Targeted killings by Taliban reported in Afghanistan as US pledges to get all Americans out
3 years, 4 months ago

Targeted killings by Taliban reported in Afghanistan as US pledges to get all Americans out

ABC  

Reports of targeted killings in areas overrun by the Taliban are fuelling fears Afghanistan will be returned to the repressive rule they imposed when they were last in power. Key points: Afghan activists, women, former officials, journalists, ex-soldiers and others fear for their lives An Amnesty International report has documented massacres against ethnic minorities perpetrated by the Taliban US President Joe Biden has rejected criticism of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan Terrified that the new de facto rulers will commit such abuses and despairing for their country's future, thousands have raced to Kabul's airport and border crossings following the Taliban's blitz through Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden, rejecting criticism of his handling of the chaotic US withdrawal, warned the operation to evacuate thousands through Kabul airport carried risks and promised Americans there that "we will get you home". The United States is desperately trying to evacuate thousands of people from Afghanistan by an August 31 deadline, although Mr Biden said this week that US troops at Kabul airport providing security for the evacuation could stay longer if necessary. Biden claims US credibility remains strong Democratic and Republican politicians say Mr Biden did not act swiftly enough to withdraw vulnerable people from Afghanistan in the face of the rapid Taliban advances.

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At least 10 people killed in Afghanistan as gunman opens fire at Sufi shrine
1 month ago

At least 10 people killed in Afghanistan as gunman opens fire at Sufi shrine

The Independent  

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TikTok influencer faces backlash for posing with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan
4 months ago

TikTok influencer faces backlash for posing with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

The Independent  

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Taliban warns Afghan media outlets: Don't 'promote propaganda against regime'
1 year, 11 months ago

Taliban warns Afghan media outlets: Don't 'promote propaganda against regime'

Hindustan Times  

Taliban's ministry of information and culture said that the Taliban courts would prosecute the media outlets operating from abroad in the coming times, a report said. Blaming the Afghan media organisations of spreading propaganda, the head of the ministry Hemad said as per Khaama Press, “A decision has been made regarding these media outlets. It is expected that the court's …

Several dead and wounded in blast outside Kabul military airport
1 year, 11 months ago

Several dead and wounded in blast outside Kabul military airport

Al Jazeera  

No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion that caused multiple casualties, according to the Taliban. An explosion outside the military airport in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, has caused multiple casualties, according to a Taliban official. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said the blast on Sunday left several people dead and wounded, adding that an investigation was under way. “He …

Women always faced horrid times under Taliban, this time even female mannequins are not safe
2 years, 9 months ago

Women always faced horrid times under Taliban, this time even female mannequins are not safe

Firstpost  

Not only are the Taliban dictating the lives of women in Afghanistan, but they also want to curb the visibility of lifeless female mannequins from public view. In one of the most tragic events, Afghan women saw two decades of progress disappear, as the Taliban asserted themselves in the political space of Afghanistan and took back power and control in …

Taliban official wanted by U.S. makes rare public appearance
2 years, 9 months ago

Taliban official wanted by U.S. makes rare public appearance

The Hindu  

The Taliban acting interior minister — designated a terrorist by the U.S. — said in a rare public appearance Saturday that security police guilty of misconduct in Afghanistan were being penalized after a string of abuse allegations. Haqqani was photographed attending the Saturday graduation ceremony of the first class to complete police training since the Taliban assumed control of Afghanistan. …

Hundreds of Afghan women’s rights activists urge Biden to take action over killings and abductions
2 years, 10 months ago

Hundreds of Afghan women’s rights activists urge Biden to take action over killings and abductions

The Independent  

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'No apologies': US President Joe Biden defends troops withdrawal from Afghanistan
2 years, 11 months ago

'No apologies': US President Joe Biden defends troops withdrawal from Afghanistan

India Today  

Defending his decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan -- which resulted in the Taliban gaining control -- US President Joe Biden said 'I make no apologies for what I did'. At least 103 people were killed and over 143 were injured in two explosions that rocked the Kabul airport in August last year. Thirteen US soldiers, including 12 Marines …

China Will Try to Work Out Some Arrangement With Taliban: US Prez Biden
3 years, 3 months ago

China Will Try to Work Out Some Arrangement With Taliban: US Prez Biden

The Quint  

The United States, on the other hand, has blocked the Taliban's access to Afghanistan's reserves, most of which are held by the New York Federal Reserve. This came at a time when Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over a phone call on 29 August that the international community should engage …

