By Ayaz Gul VOA News August 20, 2024 Islamabad — Taliban morality police in Afghanistan said Tuesday that they had “seized and destroyed” more than 21,000 musical instruments over the past year as part of a crackdown on what they called anti-Islam practices. Officials of the so-called Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of
8am: Three days ago, media reported that a local Taliban official in Daykundi province, after his motorcycle went missing, extracted 60,000 Afghanis in compensation from the local people. According to the reports, a man named Haji Khayat, the criminal director of Khedir district in Daykundi, went to visit a person named Haji Khodadad and his
By Ayaz Gul VOA News August 19, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan reported Monday that at least three soldiers had been killed in clashes with militants attempting to cross over from Afghanistan. A military statement said that Pakistani forces had intercepted the predawn infiltration attempt in the Bajaur border district and “effectively engaged and thwarted” it. The ensuing
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 18 2024 Top officials of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan marked 105 years of of the country’s independence on August 18 by demanding mutual respect from the international community. Afghanistan gained its independence in August 1919 after the signing of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty, which ended British control over the country’s foreign
Khaama: A driver in Baghlan province has reported that militants shot out one of his eyes at a checkpoint in the Dushi district. The driver shared details of the incident in a video on Sunday, August 18. He stated that the violence was inflicted upon him “without cause” and accused the “Taliban fighters of abusing
8am: Farmers in Takhar Province allege that they are being forced to pay “ushr and zakat” under the guise of “one-tenth” to the head of the province’s agriculture, irrigation and livestock department. According to them, local Taliban officials are engaged in extortion and coercion. The farmers emphasize that when Taliban employees come to collect the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 17, 2024 The Afghan Taliban’s acting prime minister, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who is on a UN sanctions list, is receiving medical treatment in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), officials said. U.A.E. President Muhammad bin Zayed al-Nahyan visited the Taliban leader “to inquire about his health,” a
Ariana: Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov said in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that he intends to increase diplomatic relations with Afghanistan and may accept the Islamic Emirate’s ambassador in Tashkent in the near future, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: The Taliban’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has declared Sunday, August 18 (28 Asad), as a public holiday in Afghanistan, marking the country’s Independence Day. The ministry announced that this day will commemorate the 105th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from British colonial rule and will be observed as a public holiday across the
Khaama: The former Taliban district governor of Ahmadabad in Paktia province, Abdul Hamid Khorasani, says that when everyone in Panjshir was against the Taliban, he stood against his own “ethnic group” and supported the Taliban. Abdul Hamid Khorasani stated that now the leadership of the Taliban is in the hands of “one ethnic”, and others