8am: According to sources, the Taliban fighters have detained and tortured more than 20 residents of the Kereptab area in the district, including elders, farmers, shepherds, and children, and taken them all to their bases for further investigation and possible torture. As reported, the Taliban rebels have shot dead the dogs and livestock and have
8am: The Taliban have said to the displaced residents: “Go and tell Ahmad Massoud to give you a house,” sources told Hasht-e Subh. “The Taliban have humiliated and insulted these residents excessively while they were moving. According to sources, those who live in this district are all poor citizens and they do not have any
8am: As the killings of innocent civilians continue in Baghlan, Takhar, and Panjshir provinces, the Taliban rebels shot dead 3 more civilians in Andarab Baghlan province last night after severely torturing them. According to sources, the victims’ names are Hassan, Abdul Ghani, and Mujahid. Sources have confirmed that the victims had no affiliation with the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 13, 2022 PARWAN, Afghanistan — Resistance to the Taliban is flaring up in northeastern Afghanistan, and as reports of deadly fighting increase, so are claims of war crimes against civilians. The fighting is centered in the center and south of Panjshir Province, a traditional hotbed of ethnic Tajik resistance to the
8am: Taliban fighters are arresting innocent residents in war-torn villages in Panjshir and use them as hostage to gain leverage over the National Resistance Front. Local residents in Panjshir province confirmed the incidents. “In a number of villages in the province, especially in the village of Piyavasht in Rokha district, the Taliban have deployed Badri
8am: Local sources in Baghlan province have reported that the Taliban are detaining, torturing, and shooting innocent civilians in Andarab district of Baghlan province. Sources told Hasht- e Subh that the Taliban shot dead two young students last night in one of the villages of Andarab. According to sources, the victims were students of a
8am: Local sources in Deh Salah district of Andarab in Baghlan province have confirmed that the Taliban killed 7 civilians last night and took away 10 others to an unknown place. Last night, the Taliban fighters killed the innocent civilians in revenge when the Resistance Front forces attacked the Taliban’s vehicle in Qassan valley of
8am: Local sources in Panjshir province have claimed that the Taliban fighters have tortured and killed innocent civilians in the province. According to sources, the Taliban have killed 8 civilians, including a woman, in Abdullah Khil valley in Dara district of Panjshir for the last couple of days. The victims are Mullah Faqir, Sami, Jalil
Mohammad Naser Sidiqee via Fair Observer: Driven by ethno-nationalism, the Taliban are persecuting Tajiks who often find themselves at the sharp end of a knife or the barrel of a gun. Videos and reports of savagely violent killings, particularly of Tajiks have come to the fore. The Taliban has been engaging in indiscriminate killing in
Reuters: The parents of Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan last year, have begun legal action at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Islamist group, a lawyer for the family said on Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link).