Continued pressure on women; Taliban arrest women in Kabul At least 100 women have been arrested by Taliban forces in Kabul, local sources said in a wave of repression of women in Afghanistan. The arrests were made on Wednesday, September 25, in the Shahr-e-Naw area and its surroundings. According to sources, women were collected from
Tehran’s pressure, Kabul’s inability; 120,000 Afghan refugees forced to return in the shadow of Taliban’s anti-immigrant policies and lack of planning. Continuing the wave of systematic expulsions of Afghan refugees from Iran, local Taliban officials in Nimroz have announced that over the past 20 days, more than 122,000 Afghan refugees have been expelled or forced
Abdul Salam Maftoon, a Badakhshan singer, was released after three days of detention. Local sources in Badakhshan province confirmed that Abdul Salam Maftoon, a local singer of the province, was arrested by Taliban militants in Ashkasham district three days ago. According to sources, the artist was released on Monday, September 16, after mediation by local
Education under the shadow of coercion; Increase in girls in religious schools in Nangarhar With schools closed to girls, many families in Nangarhar have turned to religious education as the only remaining option. Local sources say that girls are now studying up to the 12th grade in dozens of home-based religious schools built in alleys
The Slow Death of Freedom of Expression in Afghanistan; Taliban Force Media into Systematic Silence In the latest restrictive step, the Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture has asked media outlets to obtain official permits and share the content with the ministry before hosting any political or analytical program. This measure has dealt a heavy
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
