Abdul Ali Mazari, the founder of the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan and the first political leader of the Hazaras, who worked tirelessly to secure the Hazara people's place in Afghanistan’s political structure and to have Shia Islam officially recognized, disappeared 29 years ago on March 13, 1995, during the Taliban's assault on Kabul. A day later, Wahdat Party leaders were informed that Mazari and several of his companions had been captured by the Taliban. After torturing Abdul Ali Mazari, the Taliban threw his body from a helico…
ISIS-Khorasan (Also known as ISKP) recently released a song titled "We Kill Spies to Save the People" in Pashto. The video features graphic imagery and footage of beheadings and massacres committed by the group in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, serving as a threatening message to ISIS’s opponents. The song uses the term "Lar o Bar," which is common among Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pashtun nationalist movements in both countries believe that Pashtuns on both sides of the Durand Line are of Afghan descent, and that…
It was afternoon, and the residents of the small village of Qariudal were happy about a simple event: pilgrims from the village had returned from Karbala. The village of Qariudal, consisting of mud houses nestled in the remote mountains of the Sangtakht and Bandar district in Daikundi province, is one of the poorest areas in Afghanistan, with no signs of prosperity or development. The villagers were joyfully preparing to welcome back the Karbala pilgrims. About 40 villagers were supposed to travel through the mountainous and dirt roads to Ghor…
The Taliban's Ministry of Education announced in a press conference in Kabul on Wednesday, 11 September, that the number of religious schools (madrasas) in Afghanistan has reached 21,257 centers, where 3,687,200 students are currently receiving education. According to the report from the Taliban’s Ministry of Education, the total number of official public and private schools is 18,337. The figures show that, for the first time in Afghanistan, the number of religious schools has surpassed that of public and private schools. In June 2022, T…
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