By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Sept 1, 2023 at 10:38 PMThe deputy of the Supreme Court, Abdul Malik Haqqani said that the Islamic Emirate is committed to the Implementation of Qisas (an Islamic term interpreted to mean retaliation in kind). In an interview with TOLOnews, he denied the existence of a desert court by the officials of the interim government. “Implementation of hudud (an Islamic method of punishment) is God’s order and the Quran’s.…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press online, Sept 1, 2023Iran’s Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Seyed Rasoul Mousavi, emphasized that the Taliban holds a global obligation to establish an inclusive government in Afghanistan. In response to a speech by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, where he criticized countries pressuring the Taliban regarding the formation of an inclusive government, Mousavi articulated that the Taliban bears a worldwide responsibility to create a government that includes…
report in Khaama Press online, August 31, 2023US President Joe Biden reassures continued support for the people of Afghanistan on the second anniversary of the US military withdrawal from the country. In a statement released on the White House website, President Joe Biden highlighted that the US remains Afghanistan’s largest humanitarian assistance donor. He also paid tribute to the sacrifice of American service members, noting that 2,461 died and 20,744 were wounded throughout the two-decade…
By Shamsurrahman Khpalwak in ToloNews, Aug 31, 2023 at 8:55 PMFamilies of those killed in airstrikes by foreign troops in Afghanistan said that during the previous 20 years many civilians have been killed and injured. Families demanded justice from international institutions, especially human rights institutions. One of the villages that was a target of night operations, airstrikes, and missile assaults by foreign troops for the past twenty years is Qala-e-Ander, which is located on the…
By Hadia Ziaei in ToloNews, Aug 31, 2023 at 8:57 PMThe United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in its report that since August 2021, the Islamic Emirate has issued of 80 religious edicts and decrees in Afghanistan. According to the report, over half of the 80 religious edicts and decrees directly enforce severe restrictions on women and girls, hampering their ability to live according to their own religious interpretation, including bans on…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Aug 30, 2023 at 9:52 PMThe acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said that weakening the Afghan government will harm everyone and that the international community has assured the Islamic Emirate that they don’t support the armed resistance against the interim government. Speaking at a large gathering of religious clerics and influential figures of the country, Muttaqi said that Afghan soil is not a threat to any country…
By Michael Crowley in The New York Times, Aug 31, 2023When the last American soldier flew out of Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, leaving the country to Taliban rule, the world braced for a human rights nightmare. In that sense, the Taliban have met expectations. The country’s extremist rulers, who seized power from an American-backed government of 20 years, have carried out revenge killings, torture and abductions, according to international observers. They have also imposed…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Aug 29, 2023 at 8:23 PMA member of the US House of Representatives described the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as a mistake on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the departure of the last American soldier from Afghanistan. In an interview with FOX News, Mike Garcia, a member of the US House of Representatives representing California’s 27th Congressional District, claimed that hundreds of “Afghan partners” are currently being killed…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Aug 29, 2023 at 8:47 PMWhite House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that that the US has been very clear about the education of girls in Afghanistan. Addressing the press conference, Jean-Pierre said that Washington remains laser-focused on trying to support and assist the Afghan people without bolstering the Islamic Emirate. “We have been very clear in laying out our concerns, such as girls’ education, with the Taliban. We have…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, Aug 28, 2023 at 4:25 PMThe International Crisis Group (ICG), said in a new report that sanctions have become an increasingly prominent tool of US statecraft, but urged Washington to align sanctions policy with peacemaking efforts. The ICG said that as the use of sanctions has increased, so, too, has awareness of their collateral effects. “While the US looks to sanctions to further its goals in numerous conflicts,…
by Zahra Nader and Zan Times reporters in The Guardian, Aug 28, 2023 at 10.00 BSTFirst, her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed by the Taliban’s ban on education. Then her family set up a forced marriage to her cousin, a heroin addict. Latifa* felt her future had been snatched away. “I had two options: to marry an addict and live a life of misery or take my own life,” said the 18-year-old in…