Taliban have made checking young men’s phones and beards a daily routine. Local sources in Kunduz province say that Taliban forces have arrested three young men simply for having music on their phones, a move that has raised concerns about the Taliban’s growing interference in citizens’ private lives. A Kunduz resident said in an audio
The destruction of the Rawze-e-Sharif; a symbol of the Taliban’s indifference to Afghanistan’s historical heritage. Newly released images of the historic Rawze-e of the Rawze-e-Sharif in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif show the widespread destruction of this ancient monument; Rawze-e-Sharif attributed to Imam Ali and for centuries considered not only a symbol of culture and history,
Sheikh Abdul Sami Ghaznavi, a Taliban jihadi master, was arrested for making different statements. The Taliban, which has repeatedly claimed “tolerance” and “internal reform” in recent years, has once again shown that it cannot tolerate the slightest difference of opinion from within its ranks. The latest example is the arrest of Sheikh Abdul Sami Ghaznavi,
All Hazara professors were dismissed from the military academy by the Taliban. Informed sources told the media that the Taliban’s defense ministry had expelled all Hazara professors from the National Military Academy. According to sources, the Taliban have dismissed 16 Hazara teachers in two phases, called “reduction” and “evacuation”. While the reductions lead to the
Hanafi: Ulema should mobilize against the media. In his latest statements, Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s Minister of Religious Affairs, accused foreign media of “promoting the veil, drinking alcohol, and gambling” in Afghanistan and called on the Ulema to confront media activities. He called these actions part of “propaganda of evil” and called confronting them “jihad.”
Shiite cleric’s office in Kabul closed; Behsudi: Taliban decision was without investigation. Continuing the Taliban’s pressure on critical religious figures, prominent Shiite cleric Waizzada Behsudi announced that his representative office in western Kabul had been closed by the group. Behsudi said in a statement on Wednesday that his office had been sealed by the Taliban’s
Female journalists silenced at Taliban Foreign Ministry press conference. Continuing to impose restrictions on women’s presence in the media, the Taliban silenced female journalists at a press conference in Kabul. The press conference was held by the Taliban Foreign Ministry at the group’s media center on Wednesday, July 23, and was broadcast live on national
Ahmadi: The Taliban’s arrest of women is the worst kind of religious and human atrocity. Mohammad Amin Ahmadi, an Islamic scholar, religious researcher, and former member of the negotiating team with the Taliban, has strongly condemned the arrest of women and girls by the group’s Amr-e-Ma’ruf agents, calling it “the worst kind of religious and
Taliban search youth phones in Dasht-e-Barchi. Continuing restrictive measures and violating citizens’ privacy, Taliban forces searched the mobile phones of a number of youths in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul on Tuesday, July 21. Local sources confirm that these searches were conducted in the West Shop area and that the Taliban searched all sections of
Taliban cadres violently disrupted graduation celebrations at Faryab University. Local sources in Faryab province confirm that officers of the Taliban’s Department of Encouraging Righteousness and Preventing Evil have arrested a number of Faryab University students during their graduation ceremony. According to information received by social media, these students, who graduated from the Faculty of Economics
