Taliban halt national television broadcasts in Balkh. Afghanistan’s national television broadcasts in Balkh province were halted on the orders of Taliban governor Mohammad Yousuf Wafa. Local sources say the move was implemented on Tuesday evening (September 9) and was prompted by pressure from the Taliban’s Directorate of Encouraging Good and Forbidding Evil. Following the decision,
People in Faryab bid farewell to beloved poet Mohammad Alam Kohkan. Today, the funeral prayer ceremony for Mohammad Alam Kohkan, a famous poet and cultural figure of Afghanistan, was held in Faryab province with the presence of thousands of citizens. The body of the late Kohkan was transferred to Afghanistan from the United States on
Khalid Hanafi: Welcoming a woman is against Islamic values and the Islamic law. After the visit of Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al-Musnad, the Minister of State for International Cooperation of Qatar, to Kabul and her reception by Taliban officials, a new rift emerged within the Taliban regime. The Office of Encouraging Virtue and Forbidding
Students: The Taliban have deprived us of the dormitory because of our language and ethnicity. A number of students at Parwan University say that the Taliban have acted with an ethnic and discriminatory approach in the dormitory admission process, giving priority to Pashtun-speaking students over Persian-speaking students. According to them, the Taliban consider Pashtuns superior
Panjshir families: Taliban have imprisoned our children because of the flag. On August 15, the Taliban forcibly installed their flags on the roofs of houses and shops in the market of Rukheh district, Panjshir province. The locals, who were unhappy with this action, took down the flags after a while; which was met with a
Where is the aid going? The people of Kunar are still homeless and women are left without a doctor. Several days after the deadly earthquake in Kunar province, local residents say that despite the ongoing process of sending aid, they have not yet had direct access to this aid. This is while international organizations and
Sources: The Taliban education director in Panjshir appoints illiterate people in exchange for bribes. Local sources in Panjshir say that the Taliban education director in the province is hiring new people as school principals in exchange for a “fifty thousand Afghanis bribe and a party.” According to these sources, some of these principals cannot even
Taliban: We will not allow the misuse of religion and Sufism. The Taliban’s Ministry of Promoting Righteousness and Preventing Evil has announced that it has arrested Syed Mohammad Ibrahim Gilani, a leader of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, and a number of his followers. The ministry’s spokesman, Saif Khyber, accused him of “misusing Sufism” and said
Kunar Earthquake Victims’ “Women”: We Are the Last to Be Seen. Following the recent earthquake in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province, a number of affected women told the media that they were ignored during the relief efforts. According to them, male rescuers have mostly rescued injured men and children, but bloodied women and girls have been left
Women’s Protest Campaign: My Photo is My Identity; Removing Me is Removing Humanity. A number of protesting women and girls in Afghanistan say the Taliban have removed women’s photos from electronic ID cards; A move they believe is part of a policy of systematically removing women from social and legal spheres. The protesters have warned
