Marshal Dostum: Martyrdom is an honor and death in bed is a disgrace for us. Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, leader and founder of the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, in a message on the occasion of Martyr’s Week, honored the memory of the victims of the war and the struggle for freedom and justice in
Amnesty International: Taliban are committing crimes against humanity. Amnesty International has issued a statement calling on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently establish an independent and international accountability mechanism to investigate past and ongoing crimes in Afghanistan. The organization stressed that such a mechanism should be tasked with collecting, documenting and analyzing evidence of
Former Taliban commander: We intended to kill journalists. Mohammad Omar Mukhlis, a former Taliban commander in Paktia province and a member of the Haqqani network, admitted at his farewell party that the group intended to kill journalists, but most of them managed to flee the country. “We would have killed all the journalists,” Mukhlis said
US threatens Taliban: Taking Americans hostage will have severe consequences. Washington’s clear message is that taking American citizens hostage, especially by the Taliban, will no longer be free of cost. The US Embassy in Afghanistan, which operates from Qatar, has announced that Donald Trump’s new executive order to prevent the wrongful detention of American citizens
Kofi called for UN decisiveness; Afghan women are still paying the price of the past. In response to the end of the mission of Roza Otanbayeva, the UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Fawzia Kofi, a former member of the House of Representatives, once again criticized the weak performance of UNAMA against the Taliban and said
Afghan activists in the US: We are fighting unarmed for social justice. A group of Afghan political and civil activists living in the United States have announced that they have established a new movement called “Peace and Freedom.” The movement launched on Saturday, September 15, and its main goal is to strengthen the voice of
Human Rights Watch: Recognizing gender apartheid could strengthen justice for Afghan women. Afghan women’s rights advocates have called on UN member states to recognize “gender apartheid” as a crime against humanity under international law. The demand comes as the UN General Assembly is discussing a draft convention on crimes against humanity. So far, at least
Experts: Shanghai’s stance can illuminate Afghanistan’s future. Following the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, Afghanistan’s political landscape has once again become the center of regional attention. The organization has emphasized the need to establish an inclusive government that includes all ethnic and political groups and is independent, impartial, and free from war,
Richard Bennett: Afghanistan’s future is bleak without the rights of women and minorities. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights, warned at a meeting in Geneva that Afghanistan’s future will be “dark” without ensuring the rights of women and ethnic and religious minorities. He considered the Taliban and poverty to be two major
McCall: The return of the Taliban brought terrorism back to Afghanistan. US Congressman Michael McCall, former chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, has once again criticized the Joe Biden administration’s hasty and turbulent withdrawal from Afghanistan. In a report republished on Saturday, he said the decision put thousands of Afghan allies at risk of
