Ground Report | New Delhi BBC Pashto banned Afghanistan: BBC television news bulletins in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek have been taken off the air in Afghanistan. The British broadcaster said the Taliban regime had ordered its television partners to remove international broadcasters from its airwaves. “This is a worrying development at a time of uncertainty … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Taliban burn musical instruments; The Taliban hate musical instruments and often end up breaking them from time to time. In a recent video that has gone viral on social media platforms, the Taliban set fire to musical instruments of singers in the Zazi Aryub district of Paktia province. Twitter user … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Taliban is building an army; The Taliban government’s defense ministry in Afghanistan has said efforts are on to create a new 100,000-member military force. He stressed that priority would be given to military forces in the Islamic Emirate. Defense Ministry spokesman Inayatullah Khawarzami told Tolo News, “Once they are enrolled, they … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Taliban’s new plan; The Afghan Taliban have launched a program to combat hunger and poverty, offering thousands of people wheat in exchange for wages. The scheme will be rolled out to major Afghan towns and cities and employs 40,000 people in the capital alone, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Afghan girls forced to marry; Afghan civil society experts are calling for the help and support of women who are fighting the Taliban bravely. According to a statement posted on FIFA’s website last Friday, about 100 members of Afghan families of soccer players, including women, managed to fly to Qatar … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: India with Taliban in Moscow; 11 countries will participate in this round of “Moscow format” talks to be hosted by Russia. Russia had also sent an invitation to India to participate in it, which India has accepted. Russia has said that at this meeting the international community will try to convince … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Girls will return to school; The Taliban have said they will allow the girls to go back to school to study as soon as possible. “We are finalizing it. We will do it as soon as possible,” Taliban spokesman Zabilah Mujahid said in Kabul. Girls will return to school This … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Taliban order female employees; The new government has ordered many of the city’s female employees to stay at home, the interim mayor of Kabul, Hamdullah Nomani, told reporters Sunday. According to Hamdullah Nomani, only women are allowed to go to work whose work cannot be done by male employees. The … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: PM Modi on Taliban-Afghanistan; Addressing the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the countries of the organization should ensure that the land of Afghanistan is not used to spread terrorism. PM Modi on Taliban-Afghanistan This was the first time that Prime … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: India in touch with Taliban over kidnapped; India has been told that the Afghan Hindu who has been kidnapped in Kabul is actually an Indian. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday that India is verifying all information regarding the person. Bagchi said, “We have been told that … Read more
