https://twitter.com/bsarwary/status/1746155686562599320
Bilal Sarwary has a vid on his tweet where Hekmatyar and his son were reportedly critizing Taliban's post-Ghani policies. They got mad and cut off water/power to their residence.
Now the leopards are eating each other's faces.
Yes. And this comes in the midst of the AFF conducted more spec ops-style ambushes and targeted raids on GDI (Taliban intel agency replacing the NDS) buildings and convoys.
https://www.voanews.com/a/former-us-trained-afghan-commandos-recruited-by-russia-iran-/6821028.html
Old article from a couple of years ago, but ex-Afghan commandos were spotted fighting under Iranian/Russian watch in Nagorno-Karabakh, Yemen and Syria aside from Ukraine.
A march by Afghan women in Takhar calling for the regime's "destruction".
https://twitter.com/AfghanAnalyst2/status/1771855761552838940
Hibatullah Akhundzada resurfaced via audio recording.
He mentioned the following:
- Taliban 2 are not different than Taliban 1, yet they are more powerful & strategic in their approach.
- Commitment in their mission for another 20 years or more, aiming to establish a pure Islamic state.
- Taliban won’t bow down to any Western pressure on issues related to women's rights.
- No hope for an inclusive government under his leadership.
https://www.afintl.com/en/202404169958
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's having restrictions on his movements from the Taliban.
Afghanistan/Iran International is a bit of an iffy source on account of its links to the Saudi government, so here are a couple of alternate sources I trust more, reporting on the regime's suspension of Hekmatyar's media channel Barya TV, alongside the Rabbani clan's Noor TV: TOLOnews, VoA.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)Tajuden Soroush (Afghan analyst) reports via Twitter (X) that something is happening that Taliban fighters are being deployed from Kunduz to Badakhshan.
Some stuff going on in Badakhshan:
https://new.reddit.com/r/NorthernAlliance/comments/1cnyhep/in_the_audio_file_sent_to_afghanistan/
The commander of the Badri unit (Abdul Hamid Khorasani) asked the Taliban not to march against the reasonable protests of the people of Badakhshan.
Taliban removed Badakhshani members from its ranks.
News that a large Taliban military convoy was sent to Argo and Darayem districts.
CNN: At least 300 people killed by flash floods in Afghanistan as humanitarian emergency looms. The provinces affected include Badakhshan, Ghor, Baghlan, and Herat.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)Taliban fighters are instructed to shoot at protestors at Takhar if protests intensify.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/swiss-court-grants-asylum-rights-to-afghan-women/49066338
Nice to hear that the Swiss court is allowing Afghan women to seek refuge in Swiss soil against being deported.
Edited by Ominae on Jan 1st 2024 at 3:31:26 AM