Amu: Hundreds of people gathered in the western city of Herat on Tuesday to protest a deadly attack on civilians, but Taliban restricted the scale of the demonstrations, according to local sources. The rally followed a shooting on Friday, April 10, in Injil district, where gunmen opened fire on civilians near a shrine, killing at
Amu: Sources say 12 people were killed and 20 others wounded in a shooting in western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Friday, April 10, in an attack that appeared to target civilians visiting a religious site. The assault took place in the Deh Miri area of Injil district in Herat, where a shrine draws visitors, many
Afghanistan International: Local sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban prevented Shia Muslims from holding Eid al-Fitr prayers in some areas of Kabul. According to the sources, most Shia Muslims observed Eid on Saturday, but Taliban forces were deployed at the entrances of Shia mosques, including in western Kabul, to block the prayers. Click here
By AFP and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: Taliban authorities confirmed on September 12 that civilians had been shot dead that day in an attack in central Afghanistan but provided no further details. “Unknown gunmen have opened fire and have killed the civilians,” Abdul Matin Qani, a spokesman for the Taliban’s Interior Ministry told the AFP news
Khaama: According to reports, seven individuals were injured in an explosion caused by a grenade blast during the Muharram ceremony at the Imamzadeh Yahya shrine in central Sar-e-pol province. Local residents stated that an unidentified individual threw a grenade near the ceremony before sunset on Friday, July 19th. No group has claimed responsibility for the
Khaama: It emphasizes that the Taliban failed to protect places of worship in Afghanistan over the past year. The State Department’s annual report also mentions the declining Sikh and Hindu populations, attacks on Shia mosques, and assaults on Hazaras. It cites historical events, including the killing of a Salafi cleric in Kapisa in 2023, prompting
Afghanistan International: More than 50 Shia figures from Afghanistan in Europe emphasised on the necessity of “firm resistance” against the Taliban at a meeting in Frankfurt, Germany. These activists said that the Shia community must, if necessary, stand against the oppression of the Taliban, even through armed resistance. This meeting, held on Saturday, June 8,
8am: Some followers of the Shia faith in the country criticize the Taliban’s ban on the entry of Jafari jurisprudence books into the country and the collection of such books from state and private university libraries. According to them, access to religious information is the right of every citizen, and the Taliban’s restrictions on the
Tolo News: Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, told TOLOnews that Monday’s attack on a Shia mosque in the Guzara district of Herat does not signify the strengthening of Daesh in Afghanistan. The spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate described the attack as a crime and said that efforts to find the perpetrators of
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 30, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Tuesday that an overnight attack on a Shiite mosque in a western region bordering Iran had killed at least six people, including a child. An Interior Ministry spokesman reported that an “unknown armed person” stormed the mosque in the Guzara district in