Aamaj: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) sending a video to Aamaj News claims that it has targeted an outpost of Taliban in Kapisa province, as a result three Taliban fighters killed. A senior member of NRF says that they launched the attack on an outpost of Taliban’s red unit in Sifatullah Khel village of Kohistan district of Kapisa. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: According to a credible source, a group of Taliban fighters in the Zamankour area of Panjshir province has set up a checkpoint and checking the military background experiences of passengers passing the route. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: The Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has recently appointed Mawlawi Abdul Ahad as the new Omari Suicide Corps Commander for its group, a spokesman for the Taliban governor in Helmand said. The Taliban suicide corps is one of the most important military units of the group, which has carried out deadly attacks in cities and public places for the last two decades. Click here to read more (external link).
Taliban militants (file photo)
8am: In a new move, the Taliban group has defined fighting background as the criteria for recruitment and employment in government posts and positions. The application for government employment is required to have a fighting background in the ranks of the Taliban against the former governments. According to the source, the Taliban group considers having a war record to be one of the main criteria for hiring new employees in government positions. Click here to read more (external link).
Hekmatyar, head of Hizb-e-Islami.
Aamaj: Mohammad Sadiq Akef Muhajir, spokesman for the vice and virtue ministry reacting to remarks of the Hezb-e-Islami leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, stated, “the poor man lacks knowledge in this regard.” Muhajir in a tweet added that once members of Hezb-e-Islami threw acid on faces of women in Kabul, and in Shamshato camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. Mr. Muhajir after a few minutes deleted the tweet. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: A local source told Hasht-e Subh on Sunday that the Taliban had beaten up some tailors while sewing women’s clothing in their shops. According to the source, the Taliban has ordered the city’s tailors not to sew women’s clothes. The Taliban have recently imposed severe restrictions on hairdressers, tailors, shops and public places in Herat and other provinces. The incident took place in the Jakan area of Herat city. Click here to read more (external link).
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Ariana: Afghanistan stormed into the top three on the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League standings after defeating hosts Zimbabwe by 60 runs in the first match of a three-game One-Day International series on Saturday. Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will meet for their second ODI on Monday. Click here to read more (external link).
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (R) and J.P. Singh (L), the Indian ministry of external affairs joint secretary
Michael Hughes: Islamabad had waited patiently for more than two decades for the Taliban to recapture Kabul and ensure Afghanistan would serve as “strategic depth” if Pakistan needed territory and resources in a war against India. The Pakistanis assumed the Taliban regime would take a hostile posture toward New Delhi, especially given India’s past support for the Northern Alliance. Hence, one could imagine the shock registered in Islamabad this week upon learning that Afghanistan’s foreign ministry hosted a diplomatic delegation from India. Click here to read more.