Afghanistan

[VorZakone]

Wasn't it Sultan who advocated that the Afghans after the Taliban takeover that they must now learn to live under the rules of Islam?

Who Sultan?

 

[Gehrman]

Who Sultan?

The former mod who left because i suppose he had more important stuff on the table in real life to work with.

 

[VorZakone]

While the overall security situation in Afghanistan has improved since the Taliban gained complete control with the full withdrawal of foreign troops in 2021, there continue to be dozens of bombings and suicide attacks in the country each year.

Many have been claimed by Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISKP, the regional affiliate of the so-called Islamic State group, a major rival of the Taliban.

 

[VorZakone]

Afghanistan's Taliban leader has ordered that new residential buildings are constructed without windows looking onto "places usually used by women" and said that existing windows with such views should be blocked to prevent "obscene acts".

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241229-taliban-leader-bans-windows-overlooking-women-s-areas

 

[YouOnlyLiveTwice]

Taliban is fecking crazy. Those poor women's future is living under lock in a box.

 

[Shez]

Can girls go back to school in Afghanistan or is that draconian law they put still in place ?

 

[That_Bloke]

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241229-taliban-leader-bans-windows-overlooking-women-s-areas

Absolutely no words.

This is beyond madness and I don't think that there's an equivalent in History of what these assholes are doing.

 

[VorZakone]

The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces. An investigation by The Insider has not only confirmed the existence of the program but also identified GRU officers responsible for its coordination.

https://theins.ru/en/politics/277723

 

[4bars]

https://theins.ru/en/politics/277723

Operation Cyclone a la russian?

 

[VorZakone]

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan

he International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls.

https://www.reuters.com/world/icc-p...-warrants-against-taliban-leaders-2025-01-23/