The Independent (UK): ‘I feel like the British have been disloyal’ – Over 100 men who worked with the British embassy continue to remain in Afghanistan and some of them have alleged torture at the hands of the Taliban. The men worked for a global security company named GardaWorld, according to a BBC Newsnight investigation report that aired on… Click here to read more (external link).
“Women Have No Right to Sue Men”, Says Taliban in Herat
8am: The Taliban have recently issued an order in Herat province, saying women do not have the right to sue men. Sources in Herat province told Hasht-e Subh that Taliban judges did not hear women’s complaints against their husbands. According to sources, dozens of women had filed lawsuits for domestic violence against their husbands in an appeals court in Herat province, but their complaints were not heard by Taliban judges. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – June 16, 2022
AFF Forces Kill Three Taliban Fighters and Injure Five Others in Parwan
8am: In a newsletter, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has claimed that the front’s forces attacked the Taliban’s bases in the Jabal Saraj district of Parwan province, killing three Taliban fighters and injuring five others. The attack took place at around 11:30 last night on the Taliban bases in Gulbahar area of Jabal Saraj district. Click here to read more (external link).
MoI Denies Alleged Beheadings of Resistance Front Members
Tolo News: The [Taliban] Ministry of Interior (MoI) denied the alleged reports of the beheading of three members of the Resistance Front and the killing of civilians in Panjshir province. This comes as 60 human rights defenders in a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claimed that the forces of the Islamic Emirate are targeting the Tajik ethnic group in Panjshir, Baghlan and Takhar provinces. Click here to read more (external link).
Flash floods in Badakhshan destroy farms, houses and irrigation canals
Ariana: Badakhshan officials confirmed Thursday that flash floods in the province have caused widespread destruction and financial losses across Zebak district. According to the head of Zebak development council, Fazal Ahmad Faizi, the worst hit areas in the district were Gul Khana, Dand, Dasht-e-Khan, Now Abad, and Khalkhan villages. He said the floods were triggered by heavy rainfall in the area. Click here to read more (external link).
Taliban Fighters Storm a Wedding Party in Badakhshan, Saying “Women Were Not Wearing Hijab”
8am: Sources on Wednesday (June 15th) said that a wedding party was being held in the new city of Faizabad, which was stormed by the Taliban’s virtue promoters. Taliban forces have forcefully prevented the wedding from taking place. According to sources, the Taliban claimed that the women attending the wedding party did not wear the hijab. Taliban fighters also justified that music has been played and women are dancing in the party. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan’s Warlords Prepare Their Comeback
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Foreign Policy: Exiled warlords, power brokers, and ethnic leaders who fled Afghanistan last year ahead of the Taliban’s victory are threatening civil war unless the Islamists start negotiating to let them return home and reclaim their power and authority as an alternative to the nihilistic rule of the terrorists currently in charge. The band that broke Afghanistan in the early 1990s and hobbled it for years after is, in other words, getting back together. Unlike their first time around in power—right after the Soviet pullout in 1989—this time the warlords might even seem appealing, so awful is the Taliban regime that took over in August of last year. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – June 15, 2022
Russia Would Recognize Kabul Regardless of US, World Stance
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Tolo News: Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, on Tuesday said that Moscow would make a decision on recognizing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regardless of the opinion of the United States or any other country. In an interview with “Channel One Russia” Kabulov stated that the first step toward recognition of the Islamic Emirate would the formation of an inclusive political government in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).