There is a long history of keeping pigeons in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Every morning and evening, colorful birds can still be seen flying in the city skies. In the past, some pigeons were bought and sold for the equivalent of hundreds of dollars, but prices have plunged along with incomes since the Taliban retook power in August 2021.
8am: The Taliban tried the youngsters in public at 11:00 o’clock on Tuesday morning (November 22nd) at the Shahr-e Wahdat Mosque on the outskirt of Argo district. Taliban members whipped each of them with 39 lashes for chatting on the phone, sources detailed. It is worth noting that two months ago, a boy and a girl threw themselves into the Kokcha River in Badakhshan province due to the fear of being chased, caught and tortured by Taliban forces. Reports are widely published by local media outlets indicating that Taliban members have whipped, tortured and humiliated civilians suspected of having premarital affairs. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: The President of the European Parliament, in response to the continued stiffening of Taliban restrictions against women, stated that Afghan women are “squeezed out” of public life by the Taliban, who want the women to be “invisible.” The statement of the European Parliament comes at a time when the Taliban have yet to reopen schools to girls, and stringent edicts have been enforced on Afghan women severely denying and restricting their rights and freedoms, while nothing is known about the whereabouts of the women activists detained by the Taliban 3 weeks ago. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: The girl committed suicide on Monday night (November 21st) in the sixth police district of Jalalabad, the capital city of Nangarhar province. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the suicide rate among young people, especially girls, has been on the rise in Afghanistan, and forced marriages have been said to be one of the factors. Click here to read more (external link).
Taliban fighters (file photo)
Tolo News: Mazar-e-Sharif residents expressed concerns about Islamic Emirate’s [Taliban] security forces members not wearing uniforms, saying that civilians have a problem distinguishing security forces from criminal imposters. Residents said that recently crime has increased in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: In the videotape released by the Taliban Intelligence Directorate of the alleged confessions, signs of torture can be seen in the detainees. Although the NRF has not yet confirmed this allegations and news, local sources say that among the 12 detainees, only two of them are NRF members. Ten of these people are civilians and are not affiliated to any group, according to local residents. Click here to read more (external link).
LA Times: The group claims it has no interest in restoring its 1990s regime, when girls were banned from school and almost all jobs, and endured corporal punishment for violations such as not wearing a burqa in public. Yet every few months, new decrees are issued about which careers women may have, how far they may travel without a male guardian and what they may wear outside the home. One edict said the most devout women would not leave the house at all, unless there’s need. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Officials of the Pashdan Dam in Herat province said that after a one-and-a-half-year hiatus of construction, most areas of the dam are in disrepair. They warned that if the water in the Pashdan dam is not released soon, floods will destroy the water source. Last year, the flood destroyed part of the structure of this dam. “If water in Pashdan Dam is not released soon, we will witness more damage to the canal walls of this dam, which will result in more expenses,” said Abdul Saboor, procurement manager of Pashdan band construction company. With the halt to the project, 1,300 workers and technical employees of the project have become jobless. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghans have designed a supercar. #Afghanistanrising
pic.twitter.com/kkiEp2Ydn8— Open girls' schools – د نجونو ښوونځي پرانیزئ (@paykhar) November 16, 2022
TechJuice (Pakistan): A team of supercar enthusiasts and engineers, ENTOP, from Afghanistan has developed a supercar called ‘Mada-9’. A video post of the ‘Mada 9’ sportscar is going viral on social media with people showing appreciation for the effort. Click here to read more (external link).