8am: As a result of heavy floods on Sunday in Maidan Wardak’s Jaghatu district, huge financial losses have been caused to farmers in the district, local sources reported Monday. According to the sources, at least 1,500 acres of wheat and potato fields and apple orchards with their crops have been destroyed due to this natural
8am: Sources in Ghazni have reported that the Taliban rebels have abducted a married woman from the province and have taken her to Urozgan province. The woman was abducted by the Taliban a week ago, sources reported on Thursday. According to sources, the woman along with her child was taken from the village of Pashi
8am: A credible source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Hasht-e Subh that the Taliban have mobilized these new fighters to take part in the fight against the National Resistance Front forces. As clashes have intensified in the province over the last few weeks, it is reported that the dead bodies of the Taliban
Tolo News: Residents of Uruzgan province say that due to the lack of school buildings, students from the province’s more than 30 schools continue their education in the open. The Uruzgan education department reported that 32 schools in the province’s capital Tirinkot were destroyed during conflicts between the former government’s forces and the Islamic Emirate
8am: Sources in Deh Rawood district of Urozgan province have reported to Hasht-e Subh that anonymous armed individuals have mysteriously murdered two former soldiers. It is said that the victims were father and son. Despite the general amnesty announced by the Taliban, dozens of the former security forces have been mysteriously arrested, tortured, killed, and
8am: Uruzgan Khas is Hazara dominated district. Despite general amnesty announced by Taliban, mysterious murders and killings in the different parts of the country have raised questions that Taliban rebels are killing the people for the sack of revenge and no one in connection to crimes has been arrested or punished so far. Click here
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi February 22, 2022 A man accused of adultery has been publicly whipped by the Taliban in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan Province. Several residents of provincial capital Tarin Kowt told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi that the man was flogged in the city’s central square on February 21 in the morning. Tarin Kowt resident Noor Agha,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 17, 2022 Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan Province have ordered male employees to stop trimming their beards and wear a turban at work. Seeking to gain recognition and much-needed aid after taking over Afghanistan in August, the hard-line militant group indicated it would adopt a more moderate stance and rights-friendly
WSJ: The Taliban have displaced hundreds of families belonging to Afghanistan’s Shiite Hazara community in central Afghanistan, reinforcing fears of renewed persecution against a minority that suffered under Taliban rule in the past. The evictions this week in the Gizab district of Uruzgan province… Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Abdullah Atefi, a poet and historian from Uruzgan province, was killed Wednesday night, allegedly by the Taliban. According to Mohammad Omar Shirzad, governor of Uruzgan, Atefi was dragged out of his house in Chora district before being killed. Click here to read more (external link).