By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, August 27, 2023The Taliban administration, disregarding the international outrage stemming from the “oppressive” restrictions imposed on the lives, work, and education of women in Afghanistan, has continued to intensify these limitations. In the latest instance, as per the directive of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Taliban, women are not allowed to visit Band-e-Amir’s attractions. Khalid Hanafi, the acting Minister of…
Posts tagged as “Taliban”
AFP in Dawn, August 25th, 2023KABUL: Dozens of Afghan women granted scholarships to study in the United Arab Emirates have been blocked from leaving Afghanistan, one of the women said on Thursday, following outcry from their Emirati sponsor. Laila, 22, was one of around 30 women who had been sponsored to study in the UAE by prominent Emirati businessman Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, but were stopped from departing on their flights from Kabul airport on…
report in Khaama Press online, August 22, 2023A U.N. report released Tuesday reveals that over 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have occurred since the Taliban’s takeover two years ago. According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the group most targeted by the Taliban have been individuals who were previously part of the army, police, and intelligence forces. Between August 15, 2021 (when the Taliban took control), and…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, August 17, 2023Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has brought to light a worrying surge in the detention of journalists in Afghanistan following the takeover of the country by the Taliban. Within the past 10 days, nine journalists have been arrested by the Taliban, causing significant concern among media organizations globally. The organization revealed on Wednesday that 12 journalists are currently being held in detention without any apparent reasons given.…
Report in Dawn, August 17th, 2023PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday said there was a complete ban on activities of political parties in Afghanistan. “Political parties’ activities have been completely stopped in the country because neither do these parties have any standing in Sharia, any place in Sharia nor are any national interests attached to these parties or the nation liked them,” Interim Minister for Justice, Shaikh Maulavi Abdul Hakeem Sharae said while presenting annual…
report in The Nation, August 16, 2023The UN said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court should recognize gender discrimination in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity. “The legal opinion we have received shows that the denial of education to Afghan girls and employment to Afghan women is gender discrimination, which should count as a crime against humanity, and it should be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court,” said Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global…
by Tahir Khan in Dawn, August 16th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday celebrated the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul at a time when the country faces a variety of challenges, the foremost being the non-recognition of their government by every single country in the world. Senior Taliban leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi, spoke at a gathering in Kabul and highlighted achievements over the past two years, but did not…
report in Khaama Press online, Aug 12, 2023Office of Prisons Administration officials revealed on Sunday that there are presently 16 foreign nationals incarcerated in prisons across Afghanistan. In the government’s accountability program, Habibullah Badr, the Military Deputy of the Office of Prisons Administration, revealed five women among the foreign prisoners in Afghanistan. He further said there are 16,000 prisoners nationwide, with 1,194 women. As per earlier reports, individuals from the United States and the United…
Report in Dawn, August 10th, 2023PESHAWAR: The counter-terrorism department on Wednesday denied the existence of Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan and claimed that the TJP was an alternative name for the proscribed militant outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. “The TJP is a name used by the banned TTP. Though the banned TTP disassociated itself from the July 25 suicide bombing in Ali Masjid area of Khyber tribal district, we [department] have evidence of its involvement in the blast,” CTD deputy…
AFP report in The News, August 10, 2023KABUL: Dozens of Pakistani Islamic State (IS) group militants have been killed or captured in Afghanistan in the past year, Kabul’s Taliban authorities said on Wednesday, days after Islamabad blamed Afghans for involvement in suicide attacks on its territory. Tensions between the neighbours have mounted recently over an uptick in suicide attacks in Pakistan, with Islamabad claiming militants are frequently helped by Afghans. Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid…