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Afghan resistance spokesman Fahim Dashti ‘assassinated’ in Panjshir

05/09/202129/03/2022

Fahim Dashti, spokesman of the anti-Taliban resistance in Afghanistan, was killed in Panjshir province on Sunday, sources from the National Resistance Front told The National. While details of his death were unclear, one source revealed that Gen Abdul Wadood was also […]

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Afghan journalists facing an impossible choice under the Taliban

24/08/202129/03/2022

For five days after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban insurgency, Mariam (not her real name) didn’t leave her house. As a professional athlete, this was very unusual. However, 23-year-old Mariam is also one of the city’s up and […]

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Taliban killing spree pursues soldiers and civilians in captured areas

09/08/202129/03/2022

On the eve of Eid Al Adha, as Afghanistan was preparing to celebrate the feast of sacrifice, Fida Mohammad’s Afghan’s life was instead turned upside down and struck by tragedy. His sons, Sher Mohammad, 34, and Mahmoud Khan, 37, were […]

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Ambushed by the Taliban’: Kandahar locals recount Danish Siddiqui’s death

20/07/202107/10/2021

Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist with Reuters, was embedded with the Afghan forces. On Friday, July 16, he was reporting from Spin Boldak in Kandahar province when Taliban fighters ambushed him as well as Sediq Karzai, an Afghan special forces commander. […]

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Afghanistan: Journalists in the firing line

13/07/202107/10/2021
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Afghan deminers to ‘continue to save lives’ despite deadly attack

16/06/202123/06/2021

Baghlan, Afghanistan – Aqa Mohammad has not spoken much since he found out that his father, Ghulam Mohammad, a mine clearance professional in the Baghlan province of Afghanistan, was murdered by armed gunmen last week. “My father was a brave man and accomplished […]

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Their Names Showed Up on WhatsApp ‘Taliban Kill Lists.’ Now, Some Are in Hiding.

07/06/202107/10/2021

Zainullah Stanekzai hasn’t seen his family since he was forced to leave his home in southern Afghanistan last year in November, after his name appeared on a “kill list” of alleged Taliban targets that was being widely circulated on WhatsApp […]

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Killing of female polio vaccinators puts Afghan eradication campaign at risk

23/04/202123/06/2021

Gul Meena Hotak was on her regular rounds, going door-to-door giving polio vaccinations in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, when she heard gunshots. The 22-year-old’s immediate concern was for the safety of her friend Negina and other colleagues nearby. […]

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Vigilante justice: Afghans lynch Taliban accused of killing local army officer

24/03/202123/06/2021

In some parts of Afghanistan, fearful locals are taking the law into their own hands to confront Taliban violence, which has become relentless despite ongoing peace talks. While instances of vigilante justice have been praised by some villagers, experts are […]

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‘Didn’t want to be one of the bodies’: Rising violence is forcing Afghan women to quit media

23/03/202123/06/2021

Last year, at only 21 years, Sofiea Sakhi Karimi was forced to retire from her brief but celebrated career in the Afghan media owing to growing threats and violence against media workers in her country. “Working in Afghanistan as a […]

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