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Afghan poet falsely claims that Afghanistan's Panjshir is part of Iran Original
On March 25, Iran-based Tasnim News Agency posted an article headlined "Leader Encourages Poets to Harness Power of Poetry Against Global Tyranny.” It noted that 40 poets gathered at the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah in Tehran, a part of the House of Leadership, where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears publicly.
Two Pakistani Policemen Killed In Attacks Claimed by Baluch Liberation Army
Two Pakistani policemen were killed and eight others injured on August 8 in a blast in Quetta, the capital of the country's southwestern Balochistan Province. Balochistan government spokesman Liaqat Shahwani said in a statement that the bomb was planted on a parked motorcycle and exploded as a van in which the two policemen were riding passed by. The blast occurred near the city's high-security Serena Hotel. Several pedestrians also suffered injuries.
Pakistani Police Kill Three Alleged Militants In Raid
Pakistani counterterrorism police said they killed three suspected militants in a gunbattle early on August 8 during a raid on their hideout near the eastern city of Lahore. Punjab Province's Counterterrorism Department (CTD) said in a statement that the raid took place after police received information that the alleged militants belonged to the banned group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. The banned group is also known as the Pakistani Taliban.
Heavy Fighting Reported In Northern Afghan City Of Kunduz
Heavy fighting was under way on August 8 between Afghan government forces and Taliban militants in Kunduz, the capital of the northern Kunduz Province, officials and residents said. The militants have taken two provincial capitals since August 6, but Kunduz, a city of some 375,000 inhabitants, would be the most significant to fall since the Taliban launched an all-out offensive in May as U.S.-led forces began the final stages of their withdrawal scheduled to be completed by the end of the month.
Britain Warns Its Citizens To Leave Afghanistan As Security Deteriorates
Britain has warned its citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately as the security situation in the country continues to deteriorate. “All British nationals in Afghanistan are advised to leave now by commercial means,” the British Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office wrote on its website late on August 6.
Who's Who In The Taliban? The Men Who Run The Extremist Group And How They Operate
With the Taliban in control of more than half of all districts in Afghanistan, promises made by Taliban political negotiators in Doha appear to be falling by the wayside. The movement’s so-called Political Affairs Commission in Doha had vowed in a February 2020 peace deal with the United States that the Taliban would respect human rights and keep foreign fighters out of the territory it controls.
Head Of Afghan Information Center Assassinated In Kabul; Taliban Claims Responsibility
The director of the Afghan Government Media and Information Center (GMIC), Dawa Khan Menapal, has been assassinated in Kabul, the Interior Ministry said on August 6. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the killing, which comes after the militants earlier in the week said they would be targeting government officials. "Unfortunately, the savage terrorists have committed a cowardly act once again and martyred a patriotic Afghan," Interior Ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said.
UN Security Council To Discuss Afghanistan As Taliban Threatens Cities
The United Nations Security Council will discuss the security situation in Afghanistan on August 5 as the Taliban continued to make gains on the ground in fighting against government forces. The meeting comes at the request of the Afghan government, Norway, and Estonia and will be the first time the Security Council has discussed the topic since June.
Afghan Poet, Historian Killed By Taliban, Says Official
An Afghan poet and historian has been tortured and shot dead by the Taliban in the country’s south, a local official said. Mohammad Omar Shirzad, the governor of Uruzgan Province, said Abdullah Atefi was killed late on August 4 in the Chora district. "The Taliban took a poet and historian named Abdullah Atefi from his house in the Chora district last night, tortured him first, and then killed him," Shirzad told RFE/RL's Radio Azadi.
Afghan Women Journalists Give Up Work For Survival Amid Taliban Advances
Sadaf Siddiqi, a pseudonym for a young Afghan journalist, began her career with great hopes five years ago. She freelanced for local and national media outlets in the northeastern Afghan city of Kunduz, where she soon became a known face after becoming a presenter at a local television station. But rising insecurity and personal threats forced Siddiqi to give up her television appearances.
Kabul's Young Professionals, Students Watch Nervously As The Taliban Makes Gains
With just a week left until Eid al-Adha, a four-day Islamic festival, it was supposed to be a busy season for dressmakers in Kabul. But Ahmad Dawood’s tailor shop on the Afghan capital’s bustling Lycee Maryam shopping street is half-empty these days. “It’s a tradition in Kabul that nearly everyone wears new clothes for Eid, so normally we’d be flooded with orders ahead of the festival,” Dawood says. “Even on ordinary days, without Eid, we’ve never been short of customers.
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