A number of Afghan Turkic civil society organizations have issued an open letter condemning the recent incident in Dolat Abad district of Faryab province and calling for international intervention to investigate the incident. The organizations say that during Eid al-Adha, a group of armed men from neighboring areas attacked women and girls in the village
Following reports of a Taliban night raid on an “ISIS hideout” in western Kabul, a former CIA official has given a different account of the event. Sarah Adams, a former CIA officer, has posted a note on the social network X that the main target of the operation was actually a Taliban intelligence base and
Head of Afghan Support Organization: “Zalmay Khalilzad is not trustworthy” After Zalmay Khalilzad welcomed the Taliban Prime Minister’s Eid message, the head of the Afghan Refugee Support Organization in the United States described him as “untrustworthy.” “Afghans know that Zalmay Khalilzad is not trustworthy,” wrote Sean Van Dyver, head of Afghan Evac, in response to
From Kabul(Afghanistan) to Kyiv(Ukraine): Matin Bek’s Analysis — Ukraine Is on the Path to Repeating Afghanistan’s Fate On the eve of Ukraine’s negotiations with Russia, mediated by the United States, Abdul Matin Bek, a former senior Afghan government official, has published an article in The Cipher Brief, warning that the U.S. may be repeating the
Helmand – Local sources in Helmand province report that Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards have clashed again in the border area of Bahramcha district. According to the sources, the clash began around noon today and resulted in the injury of a Taliban member and a civilian as a result of firing by Pakistani forces.
A national conference entitled “The Future of Afghanistan” began in Stockholm, Sweden, with the participation of a number of Afghan political, civil and academic figures. The meeting was initiated by the Lazurd Yuli Center for Research and Strategy in collaboration with the Afghanistan Citizen Party and aims to discuss and exchange views on the current
The Indian government has resumed issuing visas to Afghan citizens in six categories after a four-year hiatus. Patients, their companions, students, businessmen, UN diplomats and ordinary entry applicants can now apply for visas, a foreign ministry spokesman said. Randhir Jaiswal announced on Thursday (June 9) that the “emergency visa” system for Afghans has been abolished
Kabul – According to documents leaked to the media from the Taliban Defense Ministry, the group has recently dismissed more than 4,000 of its military personnel from the official structure. Badakhshan tops the list of purges, with more than 1,000 dismissed, a decision that has been met with negative reactions from local Taliban in the
The fourth round of the Antalya Process, focusing on the role of civil society and democratic forces in the future of Afghanistan, ended on Tuesday, in Antalya, Turkey. The two-day conference was hosted by the Geneva Center for Dialogue and Development and the Afghanistan Civil and Democratic Forces Network and was attended by a number
The Freedom of Expression Center has warned that dozens of Afghan journalists in Turkey are at risk of forced deportation and return to Afghanistan. The organization said that 50 of these journalists sought refuge in Turkey after the fall of Kabul, but many of them are now in an uncertain legal status; Including 10 who
