Taliban

World 12/28/21, 16:03

While Afghanistan's economy is completely defunded and on the verge of total collapse and various organizations denounce horrendous human rights abuses, Taliban leaders continue to deny the reality by defending their management and even claim to be better off than in the last 20 years. Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi recently ...

Middle East 11/21/21, 02:59

Family members of a well-known Afghan psychiatrist revealed on Saturday, Nov. 20, that the doctor had been kidnapped and killed in Northern Afghanistan despite a hefty ransom being paid to secure his release.According to The Associated Press, Mohamed Nader Alemi was kidnapped two months ago near Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. ...

Middle East 11/04/21, 21:17

While international humanitarian help has been suspended since the Taliban's takeover of the country in August, families cannot fulfill their basic needs and live in despair. The Daily Mail witnessed when Parwana Malik, a nine-year-old girl, is being sold by her parents to a stranger with a white beard and eyebrows, ...

Middle East 10/28/21, 17:13

An intergovernmental organization should do more to stop human rights violations in Afghanistan, activists said on Oct. 26. Several Afghans protested against the United Nations's (UN's) inaction on alleged mistreatment of females. The Taliban regime recently closed multiple girls's schools, and demonstrators consider this to be a clear example of women's ...

Middle East 10/27/21, 16:13

America's largest government agency predicted the nation could soon face politically motivated terrorism on Oct. 26. The Department of Defense predicts the United States has between six to 12 months to prepare for a hypothetical Islamic State-K or al-Qaeda attack. Under Secretary for Policy Colin Kahl (D) claims Afghan terrorists are interested ...

Middle East 10/05/21, 16:44

The British government sent a diplomatic mission to Afghanistan on Tuesday, Oct. 5, to meet with leaders of the extremist Taliban group that controls the country to prevent the country from becoming an 'incubator of terrorism' and extending humanitarian aid, the Daily Mail reported. According to the British government press release, the Prime Minister's ...

Middle East 10/05/21, 03:37

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan provide half of Afghanistan's electricity, with Iran contributing further supplies to the country's west. This year's drought has had an impact on domestic production, primarily at hydropower plants. Kabul is nearly entirely reliant on imported power from Central Asia as Afghanistan lacks a national power grid.After ...

Middle East 09/17/21, 03:57

U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, a San Diego Republican, said in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 15, that he has helped a San Diego area couple in their 80s who are both U.S. citizens return to San Diego after weeks of being harassed and frightened by the Taliban while attempting to reach ...

Middle East 09/15/21, 19:23

The Taliban killed a UK-trained Afghan sniper in front of his family on Monday, a former British army colonel on operations alongside the slain man told The Times of London.   The victim, who belonged to an elite UK-trained unit, was 28 years old and hiding in Kabul, hoping not to be found by ...

D.C. 09/15/21, 17:18

A group of Republicans led by Florida Senator Marco Rubio will introduce legislation designating the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization and recognizing their government as a de facto terrorism-promoting administration. According to Fox News, Rubio is expected to introduce the legislation on Wednesday, Sept. 15, intending to prohibit federal departments and ...

U.S. 09/14/21, 23:57

A ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee chose a former broadcast journalist to probe Joe Biden's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on Sept. 14. Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas) recently selected former CNN national security reporter Ryan Browne to investigate the Joe Biden administration's "disastrous" withdrawal from Kabul. "I look ...

Middle East 09/14/21, 21:36

Taliban fighters have been appointed to run the same prison complex that once held them on Sept. 13. Pul-e Charkhi is under new management, and will be run by ex-convicts who once inhabited the very cell blocks they now administrate about 20 kilometers (13 miles) east of downtown Kabul. BL understands this ...

D.C. 09/13/21, 22:46

Joe Biden's top foreign policy adviser will testify about the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Antony Blinken is widely expected to be strongly criticized when he appears before the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on Sept. 14 and 15. Republicans will seize on their opportunity to grill the secretary of state ...

Middle East 09/13/21, 19:59

A militant Sunni Islamist chief, who many thought was dead, made a video appearance on Sept. 11. Ayman al-Zawahri's video message on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 caught some observers off-guard. The al-Qaeda leader, who was previously rumored to have died several month ago, praised the terrorist group's January attacks on Russian ...

U.S. 09/13/21, 18:04

A structure dedicated to thousands of lives lost in the nation's deadliest terrorist attack was defaced on Sept. 11. Mourning South Carolinians were shocked to find the Greenville 9/11 memorial covered in graffiti. The words "Taliban" were spray painted on a pair of granite slabs, resembling the World Trade Center's Twin ...

Middle East 09/11/21, 19:22

The Taliban killed one of the prominent leaders of the sole resistance force in Afghanistan on Friday, Sept. 11.  The leader, Rohullah Azizi, and his driver were shot to death in their car at a checkpoint north of Panjshir valley, the Associated Press reported. It was unclear where he was heading ...

Middle East 09/09/21, 20:15

A U.S. official on Thursday, Sept. 9, said that the new Afghanistan government had allowed some foreign citizens to leave the country, days after reports they held back several flights emerged. According to Reuters, the Taliban had allowed two hundred internationals to leave on charter flights from Kabul, some of which ...

Middle East 09/08/21, 16:22

During an interview on Tuesday night, Sept. 7, former President Donald Trump spared no criticism of the Biden administration, focusing his comments on the "disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan" and expressing concern that they had empowered the Taliban who seized power with military hardware. During an interview with NewsMax in the context ...

Middle East 09/08/21, 02:44

A majority of likely U.S. voters approve deploying military force to rescue the Americans left behind in Afghanistan by the United States.According to a Rasmussen poll issued on Monday, Sept. 6, 69 percent of likely U.S. voters believe the U.S. should use military force if necessary to rescue Americans left ...

Middle East 09/08/21, 02:33

The Taliban announced its new all-male caretaker government on Tuesday, Sept. 7, and the top positions were granted to members with concerning profiles. Despite promises to be inclusive, the new leadership was emptied of elites from the ousted government, including women, per Reuters. The newly named prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund was ...