8am: Local sources in Panjshir have confirmed that Qari Abdurrahman Omari, a Red Corps commander of the Taliban, is killed along with his four fighters under his command in Shutal district of the province in clashes with the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces. According to sources, the clashes took place on Sunday, adding that the NRF forces did not have casualties in the conflicts. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: Reliable sources told Hasht-e Subh Tuesday that in the past week, many children under age have been kidnapped from different parts of Ghazni city and then raped. Since the Taliban group has seized power, abduction, abuse, torture, and killings have been the daily routine that the people have been encountering. Usually, the cases are closed without any investigation and no culprit has been punished so far in connection to such cases. The reason behind not investigating the cases can be the Taliban members’ involvement in the case. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Two earthquakes today hit southeastern and northeastern Afghanistan respectively. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shocked the southeastern provinces of Afghanistan on Monday evening and was preceded by an earthquake in the northeast around an hour earlier, the United States Geological Survey reported. Click here to read more (external link).
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The Guardian (UK): As economy collapses, women from Afghanistan’s finance ministry say they have been asked to suggest male relatives to replace them – The Taliban have asked female employees at Afghanistan’s finance ministry to send a male relative to do their job a year after female public-sector workers were barred from government work and told to stay at home. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Reliable sources in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) of Afghanistan have confirmed that in the last eleven months, 26 prosecutors of the former government have been killed in different parts of the country. Sources in the AGO told Hasht-e Subh Monday that these prosecutors have been killed since August last year. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: Local sources in Kunduz province told Hasht-e Subh on Monday (July 18th) that the Taliban commander’s name was Amanullah Haqyar and he was the commander of a Taliban outpost in Mamakhil village, Chahardara district. In the last few days, this is the third attack on Taliban commanders in Kunduz province. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: The Shpageeza Cricket League 2022 got underway in Kabul on Monday with eight teams scheduled to battle it out for this year’s title. The 8th season of this year’s tournament will run through until August 5 with 32 matches scheduled to take place. All matches will be held at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Hasht-e Subh has gained access to information which indicate that Abdul Manan Omari, the Taliban’s Public Works Minister, has used more than one million dollars of the revenues of the Railway Department and a generator for financing his personal investment objectives. Several sources confirm that Abdul Manan Omari, the Taliban’s Public Works Minister and the brother of Mullah Omar, the founder of this group, is not willing to return one million dollars from the revenues of the Bandar Aqena Railway Directorate to the Railway Administration. Click here to read more (external link).