Alleged photo of “Mullah Omar”.
Tolo News: Many speakers at the event called Mullah Mohammad Omar a personality who brought Afghans together and saved the country from division. The first deputy prime minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, said Mullah Omar was a brave leader who suffered a lot but continued his fight under difficult conditions. Mullah Mohammad Omar died of an illness in 2013 in Suri district in Zabul province of Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
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Ariana: According to a circular sent to universities by the Ministry of Higher Education, female students will attend classes on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays, while male students will have lectures on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. According to VOA, officials at Kabul University confirm they received the directive. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: The National Liberation Front (NLF) claims that four Taliban members have been killed in an attack in Badghis province. The attack has been carried out by the so-called National Liberation Front on a Taliban checkpoint. The front said in a newsletter on Saturday that the attack took place on Friday night in the first district of Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis province. According to the front, four Taliban fighters, including Qari Zubair, a Taliban leader, have been killed. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: The authorities in the Department of Disaster Management of Parwan province have reported that due to heavy rains and floods, the residents of the province have suffered huge financial losses. Dozens of houses, shops, and 300 acres of agricultural land have been destroyed in the last couple of days in Salang, Jabal Saraj, and Shinwari districts of the province. Click here to read more (external link).
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April 23, 2022
Pakistan’s army says that militants in Afghanistan fired heavy weapons and waged a firefight across the border overnight, killing three personnel at an army outpost in mountainous northwest Pakistan.
The April 23 statement said Pakistani troops had returned fire after the initial attack on the outpost, in the North Waziristan district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
It said an unspecified number of militants had been killed.
There was no way to immediately verify the report.
But that region of the Afghan-Pakistan border sees considerable activity by the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has reportedly stepped up its attacks on Pakistani security targets.
And a brutal affiliate of the Islamic State militant group known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (IS-K) has claimed responsibility for a number of recent attacks in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
Afghanistan has seen an increase in violence that is likely to increase domestic and international pressure on the Taliban-led government in Kabul that came to power in August 2021 as U.S.-led international forces withdrew and the Afghan government dissolved.
An explosion at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz Province during Friday Prayers on April 22 killed at least 33 people, Taliban officials said.
Earlier this month, Pakistan retaliated to an ambush that killed seven of its troops by bombing targets inside Afghanistan.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed that 20 children were killed in strikes in the Khost and Kunar provinces, and Afghan locals said the death toll was in the dozens.
Based on reporting by AP and dpa
8am: Local sources in Herat province have confirmed that the Taliban have seized an Iranian military vehicle following tensions with Iranian border forces. According to sources, tensions escalated between Iranian border guards and the Taliban at the Islam Qala border when Iranian forces intervened to stop a construction job by the Taliban along the border. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Almost 80% of Afghan girls are missing out on an education, Save the Children said Friday- almost a month after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) issued a ban on teenage girls going to school. “Education is a lifeline for all children, especially girls. Without it, they are at increased risk of violence, abuse, and exploitation, including early marriage…” Click here to read more (external link).
Fazel Ahmad Manawi
Aamaj: Former justice minister, Fazel Ahmad Manawi, in a tweet said all ethnic groups in Afghanistan, in particular Hazaras are the target of Taliban and other terrorist groups. He added that the occupation of the country by Taliban’s barbaric group has provided the other terrorist groups with the opportunity to expand their activities. Click here to read more (external link).