8am: Sources disclosed to Hasht-e Subh Daily on Thursday, February 22, that the Taliban have mandated school principals in Kandahar province to bar girls aged 10 and above from attending classes below the sixth grade. According to these sources, the directive emanates from the Taliban’s educational authorities in Kandahar. Click here to read more (external
AFP: Authorities in the Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, ordered officials on February 18 not to take pictures or videos of “living things.” In a letter addressed to civilian and military officials, the provincial department of the interior directed them “to refrain from taking pictures of living things in your formal
Khaama: The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced its intention to establish a medical facility named after Qasem Soleimani in Kandahar, Afghanistan. According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, quoting Javad Karimi Ghodoosi, a representative of the Iranian Parliament, the country plans to set up a medical facility in the province of Kandahar, named after the
8am: Residents of Kandahar Province have raised allegations claiming that certain local Taliban leaders are operating private prisons, where they reportedly detain former officials and military personnel. In conversation with Hasht-e Subh on Wednesday, August 23rd, Kandahar Province residents asserted that Taliban members have incarcerated local employees and former government military members within their own
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 31, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan and Pakistan have reported a very small number of polio infections in their region this year, fueling expectations the neighboring countries could be just months away from interrupting the endemic transmission of the crippling virus. Pakistani authorities have reported a three-year-old child with paralytic polio, the
By Mohammad Sadiq Rishtinai and Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 22, 2023 Eight-year-old Halima was devastated to learn that after overcoming numerous obstacles to her education under Taliban rule, her path to learning had been blocked with the closure of her private school. “We all went home crying,” she told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi
8am: Mawlawi Abdul Ghani Haqbeen, Director of Counter-Terrorism of Spin Boldak Security Command in Spin-Boldak, Qandahar, and a close associate of Mawlawi Mohammad Yosuf, the former governor of Qandahar and current acting governor of Balkh province, was released on Thursday, May 4. Haqbeen, due to his familial relationship with the former governor of Qandahar, was
By Ikramullah Ikram and Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 18, 2023 Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar is the historical birthplace and the political base of the Taliban. Now, the country’s second-largest city appears to be becoming the de facto capital under the militant group’s rule. Several officials have recently been transferred from the
8am: As crime rates increase in Kandahar province, sources report that some Taliban fighters are involved in thefts in this province. On Tuseday, April 11, a Taliban audio message was sent to members of the group’s fighters, where it was revealed that one of their members had stolen valuables from several women in the fifth
Ariana: The main spokesman [Zabihullah Mujahid] for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban] will move his office from the capital to the southern city of Kandahar, the information ministry said on Wednesday. The move, seen as a sign of the growing importance of Kandahar, is home to the IEA’s supreme leader, and is the