8am: The Taliban have forcibly added a new subject “Tajweed” to the Herat University curriculum. The Taliban have announced at Herat University that all students, no matter in what field they are should study and learn Tajweed Subject. Many Herat University students say the Taliban are changing the university’s atmosphere into a mosque. The majority
8am: In a new decree, the Taliban have banned displaying living beings posters in Herat province. The Taliban have told all printing shops and advertising companies in the province to refrain from publishing living beings’ posters and images. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The residents and citizens have raised a serious matter of concern over the issue, complaining that the rebels do not respect the issues of privacy and usually harass the house owner. It is said that the Taliban are looking for former army soldiers and residents from the Northern provinces of the country, including Panjshir.
8am: Herat Prison, with a capacity of housing more than 15,000 prisoners at a time, was opened to prisoners after the rise of the Taliban. In August, nearly 4,000 terrorists, criminals and murderers were released from Herat prison. The Taliban are reportedly filling the prison with political critics, intellectuals, civil society and women’s rights activists,
8am: Sources told Hasht-e Subh that the Taliban have murdered Mohammad Asif Sultani, a former soldier in Herat province. The sources say that Mohammad Asif Sultani was an officer at the former National Security Directorate and served as the commander of a unit in Herat province. Since August 2021, the Taliban rebels have murdered nearly
8am: Sources in Herat province have confirmed that the Taliban have sentenced two civil activists and a journalist to one to two years in prison. According to sources, they have been convicted of posting comments on their Facebook pages against the Taliban regime. Click here to read more (external link).
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.
Ariana: Herat provincial officials said Sunday that 11 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) members were killed in a traffic accident on the Herat-lslam Qala highway. Mahmood Shah Rasouli, spokesman for Herat police said that an IEA Ranger vehicle collided with a another vehicle. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The causalities as a result of an explosion that occurred four days ago on Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Jibraiel Township of Anjil district in Herat province rise as the injured ones are dying every day in the hospital. Jibraiel Township is one of the Hazara-dominated areas in Herat city that has been under
Tolo News: Female students in Herat in grades 7-12, who were allowed to participate in classes, were told to stay home as the Islamic Emirate closed secondary and high schools for the girls across Afghanistan. Herat was the only province where female students above the 6th grade were allowed to go to schools for the