Explosion Rattles Money Exchange Market in Eastern Afghanistan, Inflicting Injuries
Khaama: An explosion took place near the money exchange market in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Tuesday security officials said. According to the governor’s office in the province of Nangarhar, the explosion took place on Tuesday, December 6, at around 2:00 local time at the money exchange market, causing several injuries. Local sources in the province with knowledge of the incident stated that at least 9 people, all of whom were civilians, were severely injured and were taken to the hospital. Click here to read more (external link).
Taliban Arrest 6 Panjshir Residents on Suspicion of Assisting NRF
8am: Taliban fighters arrested at least 6 residents of Dara district in Panjshir and Kabul provinces on the accusations of collaborating with NRF forces and took them to an unknown location, sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh on late Monday (December 5th). According to reports, a high school teacher in Rokha district of Panjshir Province has recently died after being tortured in Taliban custody. Click here to read more (external link).
At Least Five Killed In Explosion In Northern Afghanistan
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi
December 6, 2022
At least five people were killed on December 6 in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying oil workers in northern Afghanistan, police said. “Today at around 7 a.m. a blast took place in…Balkh on a bus that belonged to Hairatan oil employees,” said Asif Wazeri, spokesman for the Taliban police in the northern province of Balkh, adding that at least four people were wounded. No group has claimed the attack.
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Afghanistan’s guerrilla generation: an interview with Ahmad Massoud
Massoud
The Spectator: Fighting has continued against the Taliban in Afghanistan while the world has not been watching. The commander of the main opposition force, Ahmad Massoud, began with 643 fighters after the fall of Kabul in August 2021, and now claims to have a force of 5,000 across six provinces in a belt in the northeast of the country. In a rare meeting in Tajikistan, where he commands remotely from across the northern border of Afghanistan, the 34-year-old resistance leader told me that western countries are making a mistake by trying to engage with the Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).
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Teacher Dies After Being Tortured in Taliban Custody in Panjshir
8am: Speaking to Hasht-e Subh from Panjshir province, reliable sources identified the school teacher as Shamsullah and added that he was arrested by Taliban fighters a few months ago. Taliban forces handed over Shamsullah’s body to his family in Kabul on Sunday (December 5th), according to independent sources. The victim was a teacher at Rokha district high school in Panjshir province, sources added. Since claiming power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have arrested, tortured and killed hundreds of civilians in Panjshir province under the pretext of destroying the rebels. Click here to read more (external link).
Malnutrition cases among Afghan children have almost doubled under Taliban rule
Jurist: The Taliban don’t care about how the people suffer. Since they retook control of Afghanistan, people have only experienced constraints in their everyday life. The international community’s financial support seems to be not enough as there are a lot of complaints that the Taliban use them for themselves instead of giving them to needy families in the country. It also seems that international community’s efforts to remove restrictions and or at least make the Taliban rethink their decisions have failed so far. Click here to read more (external link).
Iran envoy lambasts US destructive role in Afghanistan
Mehr News Agency
December 5, 2022
Special envoy of the Iranian President for Afghanistan slammed the US’ destructive role in creating instability in Afghanistan, calling for the formation of a government with the participation of all Afghan ethnicities.
Saying that the CIA is still active in Afghanistan, Hassan Kazemi Qomi told in a TV program that the United States still has control over Afghanistan’s airspace.
Stressing that during the past year, the US tried hard to flame ethnic and religious wars in Afghanistan, the Iranian envoy added that the US and its allies such as the UK and some Arab countries are trying to create an atmosphere of distrust between the Taliban and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“The US does not seek the interests of nations. This country does not allow a strong government to form in countries like Afghanistan,” Kazemi Qomi continued.
He added that the US wanted to prove that instability and chaos would be created in Afghanistan in case of their absence in the country.
Kazemi Qomi went on to say that Iran’s policy toward Afghanistan is supporting the people of this country.
What Iran did during this period was to help restrain terrorism, reduce immigration and create regional convergence in the field of fighting terrorism in Afghanistan, according to the Iranian envoy.
He added that the Islamic Republic of Iran raised the issue of Afghan-Afghan dialogue because it believes that the only way to eliminate terrorism and achieve stability is through the formation of a government with the participation of all afghan ethnicities.
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Unknown Gunmen Kill Muezzin (Qari Sayed Abdul Hadi) in Northern Afghanistan
Khaama: The incident took place on Saturday, December 3, in Kunduz city’s 7th police district, the spokesperson for the Kunduz chief of police, Obaidullah Abedi stated. The security officials in Kunduz province stated that the security forces have arrested a person in connection with the murder case of the muezzin, while sources attributed the incident to personal animosity. Click here to read more (external link).
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