8am: Local sources in Kandahar province confirm that unidentified armed men have attacked a prominent commander of the Taliban whose name is Abdul Sattar in this province. The attack was reportedly carried out Wednesday night in the first security district of Kandahar city, Kabul Shah area, killing this key commander of the Taliban. A reliable
AFP: A mass grave containing the remains of 12 people has been uncovered in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said on Monday. The grave was found by villagers over the past few days in the town of Spin Boldak, bordering Pakistan, a site of fierce fighting between former Afghan government forces and Taliban fighters before the Taliban
8am: Local sources say that the Taliban have launched house-to-house search operations in the southern Kandahar province. Local sources say that door-to-door searches have started in the southern provinces because security incidents and guerilla attacks have recently occurred in these provinces. After Helmand and Kandahar, house-to-house searches are scheduled to begin in Uruzgan and Zabul
Xinhua: Four people including two children were injured after a blast shocked the Zhari district in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Monday, provincial administration spokesman Hajji Zahid said. Click here read more (external link).
BBC News: “You can’t say anything at all,” he said, describing how some were simply threatened whilst others were kept in jail. “The Taliban have different types of torture for them, hitting them with cables and pipes, holding their heads under water.” Click here to read more (external link).
8am: According to local sources, the conflict between the Taliban and the attackers continued for half an hour, which ended after the death of 2 Taliban fighters and 3 attackers. Local Taliban officials in Kandahar consider this attack to be of ISKP affiliates. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Three hundred people have reportedly been hospitalized and are being treated for cholera in Kandahar and Helmand provinces, officials said Tuesday. The death toll has not yet been confirmed but on Sunday reports indicated at least 20 people had died in Helmand. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: A local source in Ghor province said that the Taliban raided Mohammad Moradi’s house, one of the commanders of the public uprising forces in the former regime, killing him along with his wife and daughter on Saturday night (June 25th). According to the source, the incident took place in Chahar Asyab village of Sar-e-Jangal,
8am: The Taliban’s Administration for Promoting Virtue has installed advertising posters in most parts of Kandahar depicting women without a ‘head-to-toe cover’ as animals. The posters read: “A Muslim woman who does not wear the Islamic hijab pretends to be an animal.” Earlier, the Taliban leadership had ordered women to cover their bodies and faces
ANI: Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city have compelled the shopkeepers to install their group’s white flag in their shops and buildings. Health clinics and public baths have too been asked to follow the order. The order has been issued by the Taliban officials in PD9 of Kandahar Municipality in a letter to shopkeepers and