Shot in the head, eyes gouged out: Former Afghan policewoman recounts Taliban attack on her
3 years, 3 months ago

Shot in the head, eyes gouged out: Former Afghan policewoman recounts Taliban attack on her

India Today  

The Taliban have not changed. They’re the same as what they were 20 years ago,” said Khatera Hashmi, a former Afghan policewoman. But they can’t come out and say it because they are afraid,” Khatera Hashmi said during an exclusive conversation with India Today TV. WATCH | Former Afghan police woman speaks on Taliban atrocities Betrayed by her own father …

Afghan media brace for what’s next under Taliban rule
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghan media brace for what’s next under Taliban rule

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Afghanistan’s most popular private television network has voluntarily replaced its risque Turkish soap operas and music shows with tamer programs tailored to the country’s new Taliban rulers, who have issued vague directives that media must not contradict Islamic laws or harm the national interest. “The media is important to them, but what they do to …

August 31, 2021 Afghanistan-Taliban news
3 years, 3 months ago

August 31, 2021 Afghanistan-Taliban news

CNN  

The US military negotiated a secret arrangement with the Taliban that resulted in Taliban members escorting groups of Americans to the gates of the Kabul airport as they sought to escape Afghanistan, according to two defense officials. One of the officials also revealed that US special operations forces set up a “secret gate” at the airport and established “call centers” …

August 31, 2021 Afghanistan-Taliban news
3 years, 3 months ago

August 31, 2021 Afghanistan-Taliban news

CNN  

The US military negotiated a secret arrangement with the Taliban that resulted in Taliban members escorting groups of Americans to the gates of the Kabul airport as they sought to escape Afghanistan, according to two defense officials. One of the officials also revealed that US special operations forces set up a “secret gate” at the airport and established “call centers” …

US investigating if civilians killed in Kabul airstrike after reports of child casualties emerge
3 years, 3 months ago

US investigating if civilians killed in Kabul airstrike after reports of child casualties emerge

Firstpost  

The US airstrike came after a suicide bomber from the Islamic State group on Thursday targeted US troops stopping huge crowds of people from entering the airport The United States is investigating whether civilians may have been killed in an airstrike it launched to destroy a car laden with explosives in the Afghan capital Kabul, a spokesman for US Central …

Biden warns another attack in Afghanistan likely as US begins final stage of withdrawal
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden warns another attack in Afghanistan likely as US begins final stage of withdrawal

Live Mint  

Evacuation efforts in Kabul began to wind down Saturday as the Afghan capital was on high alert for possible terrorist attacks in the wake of a U.S. strike against Islamic State. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack Thursday outside Kabul’s airport that killed nearly 200 people, including 13 members of the U.S. military. The U.S. military carried out an …

August 29, 2021 Afghanistan-Taliban news
3 years, 3 months ago

August 29, 2021 Afghanistan-Taliban news

CNN  

Nine members of one family were killed in a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, according to a relative of those killed. Those killed included six children, the youngest being a 2-year-old girl, the brother of one of the dead told a local journalist working with CNN. A man named Ahad, who said he …

Kabul: Locals accuse US troops of killing Afghan allies in 'panic firing' after terror attack at airport
3 years, 3 months ago

Kabul: Locals accuse US troops of killing Afghan allies in 'panic firing' after terror attack at airport

Op India  

Days after two terror attacks rocked the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul, local Afghans have accused the US forces of killing their loved ones in ‘panic firing’, reported BBC. Should add 12 US service personnel were also killed in the attack… ISIS-K has a history of awful suicide bombings on soft civilian targets in Kabul — Secunder Kermani August …

Chaos, death and despair: At ground-zero, India Today reporter helps Kabul attack victims
3 years, 3 months ago

Chaos, death and despair: At ground-zero, India Today reporter helps Kabul attack victims

India Today  

Chaos, death and despair gripped Kabul late Thursday as back-to-back explosions and gun attacks killed at least 90 Afghans and 13 US soldiers. Termed one of the deadliest days for the US troops in Afghanistan, at least two explosions struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport on Thursday evening causing a bloodbath in the capital city. Amid siren of ambulances …

Kabul airport explosions: US Marines among troops, Afghans killed
3 years, 3 months ago

Kabul airport explosions: US Marines among troops, Afghans killed

CNN  

CNN — Thirteen US service members and at least 60 Afghans have been killed in two bombing attacks outside Kabul’s airport, according to the Pentagon and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health. “America will not be intimidated.” An injured person arrives at a hospital after a suicide bomb attack caused casualties on Thursday, August 26, outside the international airport in Kabul, …

