Taliban Sohail Shaheen
The Print: Islamic Emirate spokesperson, health minister, deputy foreign minister among two dozen Taliban leaders sending daughters to schools in Pakistan and Qatar. The leaders include Health Minister Qalandar Ebad, Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, and spokesperson Suhail Shaheen. In addition, Samim reported, top Taliban leaders were taking educated second wives. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Sources in Takhar province have reported that Taliban members have fiercely fought each other in the Chah-e-Ab district of the province as a result of which three of them are killed. Click here to read more (external link).
Politico: The report identified a number of serious human rights violations under Taliban rule, including reprisal killings by Taliban fighters; the removal of women and minority groups from leadership; serious restrictions on free speech; and bans on women from working or receiving an education. Click here to read more (external link).
NRF Fighters (file photo)
8am: The National Resistance Front (NRF) forces have claimed of targeting a Taliban base near Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport in Mazar-e-Sharif province, killing and injuring a number of the Taliban rebels in the province. The National Resistance Front forces have increased their guerrilla operations on the Taliban insurgents in many province of the country. Click here to read more (external link).
Daikundi
8am: Sources in Daikundi province have confirmed that the Taliban’s Department of Vice and Virtue has instructed Daikundi Education Directorate staff who are the Shia sect to perform Zuhr prayers led by the Head of Education Directorate who is Sunni. Click here to read more (external link).
Shehbaz Sharif
Ariana: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on his election as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan. According to the Russian embassy in Pakistan, Putin has expressed hope that Shehbaz’s activities will “contribute to further development of the Pakistan-Russia cooperation and partner interaction on the Afghan settlement as well as countering international terrorism. Click here to read more (external link).
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US Drone (file)
Tolo News: Residents in various provinces of Afghanistan, especially Kabul, Khost and Kandahar, have recently expressed concern over the increase in drone patrols in the country’s airspace. They say that they do not know which country the drones belong to and for what purpose they are patrolling Afghanistan’s airspace. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The formation of an inclusive government that is based on the will of the people and represents all the political parties and people of Afghanistan is the only option left for the Taliban to survive on political grounds. Armed resistance will continue as long as the Taliban resist their outdated ethnic-based domination of the power. Click here to read more (external link).
The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has left its mark on thousands of Afghans in the Indian capital who over the past two decades set up businesses to cater to Afghans who used to visit India. Now as the flow of visitors from Afghanistan dries up, their livelihoods have been hit hard. For VOA, Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi.