8am: The National Resistance Front (NRF) claims that its forces fired a rocket on a building in the Hesa Awal district of Kapisa province. A video message of elements of the (NRF) claims that their forces attacked the building of the Hesa Awal district of Kapisa on Saturday night in response to the arrest of six women and three children by Taliban forces in the province. Click here to read more (external link).
‘We are struggling’: two former officials at Afghan women’s affairs ministry
Taliban militants (file photo)
The Guardian (UK): Gul Bano* and Karima* are activists who ran provincial branches of the ministry of women’s affairs in two different parts of Afghanistan. Their former offices have been taken over by the Taliban’s feared enforcers, the ministry for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. They are now in hiding, afraid of the men they helped put in prison for domestic violence and other abuses, many of them in the Taliban or with family links to the militants. Click here to read more (external link).
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Detained Uzbek Brought to Kabul
Makhdoom Alam
Tolo News: Makhdoom Alam, a local commander of the Islamic Emirate who was detained by the government, has been brought to Kabul, officials said. Commander Makhdoom Alam, who was based in Faryab province, was arrested last Thursday in Balkh. The arrest of the commander sparked widespread demonstrations by residents in Maimana, Faryab’s provincial capital. Click here to read more (external link).
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Sports dept holds first round of skiing contest in Ghazni
Ariana: Afghanistan General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports (GDPES) held the first round of a skiing contest in Ghazni province on Sunday. The GDPES stated that 12 athletes participated in the one-day competition which was held in the refugee town of Alberoni (Shahrak-e-Muhajirin) in the provincial capital of Ghazni city. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – January 16, 2022
Painful Passport Problems In Afghanistan
People living in Afghanistan’s Khost Province are facing long waits to get new passports since the Taliban took over the country in August. For migrant laborers who work abroad in Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, the delay is hurting them financially.
Pakistan Says Fencing of Durand Line Nearly Finished
Tolo News: “If the Islamic Emirate agrees to fencing, indeed it means the recognition of the line (Durand Line,” said Sayed Javad Husseini, leader of Hezb-e-Tawsa Wa Adalat. The Durand Line has been a controversial issue between the two neighboring countries for a long time. Click here to read more (external link).
Taliban pledge all girls in schools soon
Zabihullah Mujahid
AP: Zabihullah Mujahid, who is also the Taliban’s deputy minister of culture and information, said their education departments are looking to open classrooms for all girls and women following the Afghan New Year, which starts on March 21. Afghanistan, like neighboring Iran, observers the Islamic solar Hijri Shamsi calendar. Click here to read more (external link).
Pakistan’s Khan Orders Skilled Personnel Be Sent to Afghanistan
Imran Khan
Tolo News: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan directed Pakistani authorities to send qualified and trained Pakistan manpower to Afghanistan, the Prime Minister’s office said on Friday. Click here to read more (external link).
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