Kabul bombings: Scores killed in ISIL attacks at Kabul airport
3 years, 3 months ago

Kabul bombings: Scores killed in ISIL attacks at Kabul airport

Al Jazeera  

Medical sources say at least 72 Afghans were killed in attacks in Afghan capital claimed by ISIL affiliate. At least 85 people have been killed in two powerful explosions outside Kabul’s international airport, medical sources have told Al Jazeera, amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan. #KabulAirport #Afghanistan — EMERGENCY NGO August 26, 2021 Pentagon spokesman John Kirby …

The Afghans are not ready to believe the Taliban: Here's why
3 years, 3 months ago

The Afghans are not ready to believe the Taliban: Here's why

India Today  

As the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, fear gripped the people of Afghanistan who were reminded of the militant group's reign of oppression in its previous stint. Meet the leaders who hold the key to Afghanistan's future DOOR-TO-DOOR MANHUNT Days after the Taliban gained control, reports said the group launched a door-to-door manhunt targetting Afghans who worked for …

Civilians, US troops among dozens killed in Kabul blasts
3 years, 3 months ago

Civilians, US troops among dozens killed in Kabul blasts

Al Jazeera  

At least 60 civilians killed and dozens more wounded as Pentagon confirms 13 US service members died in two blasts. 26 Aug 2021 - 19:50 GMT ISIL claims responsibility for Kabul airport attack ISIL claimed responsibility for an attack outside Kabul airport, the group’s Amaq News Agency said on its Telegram channel. 26 Aug 2021 - 19:13 GMT Pentagon: US …

Taliban tell Afghan women to stay home because soldiers are ‘not trained’ to respect them
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban tell Afghan women to stay home because soldiers are ‘not trained’ to respect them

CNN  

CNN — Fear is mounting for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban told working women to stay at home, admitting they were not safe in the presence of the militant group’s soldiers. The instruction came the same day that the World Bank halted funding in Afghanistan, citing concerns about the safety of women, and within hours of the …

Report: Taliban killed minorities, fueling Afghans' fears
3 years, 4 months ago

Report: Taliban killed minorities, fueling Afghans' fears

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Taliban fighters tortured and killed …

At least seven Afghans killed in chaos near Kabul airport, says UK defence ministry
3 years, 4 months ago

At least seven Afghans killed in chaos near Kabul airport, says UK defence ministry

Firstpost  

The ministry said separately that the UK had now evacuated nearly 4,000 people from Afghanistan since 13 August London: Britain said Sunday that seven Afghans have died in the chaos near Kabul airport as the British defence secretary expressed support for extending Washington’s end-of-the-month deadline to permit the evacuation of so many people. “Our sincere thoughts are with the families …

British military: 7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport
3 years, 4 months ago

British military: 7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport

India TV News  

The chaos around Kabul’s international airport saw another seven Afghan civilian killed in crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The deaths come as a new, perceived threat from the Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan has seen U.S. military planes do rapid, diving combat …

Joe Biden’s reassurances on Afghanistan contradict chaotic images on the ground, capping week of bad optics
3 years, 4 months ago

Joe Biden’s reassurances on Afghanistan contradict chaotic images on the ground, capping week of bad optics

CNN  

CNN — As Americans watched chaotic and often heartbreaking scenes of desperation around the airport in Kabul this week, President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to do everything in his power to bring Americans home safely from Afghanistan as that nation descends into chaos under Taliban control. Most jarring, however, was how Biden’s answers to reporters’ questions on some of …

AP PHOTOS: Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

The United States invaded Afghanistan along with allied forces in 2001 shortly after the 9/11 terror attacks and has been there ever since, before the impending withdrawal this year of the last American troops. Aboard a helicopter on a medevac mission, two U.S. army soldiers treated a member of the Afghan National Army who was wounded by gunfire during an …

Reports of targeted Taliban killings fuel fears of Afghans
3 years, 4 months ago

Reports of targeted Taliban killings fuel fears of Afghans

The Hindu  

Reports of targeted killings in areas overrun by the Taliban mounted on August 20, fueling fears that they will return Afghanistan to the repressive rule they imposed when they were last in power, even as they urged imams to push a message of unity at Friday's prayers. The rights group said that its researchers spoke to eyewitnesses in Ghazni province …

Dear "fact-checkers", people are sharing old images about Taliban because the fear is real, it is not a political 'anti-Taliban' campaign
3 years, 4 months ago

Dear "fact-checkers", people are sharing old images about Taliban because the fear is real, it is not a political 'anti-Taliban' campaign

