8am: The Taliban have established a “Permanent Housing and Land Distribution Committee for Kunduz Migrants” in the northeastern province of Kunduz. This committee is tasked with distributing land to Taliban fighters and their families residing in Pakistan. A letter from this committee, obtained by the Hasht-e Subh Daily, reveals that the Taliban have called on
8am: The Taliban, too, claim to enforce God’s Sharia and incessantly speak of Islam and Islamic law. Yet, their actions practically fulfill the aspirations of ethnonationalists, achieving their goals and dreams. It is no coincidence that some ethnic nationalists sympathize with the Taliban, ecstatic that political and military power has fallen into their hands. The
Afghanistan International: In an investigative report, the Guardian described the Taliban’s destruction of thousands of homes in Kabul as a catastrophic purge with an “ethnic motive”. In a report prepared in cooperation with four Afghan news organisations, it has been stated that large areas in mainly Hazara and Tajik-populated areas have been completely cleared. Click
8am: The Taliban have reportedly continued to forcibly and unlawfully displace citizens across Afghanistan over the past three years. Recently, the group ordered the forced relocation of at least 100 Baloch families in Nimruz province. Some residents of Kang district in Nimruz claim that a Taliban commander has been making life unbearable, threatening about 100
8am: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Afghan Taliban share a unified strategy and a common goal, leading them to cooperate across both geographies. While some Afghan Taliban members harbor dreams of erasing the Durand Line and merging large parts of Pakistani territory into Afghanistan—an ambition they sometimes express through various pretexts, such as map drawing—each
Afghanistan International: Richard Bennett, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, in his new report said that some “credible sources” testified about sexual harassment and rape of women inside Taliban prisons. Bennett added that he was deeply concerned by the numerous reports of sexual violence against women inside the Taliban’s prison. The United
Afghanistan International: The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice announced that it had confiscated 259,469 acres of usurped land in 23 provinces of Afghanistan from September to October this year. The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice said that the confiscated lands are “Taliban government’s land” and have been handed over to the relevant departments of the group. The
8am: Many Uzbek citizens in Afghanistan argue that the Taliban’s ethnic biases have excluded them from political power, denying them a meaningful role in national decision-making. They criticize the Taliban’s mono-ethnic regime, which they claim has failed to provide any significant benefits to Uzbeks over the past three years. Instead, they say, the Taliban have
8am: Over the past three years, Taliban courts have consistently ruled in favor of the Kuchis in civil cases involving native Persian-speaking residents. In most instances, these courts not only transferred agricultural lands, homes, and properties but also ordered native Persian-speaking residents to pay millions of Afghanis in fines to the Kuchis. Click here to
8am: Some Afghan citizens who have sought official document processing at the Taliban-run courts in Kabul and various provinces have expressed dissatisfaction with the judges’ biased behavior. They report that Taliban judges treat applicants differently when issuing marriage certificates, marriage documentation, single status certificates, and inheritance documents. These citizens claim that judges appointed by the