8am: Senior Taliban members with religious education background, but zero level of experience in the respective fields of work have replaced the directors. The dismissed employees belong to a particular ethnic group and the newcomers who have replaced them all belong to the Pashtun community. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 21, 2022 Afghanistan’s Taliban Monday strongly defended their government against fresh criticism by the United States that the male-only leadership in Kabul is “dominated by one ethnicity” and lacks inclusivity. “This is invalid and we reject it,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told VOA when asked for his reaction to the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 4, 2021 Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government has held its first cabinet meeting since taking power in August, the group’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on October 4 in a press release, which also announced that the government would resume issuing passports and ID cards to Afghan citizens. The Taliban unilaterally formed
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 25, 2021 The austere form of Sunni Islam that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers follow is rooted in an Islamic seminary in Deoband, a town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an interpretation of Islam that is used by the Taliban to justify their clerical government
#Taliban collect their religious taxes from #Hazar, #Uzbek, and #Tajik provinces only. This is the exact policy of #AbdulRahman, their king who start stabling their historical #Emarat! It’s wired that after #democracy, Afghanistan pushed back to 300 years ago again! — Massoud Hossaini (@Massoud151) September 22, 2021
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 21, 2021 The Taliban-led government has expanded its interim cabinet, releasing a list of deputy ministers solely comprising men despite increasing international criticism that the hard-line Islamist group’s actions were failing to live up to its early pledges of inclusion for women. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid presented the list of deputy ministers
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says he has opened a dialogue with Afghanistan’s Taliban to try to persuade them to form an “inclusive” government in Kabul to ensure peace and stability in the war-torn country. Khan disclosed the initiative Saturday via Twitter, saying it stemmed from his
By Ron Synovitz Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 15, 2021 It has been just a month since Taliban militants seized control of Kabul and declared Afghanistan as an “Islamic emirate” that will uphold the militant movement’s interpretation of “Islamic rules and Shari’a law.” But already, the new Taliban regime is struggling to deal with
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 14, 2021 Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he’s hopeful the Taliban-led government will eventually become inclusive and draw its strength from domestic legitimacy, which he says is the key to earning international recognition. Karzai said in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi that he continues to urge Taliban leaders
Afghanistan Analysts Network: Set alongside their sustained military campaign in the Panjshir, the only province that held out against the Taleban takeover, and their violent response to protests across the country, it seems the movement’s priorities have coalesced – internal cohesion, monopolisation of power, silencing of open dissent and dividing the ‘spoils of war’, in