Op India  

Taliban has taken over Afghanistan, again, after a futile pretence of an expensive and wasteful war by the USA was finally brought to an end and American troops just packed up and left, leaving the hollow Afghanistan ‘government’ to crumble and shatter. Image via Twitter Mainstream media is busy ‘fact-checking’ claims of Taliban atrocities. The images, if shared now by …

Taliban kill reporter's relative, injure another while conducting door-to-door search
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban kill reporter's relative, injure another while conducting door-to-door search

India Today  

German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle says the Taliban shot and killed a relative of one of their reporters in Afghanistan and severely injured a second family member. DW said in a statement on Thursday that the Taliban fighters were allegedly conducting a door-to-door search to try and find the journalist, who now works in Germany. DW director general Peter Limbourg …

Taliban launch door-to-door hunt for NATO workers, kill relative of journalist
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban launch door-to-door hunt for NATO workers, kill relative of journalist

India Today  

The Taliban are conducting door-to-door searches for people who worked for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces and the previous government, a United Nations document has reported. The report compiled by the RHIPTO Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, which provides intelligence to the UN, warned that the Taliban was targeting "collaborators", BBC reported. A second relative was seriously wounded but …

Reuters, AP and homegrown 'fact-checkers' Alt News come to the rescue of Taliban: Here is what happened
3 years, 4 months ago

Reuters, AP and homegrown 'fact-checkers' Alt News come to the rescue of Taliban: Here is what happened

Op India  

The ‘rent-a-cause’ andolanjeevis have successfully created a prosperous career in India and elsewhere. https://t.co/MblT7DmVtS — AP Fact Check August 18, 2021 The aforementioned news agencies, rushing to safeguard the Taliban’s ‘reputation’ claimed that the photos were ‘digitally altered’. UK warns Taliban will be judged on its "actions rather than by its words" : https://t.co/BIdWtMRtb5 pic.twitter.com/viXfxuGcjp — AFP News Agency August …

Taliban unleash its wicked face on Afghanistan's I-Day; open fire, beat up women, kids outside Kabul airport
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban unleash its wicked face on Afghanistan's I-Day; open fire, beat up women, kids outside Kabul airport

India TV News  

Afghanistan Latest News: Although the Taliban promised safe passage to the Kabul airport for people trying to flee the country, there have been incidents of violence at the checkpoints on airport roads. Reports say that women and children were beaten as they passed through checkpoints set up by Taliban fighters to reach the airport to flee the country. Reports say …

Afghans, including ex-military translators, appeal to US for faster evacuation under Taliban rule
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghans, including ex-military translators, appeal to US for faster evacuation under Taliban rule

Firstpost  

President Joe Biden and his top officials said the US was working to speed up the evacuation but made no promises how long it would last or how many desperate people it would fly to safety Washington: Educated young women, former US military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban appealed to the Biden administration to get them …

'Help, Taliban are coming for us': Afghan woman pleads to US soldiers in Kabul | Video
3 years, 4 months ago

'Help, Taliban are coming for us': Afghan woman pleads to US soldiers in Kabul | Video

India Today  

A video has surfaced from Afghanistan showing a woman screaming for help as she wants to escape the Taliban, who announced the capture of Kabul on Sunday. The video was reportedly shot at the Kabul airport, where the woman pleaded to the US soldiers seeking help. In the viral video, a young woman is seen weeping and screaming from behind …

They said you are a woman, go home: Afghan journalist talks about life after Taliban takeover
3 years, 4 months ago

They said you are a woman, go home: Afghan journalist talks about life after Taliban takeover

India Today  

After taking over the effective control of Afghanistan, the Taliban have been asking women journalists in the government-owned media platforms to not come to work, said TV anchor Shabnam Dawran. In an interview with India Today TV's Preeti Choudhry, Shabnam Dawran, who worked in RTA Pashto, gave a glimpse of what professional women in Afghanistan are going through after the …

Here's how an Afghan journalist managed to escape Taliban on US plane
3 years, 4 months ago

Here's how an Afghan journalist managed to escape Taliban on US plane

India Today  

Thousands of people on the runway, panicking and pleading for help. Afghan journalist Ramin Rahman recounts his escape on a US plane from the Hamid Karzai International Airport on the day the Taliban took control of Kabul. ‘COME HERE, YOU ARE SAFE’ Meanwhile, I saw American troops leading a small group of people onto the military section of the tarmac. …

Hours after vowing to 'honour women's rights', Taliban kill woman in Takhar
3 years, 4 months ago

