Amid widespread poverty and widespread unemployment, a number of female bakers in Kabul say the Taliban have closed their bakeries without prior warning. According to them, the presence of men, the covering of some female customers, and accusations of “not wearing the hijab” were among the reasons for stopping their work. These women had started
Afghan women’s movements in neighboring countries have issued statements calling her remarks “political propaganda and lobbying in the service of the Taliban.” Cheryl Bernard, an American author and wife of the former US envoy to Afghanistan, recently claimed in an article that Afghanistan is now “in its safest state” and called concerns about Afghan refugees
Former Afghan army pilot Mohammad Amir Tavasoli has set himself on fire in Golshahr, Mashhad, after failing to extend his stay in Iran and receiving a departure permit. The head of the Mashhad fire department confirmed the news and said that the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, 2025 May 18, and the victim died of
Ghor – Local sources have reported that a number of Taliban soldiers in Ghor province, after their positions were reduced, refused to leave duty and protested the recent decision. Following this reaction, the Taliban security command in Ghor has issued an official letter to all military units ordering that those subject to organizational downsizing or
Tehran – The Taliban Embassy in Iran has announced that it will suspend services related to the issuance and renewal of passports and legal documents such as marriage contracts, divorce certificates, birth certificates, bail bonds, and criminal records clearance certificates, effective Saturday, 2025 May 24, until further notice. The decision was announced through an official
In a joint statement issued after their recent meeting in Budapest, the leaders of the Organization of Turkic-speaking Countries mentioned the role of Turkic ethnic groups in Afghanistan as a bridge between Afghanistan and its members. The statement, released on Friday 2025 May 23, said that Afghanistan’s Turks are part of the country’s ethnic heritage
Kabul – EL Media: While education should be a haven for growth and awareness, many schools in Kabul today have become torture chambers that are wearing out the souls of students. Local sources told Il-Media that the educational environment in the capital’s schools has become extremely militarized, oppressive, and inhumane. A clear example of this
Sources close to the family of Mawlawi Abdul Qadir Qanet, a cleric critical of the Taliban, have reported that the group’s forces raided his home in Kabul on Thursday morning and took his 12-year-old son with them. This comes after Mawlawi Qanet himself was arrested by Taliban intelligence two days ago. The eldest son of
Raza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA, met with Mohammad Nabi Omari, the Taliban’s first deputy interior minister. The main focus of the talks was the security situation in Afghanistan. The meeting was held on Thursday, June 1, and the two sides discussed strengthening cooperation in maintaining stability and
Over the past two days, a number of female UN staff in Kabul have been targeted by Taliban-affiliated gunmen. Internal sources confirm that these individuals have visited the staff’s homes and forced their families to stop the women from working by making direct threats. In some cases, the threats have been accompanied by insults, filming
