Tolo News: Afghan refugees in Iran expressed concerned about a census being taken in the country as it may cause problems with their current immigration status. Meanwhile, there are reports that hundreds of Afghan refugees are being forcibly deported by the Turkish government. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Local sources in Panjshir province have claimed that the Taliban fighters have tortured and killed innocent civilians in the province. According to sources, the Taliban have killed 8 civilians, including a woman, in Abdullah Khil valley in Dara district of Panjshir for the last couple of days. The victims are Mullah Faqir, Sami, Jalil Ahmad, Saududdin, Gul Zaman, Khalid, Abdul Raouf, Gul Mohammad along with his wife. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the country’s central bank, took delivery of another cash aid shipment of $32 million on Monday. Officials from the bank took delivery of the package and immediately handed it over to a commercial bank, DAB officials confirmed. This comes after Saturday’s shipment of the same amount. Under the guidance of the United Nations, Afghanistan has received over $800 million in cash aid over the past few months. Click here to read more (external link).
Daily Mail (UK): Afghan women are being jailed by the Taliban for ‘immoral behaviour’ – including travelling in a taxi without a male relative An undercover camera crew inside Herat’s central jail found all the women interviewed had been incarcerated for minor infringements Maryam, an Afghan woman in Herat’s jail said: ‘If the government remains as it is there isn’t a single ray of light here, just darkness’. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: Local sources have confirmed the clashes between the Resistance Front forces and the Taliban in the Dara and Abshar districts of Panjshir province. The residents have further claimed that the Taliban have taken away a number of local elders as hostage. Taliban have arrested them after the attacks on charges of supporting NRF and to force NRF forces to surrender. Click here to read more (external link).
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Tolo News: Afghan citizens complained of an increase of worn-out banknotes in Kabul markets, saying the issue has caused them serious challenges. “Almost 80% of the Afghanis are worn-out. There are no new banknotes in the markets,” said Jaafar, a resident of Kabul. “It is not clear if new Afghanis have been printed or not. But worn-out banknotes are increasing in transactions,” said Agha Sheerin, a resident. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service
May 8, 2022
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government says it is investigating reports that rockets have been fired into Tajikistan from Afghan territory.
The Islamic State (IS) extremist group said earlier on May 8 that it had fired eight rockets from Afghanistan into the territory of neighboring Tajikistan, according to an Afghan media report.
The Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) news agency quoted an IS press release claiming that the militants had fired the rockets from the Khawaja Ghar district of Afghanistan’s Takhar Province toward unspecified military targets in Tajikistan on May 7.
But in a statement, Tajikistan said that “bullets,” not rockets, were fired “accidentally” into Tajik territory during a firefight on the Afghan side of the border between Taliban forces and IS militants.
The press center of the State Committee for National Security said border troops have been put on alert, but added that the situation at the border “is considered stable and is under control” after “bullets accidentally crossed the territory of our country.”
No casualties were reported. Neither account could be verified independently and there was no confirmation by the Taliban.
The local IS affiliate, the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (IS-K), is a foe of the Taliban group that took over Afghanistan in August following a blitz offensive amid the withdrawal of U.S.-led international troops.
IS-K has claimed responsibility for a series of recent bombings, the worst of which was an attack last month on a mosque and religious school in the northern province of Kunduz that killed at least 33 people.
With reporting by AIP
Ariana: Health officials in the northern province of Kunduz said Sunday that the infectious disease claimed the lives of eight people last (solar) year while 1,700 others contracted the illness. “We registered 1,713 patients of Tuberculosis in the year 1400 whereas the number was 1,605 in 1399. Poverty and economic difficulties are the big reasons behind the increase,” said Nasrullah Anwari, the head of the provincial Tuberculosis program in Kunduz. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Following the collapse of ten villages of Versaj district to NRF forces’ control, the Taliban have deployed Badri forces in the area to bring back the situation under control. Sources told Hasht-e Subh that the rebels are very harshly torturing the residents in Versaj district to make them reveal the locations of the Resistance Front commander in the district. Click here to read more (external link).
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