In barring girls and women from secondary and university education, the Taliban are not only causing countless personal tragedies for individuals, but also damaging #Afghanistan as a whole and its future. It’s like running a marathon and deciding to saw off one of your legs before the race begins.
Afghanistan-Experte zu Abschiebungen: "Taliban würden das ausschlachten"
Seit dem Messerangriff von Mannheim mehren sich Forderungen, Abschiebungen nach Afghanistan zu erleichtern. Laut Experte Ruttig könnten sich die Taliban darauf einlassen - im Gegenzug für internationale Anerkennung.
Neue Überschwemmungen in Afghanistan - inzwischen mehr als 420 Tote
Das Frühjahr in Afghanistan war extrem regenreich und auch im Frühsommer gibt es immer wieder Unwetter in Teilen des Landes. Die aktuelle Zahl der Opfer ist erschreckend: Die Behörden geben sie inzwischen mit mehr als 420 an.
Dit is Nadia Nadim. Ze is geboren in #Afghanistan. Haar vader werd gedood door de Taliban toen ze 11 was en met haar familie vluchtte ze naar Denemarken in een vrachtwagen.
Nadia heeft bijna 200 doelpunten gescoord in het profvoetbal en heeft 98 keer het Deense elftal vertegenwoordigd. Ze heeft nu haar medische opleiding afgerond en studeert om reconstructief chirurg te worden. Ze spreekt vloeiend 11 talen.
Als je je dochter een #rolmodel wilt laten zien, laat Nadia Nadim zien.
The Etilaat Roz was once the most widely circulated newspaper in Kabul, but everything changed in August 2021 when the Taliban seized power in #Afghanistan.
Moving and important documentary about #journalism and brutal authoritarian oppression. Very reminiscent of “While we watched”, with Ravish Kumar in India. These are real heroes and I feel we have much to learn here.
"Former military lawyer David McBride sentenced to almost six years in jail for sharing classified information with journalists.
"The material released by McBride was used in the Australian ABC's The Afghan Files story, which revealed allegations that Australian soldiers were involved in illegal killings."
It is established fact that Australian soldiers in Afghanistan committed war crimes. Today, the man whose courageous act of whistleblowing brought these crimes to light has been sentenced to almost 6 years in gaol.
This is a dark day in Australian history. Democracy needs people to stand up when they see wrongdoing being committed by powerful people. We should be thanking and celebrating David McBride, not imprisoning him.
"Former military lawyer David McBride sentenced to almost six years in jail for sharing classified information with journalists.
"The material released by McBride was used in the Australian ABC's The Afghan Files story, which revealed allegations that Australian soldiers were involved in illegal killings."
"It is a stain on Australia’s reputation that some of its soldiers have been accused of war crimes in Afghanistan, and yet the first person convicted in relation to these crimes is a whistleblower not the abusers,”
Daniela Gavshon, Human Rights Watch Australia Director
The Taliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers — especially women.
NPR reports on a new message from Haibatullah Akhundzada, the group's supreme leader. "You may call it a violation of women's rights when we publicly stone or flog them for committing adultery because they conflict with your democratic principles... [But] I represent Allah, and you represent Satan," Akhundzada said.
#UK#Afghanistan#WarCrimes: "One of the most senior special forces officers in the British Army broke ranks and reported to police that SAS soldiers under his command committed war crimes by murdering prisoners in Afghanistan, The Sunday Times can reveal.
The officer — who oversaw all special forces operations — told detectives from the Royal Military Police (RMP) that a “cancer had infected” a rogue SAS squadron that had murdered dozens of unarmed detainees.
He came forward despite his fears that SAS soldiers would inflict violent reprisals against his family if they knew he was blowing the whistle. He alleged their crimes were so serious that the entire regiment needed a “complete overhaul”.
The officer, known only by the cipher N1466, revealed to police the location of a safe containing a typed report detailing a disclosure from an SAS soldier that his unit had routinely murdered Afghan prisoners in their homes and planted weapons on their dead bodies." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a66bc853-d32d-4c54-b44e-d3f7d8fa5a95
150,000 #Russian soldiers #killed during full-scale invasion of Ukraine, France says
“All of this for what? This can be summed up in two words: for nothing.”
If confirmed, the 150,000 figure is around ten times higher than that suffered by the Soviet army during the decade-long war it fought in #Afghanistan from 1979-89.
"After four decades of war, #Afghanistan ranks as one of the countries least prepared to face the effects of #ClimateChange, which is spurring extreme weather and warping natural environments.
Foreign aid to Afghanistan has dwindled since the Taliban takeover in 2021, with donors wary of backing a government considered a pariah, leaving poor and climate-vulnerable communities further exposed."