Financial Times: Tuba Jan Sangar was in her office at the Afghanistan Cricket Board last month when her manager called. “She said, ‘Where are you?’ She just told me to go home,” Sangar said. “Everyone was afraid that the Taliban would kill us. I didn’t sleep for one week and I didn’t eat anything.” Click
8am: Acting Minister of Justice Abdul Hakim Sharie said in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Wang Yu in Kabul that the Taliban would implement those articles of the Mohammad Zahir Shah-era constitution for a temporary period that would not breach Islamic principles. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban adopted constitution of
VOA News September 28, 2021 WASHINGTON — Top U.S. military officials are faceing questioning Tuesday about the end of the war in Afghanistan and the chaotic final weeks leading up to the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country after 20 years. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and the
Ariana: Had Ghani however resigned in order to bring peace to Afghanistan, and allowed the establishment of a new government, “it could have been a historic step”. “The name of the president could have been written in gold in the history of Afghanistan,” he said, adding that only Ghani can answer the question on why
By Reid Standish Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 27, 2021 China is calling for sanctions against Afghanistan to be lifted as part of a wider push by Beijing to gain international political support for the Taliban’s rule in the country. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged his counterparts during talks with G20 ministers on September 23
VOA News September 27, 2021 The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday asked the tribunal for permission to resume a war crimes investigation into the actions of the Taliban and Islamic State-Khorasan in Afghanistan. The ICC had spent 15 years investigating alleged war crimes in war-torn Afghanistan, but the probe
BBC News: The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan’s Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law. Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police say. Some barbers in the capital Kabul have said they also received similar orders. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 27, 2021 Deposed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his Facebook account was hacked after a statement posted in his name called for international recognition of the Taliban-led government. The alleged hack arose amid a dispute over who should speak later on September 27 on behalf of Afghanistan at the 76th
AFP: As the setting sun turns the Arghandab river violet, seven young Taliban turn in a circle on the bank, singing and dancing in traditional Afghan style. The scene would have been unimaginable 20 years ago, when the hard line Islamist group were first in power and banned music outright. Click here to read more
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 27, 2021 Afghanistan will not address the United Nations General Assembly on September 27 after the ambassador for the government ousted by the Taliban withdrew his name from the schedule. Ghulam Isaczai, the current UN ambassador who represents Afghanistan’s government ousted by the Taliban, was due to be the last