanistan’s Hazara community, an ethnic minority made up of mainly Shi’ite Muslims, say they are facing a wave of persecution under the new Taliban regime. Families who fled to Kabul from Daikundi and Uruzgan provinces report that Taliban officials forced them out of their homes in the middle of the night and
Tolo News: Amanuddin Mansoor, commander of the air force, said the pilots who were trained and serving under the former government and who fled the country should return and they will be recruited back into the air force. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS November 29, 2021 The World Bank is hoping to tap a multi-billion trust fund that had been reportedly abused by the Ghani administration amid poor oversight as a way of bypassing the Taliban and aiding Afghans who are suffering from economic implosion in the face of winter. The UN and other aid
8am: Local sources in Takhar province say a Taliban commander has seized people’s lands by force. According to sources, the Taliban commander has usurped the personal property of the people in the Khwaja Bahauddin district of the province. Click here to read more (external link).
BBC: A group of locals in the northern Afghan province of Jawzjan have reportedly been forced to “migrate”. A number of Uzbek / Uzbek and Turkmen residents in Jowzjan’s Qushtepe district say “houses and thousands of acres of land have been confiscated by nomads” and that Taliban officials have “imprisoned protesters”. Click here to read
Aamaj: The founder and president of Massoud foundation, Ahmad Wali Massoud tweeted that the international community must realize that it is not possible to form an inclusive government under Taliban rule. “Decentralising the power structure to engage all provinces is the first step to real inclusivity,” Massoud said. Click here to read more (external link).
Aamaj: Yesterday November 28 the EU said that the Taliban representatives asked them for help, to keep running the Kabul airport. The EU delegation once again emphasized that Taliban should observe women rights, and take effective steps towards inclusive government. Earlier Taliban said that they would not allow foreign forces to be in Afghanistan. Click
8am: Three and a half months after the fall of the national government, US media recently reported that the Taliban covert forces had captured Kabul and other Afghan cities from within. Fugitive President Ashraf Ghani left Kabul three months and a half ago (August 15). As he fled the country, control of all provinces, including