Afghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed poppy cultivation, according to a report from the U.N. drugs agency published on November 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Afghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed poppy … Read more
A security officer walks outside the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi on September 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The Afghanistan Embassy in India announced Saturday night that it is ceasing its operations from October 1, citing a lack of support from the host government, failure to meet expectations in serving Afghanistan’s interests and reduction … Read more
Image use for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s military says security forces have raided two militant hideouts in regions near the border with Afghanistan, triggering intense shootouts that left six insurgents dead during the Eid holidays. A military statement said the two raids were conducted earlier on June 30, in Tank and … Read more
CNN — A Virginia man convicted of providing support to ISIS in 2015 was sentenced Thursday to serve an additional year in prison for breaking his release conditions after meeting multiple times with John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban” and sharing ISIS propaganda online in encrypted chats. In 2015, Ali Shukri Amin pleaded guilty … Read more
CNN — A prominent activist for girls’ education in Afghanistan was arrested by the Taliban on Monday, according to an official, the latest step in its repressive clampdown on the rights of Afghan women. Matiullah Wesa, 30, is well known for his activism and is the founder of PenPath1, a non-governmental group that travels to … Read more
Paramilitary soldiers and police officers leave after conducting operation against attackers at a police headquarters, in Karachi, Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: AP Counter-terrorism personnel have killed two masterminds affiliated to the outlawed Pakistani Taliban outfit who orchestrated the audacious attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO) here last month during a pre-dawn raid, media … Read more
India and the EU need to speak up together about human rights in Afghanistan says the European Union’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson, who visited Delhi for consultations on the way forward. In an interview to The Hindu, Mr. Niklasson said the Taliban’s increased restrictions on women and the ban on girl’s education is … Read more
Ismail Mashal. File | Photo Credit: AFP Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “beaten and detained” an academic who voiced outrage on live television against their ban on women’s university education, his aide said on February 3. Veteran journalism lecturer Ismail Mashal caused a storm by tearing his degree certificates to shreds on TV in December, protesting … Read more
CNN — The United States is imposing new visa restrictions on certain current and former Taliban members, non-state security group members and others who are believed to be involved in repressing the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday. The announcement comes more than a month … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — The death toll from a suspected suicide bomb that ripped through a mosque at a police compound in northwestern Pakistan Monday has risen to at least 88, as the Pakistani Taliban gave conflicting claims of responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years. Mohammad Asim Khan, spokesperson … Read more