2 students among 3 killed in N. Afghanistan road accident
Xinhua: Three commuters including two school students were killed and four others wounded in two separate road accidents in the northern Faryab and Baghlan provinces on Friday, officials said Saturday. Over two dozen travelers have been confirmed dead and injured due to road crashes on congested roads in war-ravaged Afghanistan over the past several weeks. Click here to read more (external link).
Pakistan to Grill Afghan Taliban over Connection with Local ‘Terrorists’
Khaama: While security forces in Pakistan decided to deal with the TTP and other terrorist groups with iron hands, the Afghan Taliban would be questioned to cooperate in this endeavor, according to reports, adding the Afghan Taliban would be given one choice: “either you are with Pakistan or with the TTP”. Click here to read more (external link).
Displaying Images of Living Things Banned by Taliban in Zabul
8am: Local sources confirmed that the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Agents in Zabul warned shopkeepers in Qalat city, the capital city of Zabul province, to avoid displaying any kind of photos in their shops, in a virtue promotion campaign on Friday, December 6. Based on the new order, it is forbidden to even hang photos of Taliban leaders on shop walls and cars. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News in Dari – January 6, 2023
Anas Haqqani to Prince Harry: ‘History will remember your atrocities’
Anas Haqqani
Ariana: Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban], condemning UK Prince Harry’s statement on killing people during his mission in Afghanistan, said that those who were killed were not “chess pieces” but they were humans. In his memoir, Spare, the Duke of Sussex has said that he killed 25 people during his second tour in Afghanistan and that he didn’t see them as human beings but as “chess pieces,” according to British media reports. A British Army Major has meanwhile said that Prince Harry has put the security of the Royal Family at risk with his boast about killing 25 people in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Badakhshan Landslides: At Least 10 Miners Trapped at Mining Site
8am: At least 10 miners have been trapped in a gold mine site after a landslide occurred last night due to an earthquake in Badakhshan province. This incident happened on Thursday night in Khairabad village of Yawan district of Badakhshan. It is said that the trapped workers are screaming for help after 15 hours of the landslide. However, another source said that so far locals have managed to save at least two miners, adding that the voices of five workers can still be heard from the mine site. This event happened after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, the epicenter of which was announced in Jurm district of Badakhshan province. Click here to read more (external link).
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Pak’s quest for “strategic depth” in Afghanistan turns to “strategic death”
ANI: Amid the spurt in attacks by banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan’s quest to secure “strategic depth” in Afghanistan by installing a ‘friendly’ government in Kabul has resulted in what security analysts have begun to call “strategic death,” writes James Crickton in policy research group, Poreg. Click here to read more (external link).
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Fifa must provide hope by recognising exiled Afghanistan women’s football team
Khalida Popal and Malala Yousafzai via the Guardian(UK): As the Taliban erases women from all public life, the Afghan women’s football team players remain symbols of courage and resistance for their country. Most of the team now live in Australia, where they train for an uncertain future. After losing their homes, livelihoods, and many friends and relatives, the women are determined to keep their team together. Click here to read more (external link).
Ex-contractor for US forces in Afghanistan pleads guilty to multimillion-dollar bribery scheme
Stars and Stripes: A former U.S. military contractor pleaded guilty this week to bribery and visa fraud in his management of millions of dollars worth of U.S.-funded reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan. Orlando Clark, 57, of Smyrna, Ga., was accused of conspiring with an analyst at another American company in 2011 and 2012 to receive approximately $400,000 in bribes from an Afghan company, the Justice Department said in a statement Wednesday. Click here to read more (external link).