Kabul: The Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Saturday rejected the condemnation of the Taliban by the United Nations of the UN condemnation, a day later four convicted killers were publicly killed. According to an AFP Tally, since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, on Friday, three provinces were brought to the sports stadiums … Read more
Kabul: According to AFP Tally, the Supreme Court of Afghanistan said that three convicts were killed by the order of the Taliban officials on Friday, killing the number of nine people to death in public. An AFP journalist of witnesses told an AFP journalist in the city that two people were shot about six to … Read more
The Taliban has started an investigation into a person’s claims that he is 140 years old, which will make him the oldest person who ever drove the Earth’s face. A man, known as Akal Nazir, living in the eastern Khost province of the country, claims that he was born in the 1880s, although he has … Read more
New Delhi: Sushmita Banerjee was all of 25 when she met Jambaaz Khan, an Afghan moneylender, at a theatre rehearsal in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was 1986. Sushmita’s friend played Cupid. Sushmita and Jaambaz met once a week, for an hour, at Flury’s in the city. Over coffee and a pastry shared between the two … Read more
Washington DC: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that George Glezmann, who was wrongfully detained in Afghanistan for two and a half years, was freed. The Taliban kidnapped George Glezmann, 65, while he was visiting Afghanistan. They freed him following negotiations brokered by Trump’s special hostage envoy Adam Boehler, Taliban officials and … Read more
United Nations: India told the UN Security Council that it has discussed with the Taliban regime various issues pertaining to bilateral relations and the “special” people-to-people ties has been the “foundation” of Delhi’s present day engagement with the country. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, said Monday at the UN Security meeting … Read more
American adult star Whitney Wright, whose real name is Brittni Rayne Whittington, has already faced criticism for promoting propaganda for Iran’s government after posting about her recent trip to the Islamic Republic. Despite the risks of being arrested or facing a death sentence due to her profession, Wright has now shared new photos from her … Read more
Left isolated due to the draconian policies of the Taliban administration, women in Afghanistan have been forced to turn to artificial intelligence (AI) for friendship. Since seizing power in 2021 after the US hastily withdrew its troops, the Taliban has imposed a series of oppressive measures against women in the country, restricting their independence and ability … Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan’s first Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday visited her hometown in the troubled northwest of the country for the first time after being shot by the Taliban and met her family members. She flew by helicopter to Barkana in Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where she met with her uncle, … Read more
The Taliban’s police force uses 90,000 CCTV cameras to monitor the lives of 6 million people. From license plates to facial expressions, nothing beats their eyes. “We monitor the entire city of Kabul from here,” Khalid Zadran, a spokesperson for the Taliban police chief told the BBC. Zadran also said that in certain neighbourhoods, if … Read more
The Taliban on Monday confirmed the arrest of a British couple in their 70s in Afghanistan after a plea from their children for their release. The four adult children of Peter and Barbie Reynolds said their parents have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years, remaining after the Taliban toppled the Western-backed government in 2021. The … Read more
London: A British couple in their 70s who ran education programmes in Afghanistan have been detained by the Taliban administration, their daughter said, urging the British government to do everything possible to secure their release. Barbie and Peter Reynolds, 75 and 79, were detained by the Taliban’s interior ministry on February 1, their daughter Sarah … Read more