Khaama: A former Pakistani envoy to Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, addressing the Taliban, said, “Do you want us to harbour your opponents in Pakistan and organize attacks against Afghanistan from here?” In an interview with Radio Mashaal, Durrani emphasized that the Taliban must act against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and hand them over to Islamabad. Click here
WP: Beside imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating non-Muslims in appearance or behavior. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: The destruction of the Abdul Ali Mazari roundabout in western Kabul by the Taliban has sparked widespread reactions from political and cultural figures on social media. Some social media users have accused the Taliban of deliberately destroying symbols representing ethnic groups. Click here to read more (external link). Other Human Rights News Religious
Afghanistan International: Sarah Adams, a former CIA agent, has claimed that the Taliban handed over Afghan-American citizen Mahmood Shah Habibi to Al-Qaeda. Adams warned that “Habibi is now awaiting execution”. On Saturday, Adams warned on social media platform X that if the United States does not take necessary action immediately, “an American will be executed
Afghanistan International: The Jamiat-e-Islami party has said that in the 1990s, the Taliban had set a precondition for banning women’s education and work to stop the war against the Islamic State led by Burhanuddin Rabbani. The party wrote that Rabbani had explicitly rejected the Taliban’s offer at the time, citing religious reasons. In a statement
8am: On Tuesday, September 17, Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, presented his report, which highlighted ISIS’s ridicule of the Taliban’s claims of providing security. The report states that ISIS-Khorasan Province (ISKP) continued its propaganda against the Taliban and the international community over the past three months. In May, they released a video mocking the
Khaama: As the third anniversary of the ban on girls above sixth grade approaches, Human Rights Watch (HRW) states that the international community has failed to take meaningful action to lift Afghanistan’s restrictions on girls’ education. The organization has urged the global community to apply more pressure on the Taliban to lift the ban on
Afghanistan International: The UN Secretary-General reported that anti-Taliban fronts, including the National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front, have carried out 73 attacks against the Taliban. The report states that from May 14 to July 31, 2,127 security incidents were recorded in Afghanistan, an increase of 53 percent compared to the same period
8am: The Taliban have intensified restrictions against Shia Muslims by banning the import of Shia religious books and prayer texts into Afghanistan. Pilgrims returning from Karbala have voiced concerns over the Taliban’s harsh treatment and the prohibition on transferring these religious materials at border crossings. They report that during book collections, the Taliban insult Shia
8am: One analysis suggests that given the developments in the Russia-Ukraine war, Western powers, especially the U.S., may be seeking to exploit al-Qaeda and other Central Asian militant groups to undermine Russian interests. After the September 11 attacks, the U.S. significantly weakened al-Qaeda and eliminated many of its senior leaders, but it either did not