25 Taliban Members Killed, 40 Others Captured in Panjshir Operation, Claims NRF

According to the sources, three security guards of Ariana Television Network were among the injured. It was reported to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion, which had targeted a vehicle.

One of the wounded is a member of the Taliban, who was assigned as a guard at the entrance of the Bayat Media Center.

Some sources added that four occupants of the vehicle were injured.
Taliban haven’t commented on the explosion so far.

In its annual report, the AIHRC stressed that in the past year under the Taliban, 17 major targeted suicide and complex attacks have taken place at holy shrines, educational centers, transportation systems, and sports stadiums across Afghanistan as a result of which 540 people had been killed and 519 others had been injured.

The Islamic State-Khurasan (IS-K) group has been identified as the main perpetrator of these attacks. According to AIHRC, the Taliban have failed to prevent large-scale and targeted suicide attacks by the IS-K.

In the report, AIHRC stated that targeted killings, clashes, cold-blooded killings of prisoners of war and kangaroo courts caused the most civilian casualties, because of which 980 civilians had been killed and 587 civilians had been injured. The victims included 98 women and 56 children.

The findings of AIHRC confirm that the human rights situation in Afghanistan is alarming and that the Taliban has systematically violated the human rights of Afghan citizens.

AIHRC confirmed that women, media personnel and former government employees have been affected the most and their human rights have been highly impacted under the Taliban.

The human rights commission stressed that there is enough evidence that Islamic State-Khorasan and the Taliban continue to systematically engage in inhumane behaviour despite international pressures.

According to AIHRC, in the past year, the Taliban have not been able to form the most basic standards of legitimate governance and rule of law.

The findings of the commission indicate that the Taliban removed 3,500 prosecutors from their duties and replaced them with non-professional religious seminary students.

The Human Rights Commission said that since August of last year, women have been experiencing the worst living conditions and that the Taliban’s gender apartheid rule is in clear conflict with the demand for women's political participation.

The AIHRC urged the international community not to recognize the government of the Taliban until the group conforms to the will of Afghan citizens and guarantees their human rights.

They also stressed that on August 15, a human rights disaster had been launched against the people of Afghanistan.

Afrasiab Khattak, a well-known Pakistani politician, wrote on his official Twitter account, using the hashtag, that “brutal Taliban militia imposed on Afghanistan by hegemonistic neighbours has established the only absolute gender apartheid regime on the globe”.

According to Khattak, the Taliban has completely violated the UN Charter and international human rights laws.

Abdullah Ahmadzai, Country Representative of the Asia Foundation, said that August 15, 2021, was the time when the Taliban fully crippled the country.

According to Ahmadzai, a gradual decay, long before 2021, made Afghans less prepared to prevent the collapse.

Ahmadzai said, “Lack of leadership/ownership led to bad choices and ultimately threw the entire nation to the wolves.”

The Afghan women said that the Taliban and al-Qaeda are both terrorist groups and they should not be defined as good and bad terrorists.

Holding a symbolic gathering at an unknown location in Afghanistan and Pakistan, these Afghan women questioned the international community’s interaction with the Taliban outside Afghanistan.

On the one-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, these women said that the Taliban is a terrorist group and a threat to humanity.

Taliban officials seem to have been caught off-guard regarding details about the explosion which took place on Saturday in Dasht-e-Barchi area of western Kabul as there are conflicting reports about the number of people injured.

Doubts over the number of people injured comes as the Taliban member in charge of District 13 security in Kabul city said that two Taliban members and two civilians had been injured in the explosion in Dasht-e-Barchi.

Many believe that the Taliban officials don’t share the exact number of casualties of blasts and attacks across Afghanistan.

Sources of Afghanistan International said that the explosion took place close to the National Identity Card distribution office.