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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.
8am: Local Taliban officials have confirmed the detention of civilians in Panjshir province. Abu Bakr Siddiq, a spokesman for the Taliban governor for Panjshir, said in a video clip on Saturday afternoon (June 4th) that 30 to 40 civilians had been detained by the Taliban in the first district of Panjshir. Click here to read more (external link).
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CNW Telbec: The Government of Canada is working hard to resettle at least 40,000 Afghan nationals as quickly and safely as possible. Canada has now welcomed a total of 14,645 Afghan refugees, with more arriving every week. Click here to read more (external link).
Cycling News: Given the political situation in their country, the Afghanistan Women’s National Championships are set to be held in Switzerland at the UCI headquarters in Aigle next October 23rd. The one race, based on a 28.5 kilometre circuit, will have two categories, under-23 and elite women and around 60 participants, all currently in exile from their country, are expected to take part. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Local sources in Nuristan province have reported that for the last twelve days, the forests in this province are burning into the fire, as a result of which more than two hundred acres of forests have been burned down into ashes. According to the residents, fires have been raging in the forests of Nurgram district of the province for the past twelve days. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The residence has existed for three hundred years. Reconstruction work began under the previous government but was halted in the wake of the political change. Cultural analysts called on the current Afghan government to prevent the residence from being demolished and to repair it as soon as possible. Click here to read more (external link).
AP: For some Afghans who were evacuated as their country fell to the Taliban last summer, the journey to the United States has stalled, and perhaps ended, at a sun-baked cluster of tents and temporary housing on an American base in the Balkans. Click here to read more (external link).
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