Reports

Tarz Press: A new report from “Scholars at Risk” (SAR), titled “The Academic Freedom Monitoring Project,” reveals that researchers and students, especially in Afghanistan, are facing serious threats to academic freedom and institutional independence. The report highlights how, under Taliban rule, numerous obstacles have been imposed on scholarly activities and education.

Tarz Press: On the final day of the Jirga, Manzoor Pashteen, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), made several key demands, emphasizing that both the Pakistani military and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) must withdraw from Pashtun regions, as they are responsible for the violence in these areas.

Tarz Press: In its recent report titled “Double Betrayal: Past and Present Abuses of Afghan Policewomen,” Human Rights Watch delivers a powerful and shocking account of the plight of Afghan women in the police force. The report calls on the international community, especially countries that supported Afghanistan’s former police force, to provide asylum and effective support to these women.

Tarz Press: After Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, spoke at the UN General Assembly about the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, the Taliban have now released significant information, claiming they have traced the leadership of ISIS-K to Pakistan.

Tarz Press: Abdullah Azzam, the head of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar’s office, has revealed that the details of a threatening call made by Donald Trump to Mullah Baradar will be disclosed at an appropriate time.

Afghan citizens, reacting to the deadly ISIS attack on civilians in Daikundi province, say that the Taliban are incapable of providing security in Afghanistan and are worried about their personal safety.

Over the past week, Taliban forces and Pakistani military personnel have clashed three times in the Zazi Maidan district of Khost province, resulting in casualties and forcing dozens of families to flee their homes.

Senior officials in Uzbekistan have stated that the Taliban government is fighting international terrorism within its capabilities, with Taliban intelligence forces on the front lines against ISIS. 

A number of Afghans residing in European countries are calling on Germany to treat Afghan refugees in accordance with international laws, punish offenders within the country, and reconsider their decision to deport them back to Afghanistan. 

Findings from Tarz Press reveal that the Taliban's Supreme Court administered canonical punishments to 35 people, including one woman, across nine Afghan provinces in the past month. Most of these punishments took place in Khost province.