Zabihullah Mujahid
Khaama: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Wednesday that demonstrations are associated with democratic and republican systems and have no place under Islamic law, defending the group’s recently enacted ban on protests across Afghanistan. Mujahid made the remarks at a press conference in Kabul in response to a question about the prohibition on demonstrations under the Taliban’s newly approved “Shurta Law,” or police law. Click here to read more (external link).
Amu: Germany deported 22 Afghan nationals to Kabul on a charter flight Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said, as the government moves to increase deportations to Afghanistan. Germany’s policy of deporting Afghans has also drawn criticism from human rights organizations, some members of the European Parliament and Afghans living in Germany, who have raised concerns about the risks facing people returned to Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Sharif Watandost, an Afghan refugee in Germany, told Amu TV that there were no guarantees that deportees would be safe after returning. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: According to the United Front’s claim, the Taliban fighter was killed on Tuesday evening in an operation by the front’s forces along a road in Kohistanat district of Sar-e-Pol province. This comes as the United Front has also reported killing a Taliban official from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan United Front says it carried out at least 43 operations against the Taliban in 14 provinces over the past month, claiming 74 Taliban members were killed and 35 others wounded. The United Front said on Tuesday, 1 September, that the attacks targeted individuals it accused of arresting, torturing and harassing Afghan citizens. According to the group, the operations were carried out between 1 August and the end of the month. The United Front announced the launch of its military campaign against the Taliban on 1 August. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: A shortage of medical staff, particularly female specialists, has become a serious problem in southern Afghanistan. Afghanistan International found no female specialists in Helmand, Zabul or Uruzgan, and only three in Kandahar. Health sources and residents of southern provinces say the number of female specialist doctors has steadily declined during the five years of Taliban rule. They say only three female specialists now remain across the south, all of them in Kandahar. Click here to read more (external link).
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Khaama: More than 40,000 people were killed and over 77,000 injured during Afghanistan’s armed conflict between 2009 and 2021, according to a new report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which documents the long-term human cost of two decades of war. The period between 2009 and 2021 was the deadliest phase of Afghanistan’s conflict, marked by intensified fighting between the former Afghanistan government, Taliban insurgents, Islamic State affiliates and international military forces. The conflict ended with the collapse of the previous government and the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021. Click here to read more (external link).
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Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front says its forces clashed with the Taliban in Zebak district of Badakhshan on Sunday night, 30 August, after Taliban fighters attacked one of its positions. In a statement issued on Monday, the front said its commandos launched a counterattack and pushed back the Taliban forces. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: As Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada appoints a new governor and police chief to contain the unrest, evidence suggests the list of dissatisfied local Taliban figures in Badakhshan is growing. The Taliban leadership’s “monopolistic” policies, the marginalisation of Tajik and Badakhshani figures, and what critics describe as the unchecked looting of gold mines by outsiders have pushed some younger Taliban commanders in the province to the limit. Click here to read more (external link).