Ayaz Gul VOA News November 13, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan publicly executed an alleged murderer Wednesday, citing the Islamic concept of retributive justice or qisas. The early morning punishment, which promptly drew the condemnation of the United Nations, was carried out at a sports stadium in Gardez, the capital of the Paktia
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 8, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s volatile northeastern Badakhshan province Wednesday killed at least three Taliban security personnel and wounded six others. Multiple sources, including residents and area hospital officials, confirmed the casualties. They said that a “sticky improvised explosive device” apparently planted on a motorbike struck a
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 19, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban government confirmed Friday that one of its leading religious scholars was assassinated by unknown assailants in neighboring Pakistan. The deceased, identified as Mohammad Omar Jan Akhundzada, was leading evening prayers at a mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Thursday when gunmen stormed
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 21, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A rare suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, known as the Taliban’s political headquarters, killed at least three people and injured more than a dozen early Thursday. Taliban authorities said the victims had gathered outside the officially run New Kabul Bank to receive their salaries
8am: Local sources in Herat have confirmed the death of a Taliban fighter in the province. According to reports received on Wednesday, January 31st, the Taliban member was gunned down in the Golran district of Herat. This development follows recent clashes in the province. Two nights ago, skirmishes erupted between Taliban insurgents and unidentified assailants,
Khaama: According to sources, the explosion occurred on Sunday, January 14th, around noon at the office of the Governor of Nimroz. The source added that two suicide attackers began shooting as soon as they entered the office and then detonated themselves. A video obtained by Khama Press shows the chaotic aftermath of the attack at
8am: In a late-night incident on Tuesday, January 2, the Taliban governor’s office in Badakhshan province was targeted in a rocket attack, as reported by local sources. The attack unfolded at approximately 11:30 pm in the heart of Badakhshan, with the projectile striking the entrance gate of the “Badakhshan Provincial Authority,” as per corroborated reports
8am: A Bagram district resident recounted, “The Taliban informed homeowners in the district that we will demolish the walls of your gardens because attacks on us originate from this area. Furthermore, the Taliban instructed residents that anyone visiting their house as a guest should provide us with their name, father’s name, location, and a brief
8am: According to local sources speaking to Hasht-e Subh Daily on Monday, December 4th, one day after the visit of Fasehuddin Fetrat, the Taliban’s Military Command Chief, to Badakhshan, houses in the city are being inspected under his orders. Unpleasant and insulting confrontations with residents have been reported in some instances. The initiative is said
8am: In a press release issued on Friday, December 1, the Freedom Front disclosed that the overnight confrontation took place in the Khum-Zargar area of the Hesse-Awal Kohistan district in Kapisa. According to their statement, their forces engaged in a fierce battle, resulting in the death of at least four Taliban fighters and the injury