Ayaz Gul VOA News August 13, 2024 Islamabad — Afghanistan’s Taliban officials said Tuesday that at least three civilians were killed on their side of the border in an overnight clash with Pakistan, saying the victims are a woman and two children. Abdul Mateen Qani, the spokesperson for the Taliban-led interior ministry in Kabul, accused Pakistani
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 12, 2024 The Taliban has created “the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis” since returning to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. Under the Taliban rule, Afghanistan has become the only country where girls are banned from going to school beyond the sixth grade, HRW
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 11, 2024 Islamabad — The United States has promised to make every effort to secure the release of three Americans whom it says are being held “unjustly” by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan. Ryan Corbett, Mahmood Habibi, and George Glezmann were taken captive in separate incidents in Kabul in 2022, roughly a
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 11, 2024 An explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killed one person and injured 11 others, Taliban police spokesman Khalid Zadran told RFE/RL on August 11, an attack apparently targeting the country’s minority Hazara community. Zadran said the explosion was caused by a bomb planted in a minibus in Kabul’s Dasht-e
Afghanistan International: Michael Semple, a former Deputy Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan, has claimed that Taliban leaders are “materialistic” and have sought second and third marriages since coming to power. He further alleged, “Since coming to power, Taliban leaders have taken second and third wives, seized land, acquired multiple luxurious homes, engaged
Afghanistan International: The council alleges that the Taliban employed horrific methods, including beheading, gouging out eyes, executing individuals in front of their parents, and severe torture. The council condemned the Taliban’s actions in Panjshir, calling them “unacceptable and criminal” under Islamic rulings, as well as national and international laws. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, has dismissed Western countries’ concerns about the activities of Daesh and other terrorist groups in Afghanistan as baseless and mere propaganda. Mujahid said that the geography of Afghanistan is under the complete control of the Islamic Emirate, and no foreign or domestic rogue groups are
Michael Hughes August 10, 2024 The Taliban have long represented themselves as a group with a local vision and little to no aspirations of carrying jihad beyond Afghan borders. Putting aside that aligning with al-Qaeda, an international terrorist group, single-handedly undermines this narrative, evidence continues to mount that Afghanistan has become an ideal base for
Afghanistan International: Reliable sources have informed Afghanistan International that the trial of Allah Gul Mujahid, a former Afghan parliament member, is still underway in the Taliban’s court and the final verdict has not been reached yet. Sources close to Mujahid allege that his arrest by the Taliban was driven by “political motives”. Mujahid returned to
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 8, 2024 Fawad was already reeling from the deadly earthquake that struck western Afghanistan in October and severely damaged his home and crops. But the Taliban dealt the small-scale farmer from the western Herat Province another crippling financial blow. Fawad, who grows lentils and wheat, was recently forced to pay “ushr,”