8am: The bodies of the two women were found on Saturday in the first district of Gardez. Earlier, former soldiers expressed concern about their security, saying they have been persecuted, detained and assassinated by Taliban forces. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 13, 2021 A bomb attack on a minivan in a Shi’ite neighborhood of Kabul has killed a well-known Afghan television journalist, according to an Afghan media watchdog and the journalist’s wife. The Afghan Journalists’ Center tweeted hours after the November 13 blast in western Kabul’s Dasht-e Barchi neighborhood that the explosion
Foreign Policy: Pakistan said to be supporting alternative jihadi groups to undermine the Taliban and maintain leverage over Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News November 12, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan does not need a large military anymore and would not keep all the people who worked in the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) under the previous administration, said the Taliban’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, Friday in Islamabad. “The army that was created by
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 12, 2021 An unnamed senior U.S. official quoted by Reuters says the United States and Qatar have agreed that that Persian Gulf state will represent U.S. diplomatic interests in Afghanistan. The arrangement could signal possible direct engagement between Washington and Kabul, where a Taliban-led government came to power two months
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 12, 2021 At least two people have been killed and more than a dozen wounded in a blast inside a mosque in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, officials say. The explosion occurred during Friday Prayers in the village of Tarela in Nangarhar’s Spin Ghar district on November 12. Local officials who
Natiq Malikzada: Although the Taliban now controls almost the entire territory of Afghanistan, its government faces serious legitimacy issues. On the other hand, the National Resistance Front (NRF) is, though militarily overwhelmed by the Taliban, a more legitimate entity to lead the modern Afghan nation. Click here to read more (external link).
#AlQaeda leader in the Arabian Peninsula #Khalid_Batarfi: “AFG Taliban victory is not Taliban #victory alone, but of the Ummah. We thank Allah for bestowing this victory on the Taliban and pray that Allah blesses your endeavors.” pic.twitter.com/EcvycGrRQs — Vatan Today (@vatantoday) November 11, 2021
General Mobin, a well-known official of the #Taliban Islamic Emirate has been accused of #raping a young boy in the Arzan Qimat area of Kabul.The complaint of this rape case by General Mobin was registered in the 12th security district of Kabul on October 29. pic.twitter.com/3SRUZgAO19 — Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) November 11, 2021 General Mobin,