Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has issued 20 decrees ordering religious school teachers to train students to resist ‘negative media propaganda.’ He has stressed that students must obey Taliban leaders, not speak of their faults and strictly implement the group’s curriculum. Teachers have also been asked to teach students ethics, Sharia and Sunnah and to
Mullah Abdul-Islam Hanafi, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, emphasized the equality of Afghanistan’s ethnic groups in a meeting with a number of Shiite elders and said: “Based on the policy of the Islamic Emirate, no discrimination or prejudice is acceptable.” The meeting was held on Sunday, but the Taliban’s official Arg page did not publish
Saifuddin Leton, a spokesman for the governor of Panjshir, has announced that the publication and distribution of images of the dead — which include photos and videos of humans and animals — has been completely banned in the province. According to Mr. Leton, this decision was made by the governor of Panjshir within the framework
Sources have reported that Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has postponed the Loya Jirga, which was planned to legitimize the group’s government and make new decisions, due to internal disputes within the Taliban’s top leadership. According to the report, a number of senior Taliban figures, including Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani; Defense Minister Mullah Yaqub; Red
Alarming increase in suicides among Afghan women; “Suicide is not the solution” campaign launched Following the increase in suicides among Afghan women in recent weeks, including the suicide of a young Afghan girl in Pakistan and the self-immolation of Abida in Ghor province, a new campaign titled “Suicide is not the solution” has been launched.
General Abdul Malik, the leader of the Freedom Party, has called for the start of an “international” discourse under the supervision of the United Nations and the Islamic Conference in response to recent statements by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottaki, calling the intra-Afghan talks a failed experiment. The comments followed Amir Khan Mottaki’s remarks
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has released a video message emphasizing the importance of freedom of expression and the role of journalists in society, saying: “When journalists cannot work, we all suffer.” Noting that freedom of expression is a vital foundation of democracy and human rights, Guterres added: “Journalists must be able to carry out their
Afghan Turk Women’s Movement: Abida was a victim of forced marriage and violence under a regime of force and oppression, a regime that tramples on women’s human rights and dignity. The Turkish Women’s Movement, protesting the self-immolation of Abida, a daughter of Ghori, under the Taliban regime, has expressed its deep sorrow and anger over
Turkish Women’s Movement: Mullah Hanafi has no right to distribute land and relocate refugees in the Northern provinces of the country. Turkish Women’s Movement; The Taliban have expressed concern over the relocation of returnees from Pakistan in Northern Afghanistan and called for an end to the process. The movement said in a letter that the
Following the spread of reactions to the systematic settlement of Pashtun and Waziristan migrants in the Northern provinces, Sardar Mohammad Rahman Oghly, former Afghan ambassador to Ukraine, has warned of the worrying consequences of this process. Rahman Oghly considered this Taliban policy a targeted attempt to change the demographic makeup of non-Pashtun-populated areas and emphasized
