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Activities by individuals affiliated with Juma Khan Fateh continue at mines in Badakhshan.
Local sources in Badakhshan say that despite a ban imposed by the Taliban leader on gold mining, individuals affiliated with Juma Khan Fateh continue to engage extensively in gold…
Amrullah Saleh: Some Taliban leaders are involved in corruption with Mirwais Azizi.
Amrullah Saleh, former first vice president of Afghanistan, has alleged that some Taliban leaders are involved in corruption with Mirwais Azizi, the head of Azizi Bank.Saleh said t…
Two young men in Kandahar attempt suicide due to economic hardship and unemployment.
Local sources in Kandahar say that two young men in the province attempted suicide due to unemployment and severe economic difficulties. One of them died, while the other survived.…
Taliban announces opening of a food and pharmaceutical quality assessment laboratory in Herat.
The office of the Taliban prime minister’s economic deputy has announced the opening of a laboratory in the western province of Herat to assess the quality of food, medicines and h…
Six Ismaili women arrested at Taliban checkpoint in Shighnan, Badakhshan.
Local sources in Shighnan district of Badakhshan province say Taliban officials from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have arrested at least six yo…
Taliban reports distribution of nearly 2 Million electronic identity cards and more than 69,000 Passports.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban, has announced that during the year 1447 AH, nearly 2 million electronic identity cards and more than 69,000 passports, including o…
Manawi: The Taliban have turned “Sharia” into an administrative punishment.
Fazl Ahmad Manawi, the former Minister of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, has said in response to a new directive issued by Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada tha…
The Taliban’s justice minister has summoned Hazara and Shia leaders.
Following criticism and protests by Hazara and Shia leaders over the conduct of Abdul Hakim Sharaee, the Taliban’s Minister of Justice, he has asked the leaders to come to his offi…
An explosion at a mine in Nuristan left one person dead and another injured.
A miner has been killed and another injured following an explosion during a mining operation in the Pachigram area of Barg-e-Matal district in Nuristan province.The incident occurr…
In Nangarhar, a woman who had been held captive in a house for eight months has been rescued.
The Taliban’s police command in Nangarhar says it has rescued a woman in Kuz Kunar district who had allegedly been held captive in a dark room for approximately eight months.Sayed…