8am: The victims included four children, two women and one man, according to the Taliban-appointed spokesman of Balkh police. No information was immediately available on the reason and motives for this mass shooting. Since the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan, mass murders, revenge killings and criminal offenses in Afghanistan have increased unprecedentedly. Click here
8am: Local sources said on Tuesday, January 10, that the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Agents in Baghlan, in addition to shutting down women’s hairdressing salons, have warned land owners and dealers to refrain from issuing rent premises to women’s hairdressing salons. The Taliban have already closed women’s hair salons in Kunduz, Takhar and Badakhshan provinces.
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 6, 2022 At least five people were killed on December 6 in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying oil workers in northern Afghanistan, police said. “Today at around 7 a.m. a blast took place in…Balkh on a bus that belonged to Hairatan oil employees,” said Asif Wazeri, spokesman
Tolo News: Mazar-e-Sharif residents expressed concerns about Islamic Emirate’s [Taliban] security forces members not wearing uniforms, saying that civilians have a problem distinguishing security forces from criminal imposters. Residents said that recently crime has increased in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The Taliban’s senior vice and virtue agent killed a young girl for refusing a forced marriage proposal in the Sholgara district of Balkh province. Sources told Hasht-e Subh on Sunday (November 7th) that the teenage girl was killed by Mullah Yasin after rejecting a marriage proposal from the Taliban commander. Since taking over Afghanistan,
Tolo News: The increase in cases of kidnapping and murder, especially of doctors, is causing alarm among residents of Balkh province. They asked the security officials to arrest and punish the perpetrators. “We ask the authorities and the military departments to pay serious attention so that our doctors can work comfortably,” said Fazel Rahim Houshmand,
8am: Sources in Balkh province report that the Taliban fighters and Uzbekistan border guards have clashed in the Shortepa district of the province. The clashes reportedly took place between the two sides on Monday, August 22. The conflict has had casualties on both sides, but the exact number is not yet reported. According to the
8am: A credible source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Hasht-e Subh that since yesterday, dozens of Taliban wounded fighters are shifted to this hospital, adding that the hospital does not have the capacity to treat and accept more patients. Click here to read more (external link). Related Liberation Front Claims to Have Carried Out
8am: It is reported that armed individuals opened fire on the Taliban in Balkh province, killing 4 Taliban members. The shooting took place in 5th district of Mazar-e-Sharif, the center of Balkh, on Tuesday night, sources told Hasht-e Subh on Wednesday. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Media watchdogs called on the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] to avoid changing the media complex into a religious seminary. “Replacing a media outlet complex with a religious seminary is considered an unfair action for journalists. We call on the Islamic Emirate to help in reopening media outlets that were closed after the fall of