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Afghan Witness @afghanwitness.bsky.social · Feb 24
🔎 Who really runs the Taliban? A look at the factional divides within the movement.

#Taliban #Haqqani #MullahOmar #Afghanistan #Sharia #Islamism #AfghanWitness
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March 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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March 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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🚨 Taliban withdraw from the ICC’s Rome Statute

Analysts say the ICC still holds jurisdiction over past crimes.

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#Taliban #ICC #Afghanistan #Justice #RomeStatute
Taliban withdraw from the ICC’s Rome Statute
The Taliban announce ICC withdrawal, rejecting the Rome Statute’s jurisdiction. Analysts say the move is symbolic and does not erase past crimes.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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🚨 Senior Pro-Taliban Cleric Assassinated in Pakistan

ISKP suspected in the killing of Jamia Haqqania’s head, Hamid-ul-Haq.

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#Pakistan #Taliban #ISKP #JamiaHaqqania #Terrorism #AfghanWitness
Senior pro-Taliban cleric assassinated in Pakistan
Pro-Taliban cleric Hamid-ul-Haq was assassinated in Pakistan in a suspected ISKP attack. The Jamia Haqqania head was killed in a PBIED blast.
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March 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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🚨 ISKP: Attacks targeting Taliban in Kunduz and Kabul

Casualty numbers remain disputed as a second attack is thwarted.

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#Kunduz #Kabul #ISKP #Security #Terrorism #Taliban #Afghanistan
ISKP: Attacks targeting Taliban in Kunduz and Kabul
ISKP claims two attacks targeting Taliban members in Kunduz and Kabul, with disputed casualty figures.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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🚨 “TalibLeaks”: Massive Taliban data leak offers few real insights

50GB of hacked documents mostly contain mundane administrative files.

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#TalibLeaks #Cybersecurity #Afghanistan #Taliban
“TalibLeaks”: Massive Taliban data leak offers few real insights
Despite claims of major insights, a 50GB Taliban data leak by "TalibLeaks" reveals mostly mundane administrative files and communications.
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March 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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🚨 Residents and Taliban clash over land and mining contracts

Protests in Badakhshan and Takhar fail to prompt official response.

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#Afghanistan #Badakhshan #Takhar #Protests #Mining #Taliban
Residents and Taliban clash over land and mining contracts
Residents in Badakhshan and Takhar protest against Taliban mining contracts, citing land ownership disputes and lack of economic benefits.
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March 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🚨 US aid freeze leaves Afghan economy and aid sector in crisis: Aid groups shut down amid budget cuts, unpaid salaries and rising prices.

#Afghanistan #USaid #Trump #ForeignAid #Taliban #WFP #UN

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US aid freeze leaves Afghan economy and aid sector in crisis
The US aid freeze has triggered a crisis in Afghanistan, forcing aid groups to shut down, halting salaries, and causing economic instability.
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March 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🚨 Senior Taliban official Mullah Baradar allegedly injured

Rumours of infighting and reports of force deployments in Kabul suggest growing tensions.

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#Taliban #Afghanistan #MullahBaradar #Kabul #AfghanWitness
March 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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CIR is proud to announce the launch of Gender Lens – a new hub for monitoring, investigating, and exposing gender-based violence and disinformation, both online and offline:
Gender Lens - Centre for Information Resilience
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March 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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🚨 Haqqani-backed Abdul Kabir sidelined amid Taliban power shift

Former Deputy Prime Minister demoted as Supreme Leader consolidates control amid tensions over governance and girls’ education.

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#Taliban #Afghanistan #Haqqani #AbdulKabir #AfghanWitness
March 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🚨 Taliban intensifies crackdown on modern education

Private education centres shut and foreign scholarships blocked, madrassas promoted instead.

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#Taliban #Afghanistan #Education #Madrassa #LetHerLearn #AfghanWitness
February 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Today, England are playing Afghanistan in cricket. Should the match have been boycotted? The diaspora is divided. ⬇️
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🚨 Afghan diaspora divided over cricket boycott call

UK MPs’ call for England to boycott upcoming cricket match against Afghanistan splits diaspora over “sportswashing” and national pride.

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#Afghanistan #Cricket #AfghanCricket #Taliban #WomensRights #Boycott
February 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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🚨 Taliban official Stanikzai reportedly flees Afghanistan amid education dispute

Deputy Foreign Minister's departure follows reported tensions with Supreme Leader over girls' education.

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#Taliban #Afghanistan #Education #Stanikzai #AfghanWitness
February 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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🔎 Who really runs the Taliban? A look at the factional divides within the movement.

#Taliban #Haqqani #MullahOmar #Afghanistan #Sharia #Islamism #AfghanWitness
February 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🚨 Taliban detains Panjshiris amid crackdown on resistance

Wave of arrests targets former security personnel, activists, and educators.

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#Taliban #Afghanistan #Panjshir #NRF #AfghanWitness
February 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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🚨 A "Black Box for Human Rights": LGBTIQ+ Persecution in Afghanistan

LGBTIQ+ individuals in Afghanistan face systematic repression under the Taliban, with same-sex relations criminalised and punishable by imprisonment, flogging, or death.

#Afghanistan #LGBTQ #HumanRights #Taliban #AfghanWitness
February 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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🚨 Taliban moral police launches ‘women’s rights’ campaign

Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (MPVPV) ramps up campaign following international pressure, including through justice mechanisms.

#Taliban #Afghanistan #MPVPV #WomensRights
February 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🚨 Afghan diaspora divided over cricket boycott call

UK MPs’ call for England to boycott upcoming cricket match against Afghanistan splits diaspora over “sportswashing” and national pride.

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#Afghanistan #Cricket #AfghanCricket #Taliban #WomensRights #Boycott
February 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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🚨 ISKP kills Chinese national a day after diplomatic anniversary

70th anniversary of China-Afghanistan relations overshadowed by the militant group.

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#ISKP #China #Afghanistan #Terrorism #Taliban #Uyghurs #Security
February 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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🚨 Pakistan detains hundreds of Afghans for deportation

Refugees, including women and children, are caught in escalating Afghan-Pakistani disputes.

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#Pakistan #Afghanistan #Refugees #Deportation #Detention #Taliban
January 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🚨 Pakistan air strikes mark significant policy shift

Allegedly targeting TTP assets in Afghanistan, the strikes — killing dozens of civilians — mark a significant escalation in violence.

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#Afghanistan #Pakistan #Conflict #Security #Taliban #TTP
January 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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📢 1,225 days since the Taliban imposed a ban on education for girls in Afghanistan.

#InternationalDayOfEducation #DayofEducation #RightToEducation #LetAfghanGirlsLearn #Afghanistan #Taliban
January 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🚨 ICC Prosecutor requests arrest warrants for Taliban Supreme Leader and Chief Justice

#ICC #Taliban #InternationalCriminalCourt #Afghanistan #Akhundzada #Haqqani
January 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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🚨 Urban warfare drives 2024 resistance as AFF & NRF claim 294 attacks

The NRF and AFF are expanding their operational reach, with Kabul and northern provinces at the epicentre of anti-Taliban resistance.

#Afghanistan #NRF #AFF #Resistance #Taliban #AfghanWitness #Security #Conflict #OSINT
November 27, 2024 at 11:12 AM