Daikundi

8am: Three days ago, media reported that a local Taliban official in Daykundi province, after his motorcycle went missing, extracted 60,000 Afghanis in compensation from the local people. According to the reports, a man named Haji Khayat, the criminal director of Khedir district in Daykundi, went to visit a person named Haji Khodadad and his motorcycle disappeared. The Taliban valued the motorcycle at 70,000 Afghanis, and Haji Khayat collected 60,000 Afghanis of that amount. The Taliban forced the people of the Korga area in the Khedir district to pay compensation for the motorcycle. 500 families, in addition to the host Haji Khodadad, delivered the money to the local Taliban office in Khedir district on Thursday, August 15. Each family paid 100 Afghanis, and Haji Khodadad paid 10,000 Afghanis in compensation. If this were anywhere other than Afghanistan, someone encountering such news would surely think it was a joke; however, in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, people experience the reality of such news firsthand because they face such illogical and inhumane decisions from the ruling regime daily. In Afghanistan, when someone reads such news, they are not amused but rather filled with frustration and anger, lamenting the misery and misfortune of the people. Click here to read more (external link).