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.
Attorneys for Ryan Corbett, an American imprisoned in Afghanistan by the Taliban without charge since 2022, have filed new petitions to the U.N. urging action to secure his release. Two non-Americans who were jailed with Corbett but have since been released testified to his deteriorating condition, saying he could soon be dead. Corbett’s wife, Anna, says her requests for meetings with President Biden and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan have not been answered. CBS News has more.
Following is a thread of quotes from #TheGlobalJigsaw latest episode on the #IRGC, #Quds force, #Basij militias - and th ideological blueprint for #Iran so called Axis of Resistance. Whole episode here:
In 1999 #Iran had a hostile neighbour to its east in the Islamic Emirate of the #Taliban in #Afghanistan. And it was there that #Soleimani , after 911, used the #IRGC ’s knowledge of Taliban bases to help the #US when it came to the invasion in 2001. Because although the IRGC was rhetorically opposed to the US, it was the Taliban that posed the more present danger. Although the IRGC went on to cooperate with various factions of the Taliban against the Republic in Afghanistan after 2001.
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The announcement came on the same day that Russian state news agency TASS said the Taliban had been invited to participate in the “Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum,” scheduled for May.
Another massive setback for Afghan women's rights; #Taliban says it will publicly flog, them to death
> The plight of women in #Afghanistan is expected to get worse. The Taliban regime has vowed to “start public stoning of women to death”, an act that the group’s Supreme Leader [..] claims is “in the name of God”.
The Taliban’s announcement that it is 🔥resuming publicly stoning women to death🔥 has been enabled by the international community’s silence, human rights groups have said.
Safia Arefi, a lawyer and head of the #Afghan#human#rights organisation 🔸Women’s Window of Hope🔸, said the announcement had condemned Afghan women to return to the darkest days of Taliban rule in the 1990s.
“With this announcement by the Taliban leader, a new chapter of private punishments has begun and Afghan women are experiencing the depths of loneliness,” Arefi said.
“Now, no one is standing beside them to save them from Taliban punishments. The international community has chosen to remain silent in the face of these violations of women’s rights.”
Schulen in Afghanistan starten erneut ohne Mädchen ab Klasse sieben
In Afghanistan hat das neue Schuljahr begonnen - im dritten Jahr in Folge ohne ältere Mädchen. Für sie ist der Besuch weiterführender Schulen verboten. Und die radikalislamischen Taliban geben keine Hoffnung, das zu ändern.
#UN Has Flown More Than $2.9 Billion in Cash to #Afghanistan Since the #Taliban Seized Power, Diverting U.S. Funds
The U.S. State Department has previously said that no U.S. funds went to the militant group, but a new federal report indicates that some taxpayer money has ended up in the Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan.
Heftige Kämpfe im Grenzgebiet von Pakistan und Afghanistan
Angriff und Gegenangriff: Pakistan und Afghanistan liefern sich heftige Kämpfe im Grenzgebiet. Die Sorge vor einer Eskalation in der sicherheitspolitisch schwierigen Region wächst. Von Peter Hornung.
"They decided they couldn't just stand back and watch #women's freedoms being restricted, and started secretly using the power of their voices to resist.
Putting themselves in great danger in a country where #musicians can be arrested, they started a singing movement on social media known as the Last Torch..."
#UK - House of Lords votes to stop Afghan servicemen being sent to Rwanda
> Amendments to the government’s Safety of #Rwanda bill are currently being debated by peers, who on Wednesday voted 244 to 160 in favor of a proposal by the former #Labour Defence Secretary Lord Browne, to ensure Afghans who helped the UK prior to the 2021 #Taliban takeover in an “exposed or meaningful manner,” along with their families, would not be at risk of deportation https://www.arabnews.com/node/2472861/world#Aphghanistan
In this episode of #Syntax podcast, I thought this was going to be about warning about securing your domain registrations. Turns out that it is a warning to pick your weird #TLD well, and consider avoiding .af among others.
The #Taliban stole my domain https://overcast.fm/+JaI7wJKLE
Russia looking to remove Taliban’s designation as terrorist organization (kyivindependent.com)
The announcement came on the same day that Russian state news agency TASS said the Taliban had been invited to participate in the “Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum,” scheduled for May.