Amu: The Taliban said Friday that five members of a family, including women and children, were killed after unidentified armed men attacked a house in northern Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province. This comes as despite Taliban claims of improved nationwide security, reports of targeted killings, armed robberies and violent family-related disputes continue to emerge from several provinces
Amu: A Taliban official said that Pakistani artillery fire killed one civilian and wounded three others in the eastern province of Kunar, as cross-border tensions between the two sides continue to rise. Faridullah Dehqan, a spokesman for the Taliban police command in Kunar, said in a statement that Pakistani forces fired artillery shells on Tuesday
Afghanistan International: A local commander affiliated with the National Islamic Movement Party of Afghanistan was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in northern Afghanistan after being deported from Iran, the party’s spokesperson said. Ehsan Niro told Afghanistan International that the Taliban were responsible for the killing of a commander known as Yousuf in Khwaja Du Koh
8am: Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, former First Vice President, reacted to the removal of the Uzbek language from the Jawzjan University plaque, stating that this act has further revealed the discriminatory nature of the Taliban. According to him, such measures are an insult to the identity and culture of the country’s Turkic communities and inflict
Afghanistan International: Speaking during a meeting with political activists in Ankara, Dostum accused the Taliban of implementing “fascist plans” by resettling Pakistani migrants in areas predominantly inhabited by Afghanistan’s Turkic communities. He condemned what he called a deliberate effort to alter the demographic composition of these regions. In a further allegation, the former vice president
Khaama: Two people, including a doctor, have died due to the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus within the past two weeks in Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. The provincial director for public health in Jawzjan province, Zabiullah Jussaini, said that the CCHF virus claimed the lives of two people, including a doctor, on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
8am: The incident took place on Saturday, May 13, in the village of Shirmango, in the Darzab district of Jowzjan province.Sources state that the victim, named Khal Mohammad, was killed after a verbal altercation with a Taliban member named Ahmad Rayis. Reportedly, Khal Mohammad was tortured to death by Ahmad Rayis’ sons. Recently, members of
8am: Sources in Samangan province report that a teenager has died as a result of excessive torture by Taliban fighters in this province. According to sources, Juma-Khan, a 16-year-old resident of Kokjar village in Hazrat-Sultan district, was arrested two days ago by Taliban security forces in the district and died in a coma due to
Khaama: The Taliban security forces in Afghanistan’s Northern Province discovered an Islamic State weapons cache and a mine-making centre on Sunday. The discovered ammunitions and arms, including a suicide vest, hand grenades and objects used in making mines and explosive devices, Shah Mohammad Ahmadi said, Xinhua News Agency reported. Click here to read more (external
8am: Local sources in Jawzjan say that the Taliban’s Manager of Hajj and Religious in Aqcha district of this province was killed by unknown people. On Sunday morning, this incident happened in Kharabat region of Aqcha district, told sources talking to Hasht-e-Subh. Click here to read more (external link).