Taliban issued a new diktat whereby they will be punishing those who criticize “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” scholars and public servants without any authenticity, be it with gesture, word or anything else. Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesperson of the Taliban published new “instructions” attributed to their leader, Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada, and their implementation was called the […]
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Afghanistan: Taliban bars humanitarian aid from entering Bamyan province
Taliban’s atrocities continue to ascend in Afghanistan as the organization barred humanitarian aid from entering the Bamyan as it denied the presence of displaced people in the Province. Many displaced individuals are living on the outskirts of Yakawlang district, according to sources in Bamyan, told Khaama Press that the displaced […]
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Taliban hikes coal prices after Pakistan PM approves imports from Afghanistan
The Taliban increased the price of coal by 30 percent after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved of importing coal from Afghanistan. The Ministry of Finance of Afghanistan raised the price of coal from USD 90 per tonne to USD 200 per tonne due to the increase in coal prices in […]
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US, Taliban to hold talk in Doha on Afghan frozen funds
The Taliban official Amir Khan Muttaqi, along with his delegation, left for Qatar on Wednesday to discuss with the US officials the release of withheld Afghan assets worth USD 9 billion amid country’s struggles with famine and poverty. The delegation team will meet the US Special Representative for Afghanistan, and […]
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Taliban detains former police commander of Bagram
The Taliban on Tuesday detained the former police commander of the Bagram district of Parwan province, Ahmad Khan Ahmadzai. The family of former Afghan government employee Ahmadzai said that two of his family members – his son and nephew were also detained by the Taliban over one week ago, reported Tolo […]
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Women, girls ‘are being written out of society’ by Taliban, experts warn Security Council
Amid the plummeting humanitarian and economic conditions, women and girls in Afghanistan are being deprived of their most basic human rights — employment and education, speakers told the Security Council on Thursday, as they examined the restrictive policies of the Taliban who took control of that country in August last year. “Women are collectively being written out of […]
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Taliban welcomes return of India’s technical team in Kabul
The Taliban has welcomed India’s decision to return their technical team to its embassy in Kabul to continue humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (lEA) welcomes decision by India to return diplomats & technical team to their embassy in Kabul to continue their relations with the Afghan people […]
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Afghanistan’s NRF claims shooting down Taliban’s chopper in Panjshir province
Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) on Thursday claimed that it had shot down a Taliban helicopter and captured four of the group’s members in the country’s Panjshir province, local media reported. Sibghatullah Ahmadi, the Director of Strategic Communications and the spokesperson for the NRF, confirmed the news of the shooting […]
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Taliban claim killing terror group ISIL commander in Kabul
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban has claimed that its forces have killed the commander of terrorist group ISIS (ISIL) and captured and another member in an operation conducted in the Bagrami district of Kabul province. TOLO News reported on Monday citing Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson said that these main key figures […]
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Afghanistan: Taliban torture civilians in Panjshir
Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan’s Panjshir province have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with an opposition armed group, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday. Since mid-May 2022, fighting has escalated in the province as National Resistance Front (NRF) forces have attacked Taliban units and checkpoints. The Taliban have […]
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Taliban dismisses UNSC’s call to reverse restrictions on Afghan women
The call of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to lift the Taliban’s strict measures on Afghan women has been dismissed by the Taliban forces who have termed it as “unfounded.” Reaffirming the Taliban’s commitment to Afghan women’s rights, the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the concerns of the […]
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Taliban unlikely to curb Afghanistan’s drug trade: Report
The Taliban through tactical declarations have been pretending to halt production of narcotics in Afghanistan to evade close international scrutiny on opium cultivation in the country. However, the Taliban run a taxation system to conduct their insurgent operations, which include the illegal drug trade, reported a Canada-based thinktank, International Forum for Rights […]
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Taliban sign deal with UAE to run Afghan airports
The Taliban have signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates on operating airports in Afghanistan, the group’s transportation and civil aviation minister said on Tuesday, after months of talks with the UAE, Turkey and Qatar. Taliban’s deputy minister of transport and civil aviation Ghulam Jailani Wafa signed a deal on Tuesday […]
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Taliban ditches former ally TTP over quest for global recognition
In a quest to gain global recognition, the Taliban has brokered the deal between Islamabad and the Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan rebels who have been detained and handed over to Pakistan by the organization. This move comes after the Taliban, in order to prove its usefulness to the world community has been […]
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Taliban leadership has zero credibility for Women’s rights: Human Rights Watch
Associate women’s rights director and former senior Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr, highlighted Taliban’s vicious remarks against Afghan women, calling out the organization’s growing atrocities, in a tweet on Friday. Taking to Twitter, she said, “Everyone from Taliban leadership has zero credibility on women’s rights,” recalling the […]