#Afghanistan | 🧵

1/ On the evening of Feb 8, at least several hundred people gathered at #Kabul International Airport after rumours circulated of flights to Turkey being arranged for Afghans to support the earthquake relief effort, with all visa requirements being waived. 2/ On Feb 19, the Taliban’s GDI released a video showing the ‘confession’ of two #Afghan satirists, Imran Ahmadzai and Sadullah Didan, who were accused of spreading the rumours of the flights to #Turkey, as well as anti-regime propaganda.

🚨 #OSINT | Iranian Border Guard Detained by the Taliban

AW investigators geolocated a video showing the moment an Iranian border guard was detained by the Taliban near Abresham bridge in #Nimruz province.

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🗓️ Feb 27, 2023
🌆 Nimruz, #Afghanistan
📍 30.965234, 61.823105 From the insignia on the guard's uniform, it is evident he is a Sergeant first class of the Iranian Military's Ground Forces. 2/4

🗓️ Feb 27, 2023
🌆 Near Abresham Bridge, Nimruz, #Afghanistan
📍 30.965234, 61.823105

🧵#OSINT | Taliban raid Kabul hideout

On Feb 13, explosions and gunfire were reported in the Kart-e-Naw area (PD8) of #Kabul city.

The Taliban’s GDI claimed that three ISKP members were killed and one captured as a result of the special operation. (1/5) The GDI released a video of the alleged ISKP raid on Feb 14, which showed various aerial views of the area. Tolo News published a video showing the damage to the residence after the raid. (2/5)

AW used the videos to geolocate the property in an upscale area of Kart-e-Naw:

🧵The Taliban and Twitter Blue subscriptions | #OSINT

Afghan Witness found 13 Taliban-linked accounts with the blue tick, though several have since lost their mark of verification. (1/4) On January 6, Afghan Witness detected that Hedayatullah Hedayat, the Taliban Head of Access to the Information Department, and 12 other #Taliban-linked accounts, had signed up for the Twitter Blue service. (2/4)

Today marks 500 days since the Taliban closed secondary schools for Afghanistan's teenage girls.

🧵This thread highlights reports and stories regarding secondary school students in #Afghanistan. (1/6) (2/6) On March 23, 2022, the Taliban's U-turn to reopen girls' secondary #schools sparked outrage, with girls turned away at school gates. Videos of their distress spread rapidly online.

Read more in this report: ⬇️
afghanwitness.org/reports/online…

🧵One year on: Afghanistan’s education sector under the Taliban, a thread

Since the #Taliban’s return last August, the group has demonstrated determination to regulate, shape, and control access to #education in #Afghanistan… The Taliban’s U-turn on girls’ secondary #schools in March attracted widespread condemnation.

The Ministry of #Education announced that the schools would remain closed until a policy was formulated in accordance with “Sharia and #Afghan” culture...

1/7 #OSINT geolocation of drone strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Al Zawahiri in #Kabul, a #thread:

2 images posted shortly after the incident provide different perspectives, allowing us to get a strong idea of the area (Photo 1; Photo 2).

Images geolocated to Sherpur PD10: 2/7 Pinpointing the house is difficult. The only close up photos are all from the same angle, with limited clues besides the shape and facade of the building, and the fact there is no building behind it.

🧵#Thread | Reported closures of women-run restaurants in Herat

On 30 May 2022, @HashteSubhDaily reported that the Taliban closed women's restaurants in #Herat.

AW followed up with sources on the ground to find out more... (1/5) ▪️Sources in Herat say that the DPVPV has closed some 10 women-run restaurants in the province.

▪️They say the restaurants have been closed since the last week of May. (2/5)

#AFG | Knock-on Impacts of Restrictions Against Women

In #Samangan province, Tahminah Women's Park & Marketplace has become inactive due to increasing #poverty and #unemployment rates, and Taliban restrictions on women's freedom of movement (1/11)

🧵 AW research👇 On 14 May, the Afghan newspaper Hasht e Subh Daily reported on its website that the Taliban closed a park and women's market in Samangan.

The park was the only recreation facility and marketplace for women and girls in the province. (2/11)

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#Afghanistan has seen a string of attacks this week in Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kunduz, and Nangarhar.

Attacks in Kabul & Mazar saw #Hazaras targeted.

🧵AW #OSINT verifications so far: (1/8) On the morning of April 19, a series of explosions targeted educational institutions in Dasht-e-Barchi, #Kabul - an area with a predominantly #Hazara Shia population.

✅AW verified the attack at Abdul Rahim Shahid High School

🗓️ April 19
📍Dasht-e Barchi, Kabul

📢KABUL ATTACK UPDATE

Our OSINT team investigated and geolocated the two explosions in Kabul today. Using satellite imagery we were able to pinpoint the exact locations.

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