Afghanistan International: More than 200 former Afghan soldiers and police officers have reportedly been identified and killed by the Taliban since the leak of personal data belonging to Afghans who worked with British forces, according to an investigation by The Daily Telegraph. In a report published Wednesday, the British newspaper revealed that the killings began
Afghanistan International: Taliban forces have arrested Mawlawi Abdul Malik, the former deputy head of the Panjshir Ulema Council, in Kabul, according to sources close to his family. The arrest took place on Wednesday, at a mosque in District 15 of the capital. Malik was reportedly taken to an undisclosed location, and his current whereabouts remain
Afghanistan International: Shahabuddin Delawar, head of the Taliban’s Commission for Contact with Afghan Political Figures, made the appeal at a gathering in Kabul on Tuesday. Addressing veteran jihadi commander Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf by name, he said, “Ustad Sayyaf will either die in Türkiye or India; it is better for him to return to his
8am: Several families of former Afghan government military personnel report that, despite the Taliban’s announcement of a general amnesty, they face surveillance, interrogation, and threats from the group due to their familial ties to former security forces. They state that Taliban members have repeatedly visited their homes, demanding information about the whereabouts of their military
Afghanistan International: Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghanistan’s parliament, has rejected the Taliban’s recent invitation for former officials to return to the country, saying it is not an effort at reconciliation but a calculated move to silence dissenting voices. In a report published in May 2024, UNAMA stated that despite the Taliban’s announcement of
Amu: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has documented at least six killings of former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) members in the first three months of 2025, highlighting ongoing violence and targeting of individuals linked to the former government. According to UNAMA’s quarterly human rights update, released this week, the
8am: During 48 days of imprisonment in the Taliban Intelligence Directorate in Daykundi Province and three months in the Taliban’s Intelligence Directorate 40 in Kabul, they urinated on my face several times. They administered electric shocks to me over a hundred times and used contaminated water hoses to empty my stomach. Several times, they hung
Afghanistan International: After capturing Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban killed wounded government security forces who were being treated in a 400-bed hospital and dumped their bodies in containers, Amrullah Saleh, former Afghan vice president wrote. Saleh wrote on social platfrom X on Sunday that the Taliban shot wounded soldiers in a 400-bed hospital just
8am: In the past month, 20 individuals lost their lives in various incidents across the provinces of Herat, Badghis, Ghor, Nimruz, and Farah. During this period, the Taliban executed a former military officer and a civilian. Additionally, several civilian killings have been attributed to unidentified armed individuals. Approximately five Taliban fighters also died during this
Afghanistan International: Local sources in Takhar province have reported that Taliban forces executed a former member of the Afghan National Army in the Ganj Ali Baik village, located in Taloqan city, the provincial capital. According to sources, the individual, identified as Hussain Rizwani, was a former commando who had taken up farming after the fall