Khaama: Rampant racism and violence against Afghan refugees in Iran continue unchecked, causing fear and suffering among vulnerable refugee communities. A disturbing video recently circulated on social media shows two young Iranian men in a car chasing an Afghan teenager in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The car appears to be deliberately attempting to run over the boy, who is riding a bicycle. Click here to read more (external link).
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Aryana Sayeed
Amu: Aryana Sayeed, the Afghan pop star and women’s rights advocate, received two honors at the Daf Bama Music Awards, held Saturday in the German city of Oberhausen. Sayeed was awarded the festival’s Humanitarian Award and was named Best Afghan Artist. The annual international event, which celebrates multicultural music and artists with global impact, brought together performers from across the world. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The American journal Science Advances has published an investigative report stating that the average life satisfaction among the people of Afghanistan has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded since the Taliban’s return to power. The report, which examines public satisfaction in 2022, shows that living conditions for Afghan citizens have deteriorated to an unprecedented degree. Two-thirds of those interviewed for the report rated their life satisfaction as zero or one on a scale of zero to ten. Click here to read more (external link).
Amu: Taliban are reportedly receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars each month from a group of Arab nationals who have established a fortified compound in the desert between Spin Boldak and Takhtapul districts in the southern province of Kandahar, local sources say. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan has announced that 49 Afghan citizens residing in Tajikistan crossed back into Afghanistan on May 28 and 29, via the Sherkhan Bandar border crossing in Kunduz province. According to a statement released by the Ministry on May 31, among those who returned, 36 individuals held Tajik residency permits, while 12 others crossed the border despite holding valid passports and visas. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: During a Taliban-organised rally in support of Palestine on Friday, several residents in Andarab raised the flag of the National Resistance Front alongside the Palestinian flag, according to local sources. Sources told Afghanistan International that shortly after the NRF flag was raised, Taliban forces disrupted the rally and dispersed the demonstrators. Click here to read more (external link).
Al Jazeera: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said the charge d’affaires stationed in the Afghan capital, Kabul, would be elevated to the rank of ambassador, with Afghanistan’s Taliban government later announcing its representative in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, would also be upgraded. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, has announced his country’s decision to elevate its chargé d’affaires in Kabul to the rank of ambassador. Dar said in a post on X that following his visit to Kabul, relations between the two countries are moving in a positive direction. Click here to read more (external link).
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