Khaama: According to the report, while the political opposition in exile has become more active, the armed forces opposing the Taliban have not posed “any challenge” to the Taliban’s control of the territory in the past three months. The report also mentions that the Afghanistan Freedom Front was the most active military group opposing the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 14, 2023 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says de facto Taliban governing officials have admitted to sending women to prison as a means of protecting them from gender-based violence. In a report published on December 14, the UN mission said the Taliban has eliminated the country’s 23 state protection
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 14, 2023 ISLAMABAD — An independent assessment commissioned by the United Nations has linked recognition of the Taliban government to compliance with Afghanistan’s international treaty obligations and commitments, requiring it to immediately remove sweeping curbs on women’s rights to education and employment opportunities. “Any formal re-integration of Afghanistan into global institutions
8am: This former parliament member adds that the Taliban, their families, and supporters are currently cultivating opium in large hidden compounds, each containing multiple acres of land, in remote regions in the southwest of the country, keeping it out of the public eye. He mentions that the leadership of this group is involved in the
Ayaz Gul Sarah Zaman VOA News November 10, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan announced Friday that it had extended, after a delay of four months, the legal residence status of about 1.4 million Afghan refugees until year-end, though it again rejected calls to halt deportations of all undocumented Afghans and other foreign nationals. The announcement comes as
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 9, 2023 The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that tens of thousands of Afghans, most of them children, who were forced to leave Pakistan since the start of the month are in a dire humanitarian situation and called for immediate action to alleviate their
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 7, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations and partner aid agencies in Afghanistan said Tuesday they urgently need funds to provide “post-arrival” assistance to hundreds of Afghan families returning from neighboring Pakistan daily to avoid arrest and deportation. “More than 60% of arrivals are children,” the U.N. humanitarian coordination agency said
UN News: OHCHR is urging the authorities to halt deportations, which are set to begin on 1 November, Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva. Currently, more than two million undocumented Afghans are living in Pakistan, at least 600,000 of whom arrived after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021. “We believe many of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 23, 2023 A recently published report by a U.S. government watchdog for assistance to Afghanistan says the unrecognized Taliban regime is reaping economic benefits through poorly monitored international aid, which it views as a “revenue stream.” The latest quarterly report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), covering the
Lisa Schlein VOA News October 18, 2023 GENEVA — U.N. aid officials said Tuesday that they are racing against time to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to tens of thousands of earthquake survivors in western Afghanistan, north of the city of Herat, before winter sets in and people whose houses have been destroyed are exposed to freezing