Tolo News: Ancient sites and artifacts are vulnerable to damage and trafficking due to the ongoing conflicts in various parts of the country, “especially in areas under Taliban influence,” said the acting minister of information and culture, Qasim Wafaeezada. He said most of these artifacts and sites are in Kandahar, Samangan and Balkh. Click here
Radio Azadi July 17, 2021 Representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban militant organization have held talks in the Qatari city of Doha with both sides expressing hope for “progress” and “solving the problems through dialogue.” The government delegation to the July 17 talks was led by Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High
Ariana: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani singled out Pakistan during Friday’s session of the C5+1 meeting in Uzbekistan and said over 10,000 militant fighters had entered Afghanistan from Pakistan and other “places” in the past month. He also said the consensus among international observers is that the Taliban has not taken any steps to sever its
Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 16, 2021 With just a week left until Eid al-Adha, a four-day Islamic festival, it was supposed to be a busy season for dressmakers in Kabul. But Ahmad Dawood’s tailor shop on the Afghan capital’s bustling Lycee Maryam shopping street is half-empty these days. “It’s a tradition in
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani at an international summit in Uzbekistan on Friday criticized Pakistan for what he called support to the Taliban, calling on the neighboring country to use its influence and leverage for peace and cessation of hostilities in Afghanistan. “Intelligence estimates indicate the influx of over 10,000 jihadi fighters from Pakistan and
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 16, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan said Friday an international award-winning journalist from India had been killed during pre-dawn fighting in embattled southern Kandahar province. Danish Seddiqi, a Reuters photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, was covering clashes between Afghan government forces and the Taliban in Spin Boldak district, which
Michael Hughes: U.S. Defense Department Secretary Lloyd Austin believes the United States mission is not over in Afghanistan – a declaration that comes with nearly all American troops gone, the Taliban on a rampage, and the U.N. sounding alarms over human rights abuses. The insurgents over the past few days, with near impunity, have been
Radio Azadi July 15, 2021 The Taliban has proposed a three-month cease-fire in exchange for the release of 7,000 of its fighters, an Afghan government negotiator said, as the militant group captured a key border crossing with Pakistan in a sweeping offensive ahead of the August 31 deadline for the pullout of U.S. forces from
Frud Bezhan Mustafa Sarwar Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 14, 2021 MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan — Women banned from going outside alone. Girls barred from attending school. Unmarried women forced to marry fighters. This was life for many Afghans under the Taliban’s brutal regime in the 1990s when the fundamentalist Islamist group conquered much of Afghanistan.
CNN: The victims were members of an Afghan Special Forces unit: their executioners, the Taliban. The summary killings took place on June 16 in the town of Dawlat Abad in Faryab province, close to Afghanistan’s border with Turkmenistan. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghan Police Officer Fights Taliban Alone for 18 Hours