Yuri Kukov, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, called Afghanistan under Taliban rule “a source of instability and a threat” to neighbors. In an interview with the Russianskaya newspaper, he said Moscow was particularly concerned about ISIS’s activities in Afghanistan and its attempts to infiltrate Central Asia and Russia. Kukov warned that the threat
Unidentified gunmen kill two residents of Daikundi; local Taliban likely involved in these killings Local sources in Daikundi have reported the killing of two citizens in the province’s Kiti district. According to sources, the incident took place last week in the village of Royan. The victims, named Wahid and Ali Mohammad, were the original residents
According to reliable sources, instead of providing treatment to addicts, Taliban forces are killing them. Public sources reported that at least seven addicts have died in a Taliban prison in Kandahar province due to violence by this group. According to these sources, the bodies of these victims have been in the hospital morgue for more
Local sources in Badakhshan province say that the Taliban have arrested and then killed a Salafi cleric in the province. According to the sources, the cleric was named “Mawlawi Khairullah” and was a resident of the Shuhada district of Badakhshan province. He was arrested by Taliban forces five days ago while he was planting flowers
What happened? At around 1 am on Wednesday, July 23, a 31-year-old Belarusian man named Vladimir Vitkov picked up an Afghan child who had just arrived in Russia from Iran and Afghanistan with his pregnant mother in the waiting room of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport and violently threw him to the ground. The 18-24-month-old child
Local sources in Takhar province say Taliban fighters shot dead a man named “Faiz Mohammad” and beat at least 11 others in Lajda village of Farkhar district. According to the sources, Faiz Mohammad, an elderly man and a resident of the area, had tried to prevent the construction of a restaurant on his private land;
Local sources in Badghis say that a former soldier was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Sunday night in the Jawalaq area of Qadis district. The man was 30 years old and, according to a source, the Taliban were responsible for his murder; according to the source, the victim had no enmity with anyone. The
Several weeks after the disappearance of Zalala Hashemi, a well-known Afghan singer, her family says that the Taliban have not only taken no action to find her, but have also pressured them to deny the story of her kidnapping and replace it with “running away from home.” One of Zalala’s relatives told the media that
Rahim Saeedi released after 11 months in prison; Amnesty International says he was imprisoned solely for free expression Following international pressure and public support campaigns, Sayed Rahim Saeedi, a filmmaker and YouTube producer, has been released after spending 11 months in a Taliban prison. Amnesty International issued a statement saying Saeedi’s arrest was a clear
Continued corporal punishment by the Taliban; men whipped in Kabul In the latest round of corporal punishment, Taliban officials said they had whipped 25 men for drug and alcohol-related offenses in Kabul. According to an official statement issued by the Taliban Supreme Court on Saturday, the men were arrested for “selling alcohol, drugs including hashish,
