
Zabihullah Mujahid
Ariana: In response to a meeting of a number of Afghans in exile in Vienna on Monday, the Islamic Emirate’s [Taliban] spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday that such meetings are not in the interests of Afghanistan and that people who attend such events abroad have lost their “prestige” inside the country. Mujahid said political figures should not seek to destroy the current system. He added that participants of the Vienna meeting do not have public support inside Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).

Khaama: At least 220 people were injured due to road accidents during the three days of Eid-ul-FItr in western Herat Province, the official said. Over Eid, there were twice as many injuries in road accidents as usual. Motorcycle accidents were the leading cause of injury. According to the officials, the reason for accidents could be speed driving, damaged roads, and not following traffic rules.
Middle East Eye: Justice delayed is justice denied, so goes the saying. In the case of alleged Australian war crimes committed in Afghanistan, it’s not as simple as red tape or the oft-tepid pace of bureaucracy. Rather it is the result of a campaign of politically expedient hero-worship, of command-shirking responsibility and investigators rubber-stamping a litany of cover-ups. In March, 41-year-old former Special Air Service (SAS) trooper, Oliver Schulz, was formally charged with the war crime of murder, a historic first in Australia. No serving or retired military veteran has faced a war crime charge – and in a civilian court no less. It stems from the 2012 shooting of a young farmer, Dad Mohammad, in Uruzgan Province. 

Khaama: An earthquake of 4.2 magnitudes hit 32 km north of Faizabad city of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan on Sunday. The earthquake of 4.2 magnitudes occurred at 10:40 pm local time, 10km depth on Sunday with the epicentre of Raghistan, Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, the Indian National Center for Seismology reported. No causalities have been reported so far. 
Ariana: A French court has jailed four Afghans and given shorter sentences to five others as part of a crackdown on the smuggling of migrants across the English Channel. In 2021, the group was found guilty of smuggling 53 people, primarily Vietnamese and Afghan immigrants, into the UK aboard dinghies.