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).
Tolo News in Dari – January 5, 2023
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
ProPublica: Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Units. Click here to read more (external link).
Prince Harry reveals that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan
The Telegraph (UK): Prince Harry has disclosed that he killed 25 people in his role as an Apache helicopter pilot during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. In his autobiography, Spare, the Duke of Sussex says he flew on six missions that resulted in “the taking of human lives”, something of which he says he is neither proud nor ashamed. He says that, in the heat of combat, he did not think of the 25 as “people” but instead as “chess pieces” that had been taken off the board. Click here to read more (external link).
Taliban Says Eight Killed In Raids Of IS Hideouts In Afghanistan
AP: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight militants of the Islamic State (IS) group and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government spokesman said on January 5. Zabihullah Mujahid said the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz Province on January 4 targeted IS militants who organized recent attacks on Kabul’s Longan Hotel, Pakistan’s embassy, and the military airport. Eight IS fighters, including foreign nationals, were killed and seven others arrested in Kabul, while a separate operation in western Nimroz province resulted in two more IS arrests, Mujahid said. Click here to read more (external link).