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Taliban spokesperson reveals his real identity after 25 years.
Taliban spokesperson’s real identity revealed after 25 years.Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesperson, has revealed for the first time that “Zabihullah Mujahid” is not…
Charred body of 26-year-old man body found in Jaghori.
Sources in Jaghoori district of Ghazni province say that a 26-year-old man has been mysteriously killed, and his charred body was found in the mountains.A source told the media tod…
Taliban official: I destroyed the Bamiyan Buddha statues with my own hands.
Abdullah Sarhadi, the Taliban’s former governor and military commander in Bamiyan, has told the BBC that he personally destroyed the giant Bamiyan Buddha statues in 2001.Sarhadi, w…
The Taliban prevented residents of Panjshir from attending Hasib Panjshiri’s funeral.
Restrictions Imposed on Public Attendance at Hasib Panjshiri’s Funeral in Panjshir.A relative of Hasib Panjshiri, a commander of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front who was kil…
Eyewitnesses: Taliban morality enforcers detain several women and girls in Herat.
Three eyewitnesses say that Taliban officials from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice detained and took away several women and girls in three separat…
The Taliban hand over the body of Hasib Panjshiri to his family after three days.
The Taliban, after a three-day delay, handed over the body of Hasib Panjshiri, a commander of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF), to his relatives in Kabul. Sources said…
Afghanistan freedom front: Mullah Dawood Afzal killed in an ambush in Nangarhar.
The Afghanistan freedom front has announced that Mullah Dawood Afzal, a local Taliban commander in Behsud district of Nangarhar province, was killed in a targeted attack carried ou…
Four members of a family rescued after going missing in the deserts of Helmand.
The Taliban’s head of Information and Culture in Helmand says four members of a family including two children, a woman, and a man have been found and rescued with the help of the T…
Continued smuggling of Helmand marble to Pakistan despite border closure.
Some residents of Helmand say that despite the closure of trade routes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, marble extracted from mines in Khanashin district of the province is being…
Taliban detain six people in Parwan, including two former security personnel.
Sources in Parwan province say that the Taliban have detained six civilians, including two former security personnel, in Salang district.The sources said two of those detained, ide…