"If No Path to Negotiation is Found, we Will Resort to Armed Resistance"
Mohammad Mohaqiq, leader of the Islamic Unity Party of the People of Afghanistan and head of the political committee of the National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan, said in an exclusive interview that if no path to negotiations with the Taliban is found, the Council’s supporters will turn to armed resistance against the Taliban. The National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan, comprising influential political leaders from the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek ethnic groups, was formed in exile in 2022 …
The Dark Cells of Bagram Prison: A Taliban Retreat for Torturing Prisoners
Families of several prisoners in Bagram prison told Independent Persian that in the past three months, the possibility of meeting prisoners has been limited, and violence, mistreatment, psychological torture, and starvation of prisoners have increased. An Independent Persian reporter spoke with relatives of three prisoners held at Bagram prison, located north of Kabul. All of them reported that the prison's sanitary conditions are poor and worrying, visits with relatives have been restricted, and prisoners are not provided with suffi…
Interview with Ahmad Massoud: 'We Are Present Everywhere
Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, said in an exclusive interview with me for Independent Persian that after a year of military struggle against the Taliban, the Front has reassessed its strategy and now its fighters are "everywhere." Massoud said: "With the experience of the past year, which was successful and inflicted significant damage on the Taliban, we also lost many dear ones. With the invaluable experience we gained, we have reassessed our strategy in recent months and reached a st…
My Interview with the Commander of the Tora Bora Battle
I interviewed Hazrat Ali in May 2023 in Vienna, Austria. Hazrat Ali, the commander of a 1,000-strong unit of local forces who were present in the Tora Bora battle to capture Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri in November and December 2001, said in an exclusive interview with Independent Persian that the mountains of Afghanistan are now free of foreign terrorists because they have moved into the cities and are present within the Taliban's security structures. The operation to capture Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, which took …
Caught in the Taliban's Trap: The Life and Death of Abdul Ali Mazari
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…
What’s going on in ISKP’s Online Rooms?
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…
The attackers said, 'Stand in line, we will take a photo,' and then they opened fire
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…
More than 3.6 million students are being educated in the Taliban's madrasas
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…
Al-Qaeda’s Strategic Patience in Afghanistan
A recent report by the United Nations Security Council regarding Afghanistan and the terrorist groups based in the country reveals that Al-Qaeda members have recently returned to Afghanistan from various countries, particularly Yemen, while the threat from ISIS-Khorasan is also on the rise in the country. According to this report, Abdulazim bin Ali, a seasoned Al-Qaeda commander from Libya, is working as an advisor to Sirajuddin Haqqani, leader of the Haqqani network and interior minister of the Taliban regime. Several other Al-Qaeda commande…
The Dambura is the Language of My Sorrows
With a suitcase in hand and a bag on my shoulder, after an eight-hour train journey, I arrived at the entrance of Regina Theater in Uppsala, a city 70 kilometers north of Stockholm. The theater's doors were closed, and one of the guards said there were no available seats. The only option was the balcony on the second floor, where there were no seats either, but I could stand and watch the event. When I looked at my watch, the program had already started 20 minutes earlier. From the second-floor balcony, it was difficult to see the stage. D…
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