Seventeen years have passed since Aitmatov passed away; the writer who turned “Manqurt” into an identity warning Seventeen years have passed since the silence of the writer who made “manqurt” not just a word, but an identity warning. Chingiz Aitmatov, the wake-up call of Turkic culture, is still alive. Today marks the 17th anniversary of
With the arrival of Eid, we extend our most sincere congratulations and good wishes to the noble and suffering people of Afghanistan. We hope that this Eid will bring peace, enlightenment, and liberation from Taliban ignorance and extremism; a day when our compatriots will live in peace and dignity as free people. “EL Media” is
The Taliban’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has announced that there will be a four-day public holiday across the country to mark the arrival of Eid. According to the ministry’s announcement, the holiday will begin on Saturday, 2025 June 07, and will continue until Tuesday. Official government activities will resume on Wednesday next week.
Local sources in Jawzjan province confirm that the Taliban have handed over 18 Buzkashi horses belonging to Abdul Rashid Dostum, the leader of the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, to his brother, Mohammad Omar Dostum. According to the sources, the horses were in the hands of the group after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan
Local sources in Faryab province confirmed that the Taliban have dismissed 66 university professors in the province. It is said that 40 of these people are women. According to available information, the Taliban have dismissed 15 Uzbek women from the Faculty of Education alone and kept Pashtun professors in their posts. A number of the
Kabul – The National Examinations Authority has announced that the process of taking the first round of the national Kankor exam 2025 has begun today in 11 provinces of the country and will continue tomorrow. According to the official announcement of the authority on the social network X (formerly Twitter), the Kankor exam will be
Kabul – The publication of photos of the graduation ceremony of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s children on his official Facebook page has had a wide impact on social media. In the photos, for the first time in years, Zeenat Karzai, Mr. Karzai’s wife, is also seen at a public gathering. In the caption accompanying
Increase in child marriage and child motherhood in Afghanistan; a generation that becomes a silent victim of the Taliban regime before reaching adulthood. In a new statement, the “Purple Saturdays” movement reported a worrying increase in the phenomena of child marriage and child motherhood in Afghanistan under Taliban control, calling it a humanitarian crisis whose
On the sidelines of the informal meeting of the Turkic States Organization held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, the International Alisher Navai Award was presented to Professor Aziz Sancar, a prominent scientist of Turkish origin and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award, named after Alisher Navai, one of the pioneers of
At a meeting at the Hoover Institution, Afghan journalists and activists warned that media repression in Afghanistan has reached a worrying stage and that the support of the American people is needed to preserve freedom of expression. They emphasized that after the Taliban’s return, more than 40 percent of media outlets have been closed and
