#AFG At least 12 bodies hanged in various squares in Jalalabad- Farm Hadda, base Chowk and Nehar- Ghara, eye witnesses and residents tells me.
At least 2 people hanged in Saracha PD7, Jalalabad city. A deadly string of assassinations, executions, beheadings and targeted killings continue in Jalalabad city and across Ningarhar province and further east in Kunar province. A bloodbath.
Hejrat Khogyaniwal and his brother Qodrat were assassinated around 10AM on a main road in PD7 in Jalalabad city. Hejrat Khogyaniwal was head representative of PD7 area for the last two years. Two coffins of two brothers , the weight of these coffins continue to break families.
Jalalabad city in eastern Afghanistan is the bleeding heart of Afghanistan, broken heart of Afghanistan. Attacks like these are now hourly reality for people in this once vibrant city. #NOTJUSTNUMBERSLIVES
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#AFG Taliban minister of higher education Abdul baqi haqani has said in a meeting with university delegates "we should give teachers to the schools to train our future generation on a value that we can trust on them and we can expect from them." he added "all the school
products of the last 20 years are not in a level that we can expect them anything, there is no expectation from them" he further said that next generation should be trained from primary schools to the end with the expectation the Taliban has from the students. What expectations?
Few days after his claims that "the products of schools in last 20 years can't be expected of anything" the minister of MOHE had a meeting with pro taliban students of Kabul University and asked them to submit "their written proposals about the reform of the society, education
1/7- The Taliban’s new Minister of Telecommunications has dismissed the head of Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) and appointed himself as its caretaker.
2/7-Ministry of Telecommunications was given to Dr. Abdullah as part of power sharing deal with Ghani. But Ghani gradually rendered the ministry useless by transferring all its authority to ATRA.
3/7-ATRA was responsive to NO institution but to the DG of the office of the President, which had tasked it to extort as much money as possible from the Afghan telecom industry.
A thread on the complexities of conflict that continue in Afghanistan villages and networks long after Foreign involvement. This story starts years ago with a US special forces commander and his unorthodox connections with tribes and villages in rural Kunar, Khas KUNAR district.
US Senators with Green Beret Major Jim Gant in Khas KUNAR - years ago during the height of his campaign to integrate with tribes to bring about reductions in violence.
#AFG Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani - still on the FBIs most wanted list - is introduced in his new role in a room purpose built for the Afghanistan Police by the US.
His remarks echo the current Taliban messaging with regards to amnesty for former security officials and respect for the rights of the people, who are encouraged to cooperate and work with the new regime for security and development.
He even adds comments about leaders and police being the servants of the people which would have been in line with the US/ NATO’s and the Islamic Republic’s earlier visions for Afghan civilian community policing.
1/4- The Taliban's finance ministry has ordered all MALE employees to return to work tomorrow. If they do not, they will be registered as absent and may be fired. Women employees are ordered to stay at home “until proper work environment is provided.”
2/4: When the Taliban first took Kabul in Sept 1996, they issued a similar edict ordering female employees to stay home until “safe work environment” was provided. But during their 5 year rule, women remained banned from working except in some instances in the health sector.
3/4- According to official govt stats, there are around 400,000 govt employees out of which there are 120,000 women, working mostly in education sector. There were also around 5000 Afghan women working in the security sector.
#AFG Am hearing the new Taliban spy chief has ordered Telecoms to stop internet services in the following areas of Kabul. Khawaja Bughra, Taymani, Khairkhana, Dashte Barche and Qasaba. Seem internet will be switched off in these areas until tomorrow 2PM.
Taliban have told telecoms the request for turning off internet in these areas are because of “security concerns” but it could be because the Taliban don’t want any coverage of protests in these areas.
These areas are predominantly hazaras and Tajiks , people of shamali, especially in Khairkhana and Dashti Barche.