Hours after vowing to 'honour women's rights', Taliban kill woman in Takhar

Hindustan Times  

The Taliban are slowly spreading their reign of terror across Afghanistan, despite promising to change the way of governance from their rule 20 years ago. Reports have been emerging from Kabul and other cities about Taliban fighters beating up women and roaming around streets looking for ex-government workers. Shockingly, the incident was reported on the same day when the group's …

Taliban attack women, children at Kabul airport despite peace promise: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban attack women, children at Kabul airport despite peace promise: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Taliban, since taking over the power in Afghanistan, have promised peace and said they would respect the rights of women, but the reality on the ground is something else. Photos and videos emerging from Kabul show that Taliban fighters are using sharp objects to beat back women and children who are desperately trying to enter Kabul airport in a …

Afghanistan under the Taliban: What do we know so far?
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan under the Taliban: What do we know so far?

Al Jazeera  

New government formation talks and evacuations are under way simultaneously as the Taliban seeks to reassure nervous people. Kabul remained tensely calm on Tuesday as the Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government days after the armed group took over the country. Here are some significant developments: Taliban holds talks on an interim government …

Taliban shoot at Afghan man trying to enter Kabul airport | Video
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban shoot at Afghan man trying to enter Kabul airport | Video

India Today  

Amid several visuals of chaos emerging from Kabul, a video of a man, purportedly a Taliban fighter, shooting at a civilian trying to enter the Kabul airport has gone viral across social media platforms. Sharing the clip, the agency wrote, "Taliban Fighter shooting on a man trying to enter the #kabulairport, He actually expected the Taliban to behave like the …

Taliban urge women to join government as flights evacuate more diplomats from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban urge women to join government as flights evacuate more diplomats from Kabul

ABC  

The Taliban have declared an "amnesty" across Afghanistan, urging women to join their government, as US military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians resumed. Key points: A Taliban spokesman says the group does not want to make women "victims" After Monday's chaotic scenes at Kabul airport, the Taliban call for calm across the country Afghan politicians are holding talks with Taliban …

At least 10 killed in Kabul airport evacuation chaos
3 years, 4 months ago

At least 10 killed in Kabul airport evacuation chaos

India Today  

Thousands of Afghans rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport Monday, so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and plunged to death in chaos that killed at least 10 people. The Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, …

Four key questions for the US after the Taliban’s Kabul takeover
3 years, 4 months ago

Four key questions for the US after the Taliban’s Kabul takeover

Al Jazeera  

US officials appear surprised by the Taliban’s rapid advance, raising new questions over how Joe Biden will proceed. But Biden and his top officials have continued to defend the withdrawal timeline, with the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, saying the Taliban’s swift takeover proved the futility of continued US involvement in Afghanistan. On Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said …

As the Taliban seized cities, they sent women home
3 years, 4 months ago

As the Taliban seized cities, they sent women home

Al Jazeera  

The Taliban told female employees at some banks to not return to their jobs, raising concerns over their futures. In early July, as Taliban fighters were seizing territory from government forces across Afghanistan, some of them walked into the offices of Azizi Bank in Kandahar and ordered nine women working there to leave. “I taught myself English and even learned …

Taliban executes young woman for wearing tight clothes
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban executes young woman for wearing tight clothes

India TV News  

Reports from Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh say the Taliban killed a young woman for wearing tight clothing and not being accompanied by a male relative. Reports said the young woman was shot dead by Taliban extremists in the village of Samar Qandian, which is controlled by the militant group. Families fearing the Taliban's advance have been sending women and …

Taliban shoots dead a girl for not wearing a veil in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban shoots dead a girl for not wearing a veil in Afghanistan

Op India  

In yet another brutal display of savagery, a 21-year-old girl was shot dead by Taliban terrorists for not wearing a veil in Afghanistan. The analysts also point towards another Taliban proclamation wherein they said that they want to restrict the freedom gained by women in the last few years, stating it has promoted “indecency” and “immorality”. Afghanistan in chaos as …

Afghanistan's embassy says videos show Afghan civilians being tortured, murdered by Taliban
3 years, 5 months ago

Afghanistan's embassy says videos show Afghan civilians being tortured, murdered by Taliban

ABC  

Afghanistan's embassy has released a series of videos which appear to show appalling atrocities committed by the Taliban as the militant group intensifies its campaign to take control of the country. Key points: The deeply distressing videos show civilians being beaten, tortured and murdered The Taliban has intensified its military campaign, seizing vital towns and districts in the north and …

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