Suspicious clash in Zabul; Taliban claims to be fighting “robbers,” but accounts differ A fresh armed clash between Taliban forces and unidentified individuals in Qalat city, the capital of Zabul province, left two people dead and one injured. Another person managed to escape from the scene. Local sources confirmed the incident to the media on
Former soldier shot dead by Taliban in Jawzjan Local sources in Jawzjan province confirmed that the Taliban have once again brutally shot a former soldier. The incident comes amid a pattern of similar cases of detention, torture and killing of former soldiers by the group. The body of the soldier, identified as Rohin Qilch, was
Former soldiers targeted in unprovoked assassinations under Taliban rule. Continuing the wave of targeting and eliminating former Afghan soldiers, local sources from Kabul report that a former Interior Ministry officer was killed by unknown gunmen yesterday. Sources confirmed on Wednesday, July 9, that the incident occurred in the Makroyan Khohna area of Kabul city and
Unidentified individuals kill two members of a family in Paktika. Local sources in Paktika province say that unidentified individuals killed two members of a family in the Yahya Khel district of the province last night. The incident took place in the village of “Godlo” and the victims were a woman and a man. Sources have
Tajikistan gives Afghan refugees 15 days to leave. Local sources say the Tajik government has given Afghan refugees 15 days to leave the country. In recent weeks, detention and forced deportation of Afghan refugees in the country have increased. According to sources, many of the refugees who have been deported had legal residency documents. Currently,
Forced marriage of a Taliban official to a married woman in Takhar. Local sources in Takhar confirm that Mawlawi Barkatullah, the press officer for the Taliban’s intelligence department in the province, pressured a man into divorcing his wife and then married the woman. According to the sources, the incident took place in the Pul-e-Shahrwan area
Former army official warns: Taliban torture and assassinate former soldiers Hibatullah Alizai, the last former Afghan army chief of staff, said the Taliban secretly arrested, tortured and even assassinated former soldiers every day. In an interview with the Long War Journal published on Monday, Alizai stressed that Taliban prisons in provinces such as Kandahar, Helmand,
Explosion at Taliban base in Parwan; details still unclear Local sources in Parwan province reported a massive explosion at a Taliban base in the city of Charikar. The incident occurred on Monday evening, July 6, at around 8:00 p.m. near Charikar Square, the provincial capital of Parwan. Sources said the explosion took place inside a
A cleric rapes a female student in Kunduz and Taliban pressure to cover up the truth. In the latest example of gender-based violence in Taliban-held areas, local sources in Kunduz province reported that a cleric raped his daughter’s student in Dasht-e-Archi district; A shocking incident that once again highlights the nature of impunity structures in
According to sources from Takhar province, the brother of Mawlawi Habibullah, the head of the Taliban group in this province, tried to rape a girl, but the girl resisted and severely injured her with a knife. Sources confirmed that the incident took place the previous day in Dong Qashlaq village, Taloqan city, the capital of
