Nai in Exile, an organisation supporting Afghan journalists and media outlets, has called on the United Nations and the European Union to intervene for the immediate release of journalists recently detained by the Taliban.
Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, rejected remarks by Asim Munir, Pakistan army chief, insisting Afghanistan is not being used against any country. He urged Pakistan to address militant activity within its own borders.
Sources with several fibre-optic internet companies in Kabul told Afghanistan International that the Taliban have ordered regulators to cut residential fibre internet services across the capital.
Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister, accused the Afghan Taliban of deliberately targeting civilians in border districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, calling the attacks “inhumane”.
UNHCR says Afghan refugee children in Pakistan live in deprivation due to lack of identity documents and fear of deportation, with 77 percent out of school, according to a new report.
The Taliban’s use of drones has evolved over five years from commercial surveillance aircraft and propaganda tools into a more ambitious program involving armed and apparent one-way attack drones.
The Taliban’s commission on migrant affairs says Pakistan deported at least 2,990 Afghan migrants on Friday, returning them through the Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
