‘We don’t want people to be in a panic,’ says chief of Taliban morality police
Mawlawi Mohammad Shebani is officially responsible of policing morals throughout Kandahar, the Taliban heartland of southern Afghanistan. He is newly appointed head of the provincial office for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, a title which strikes fear into many Afghans sufficiently old to recollect its previous incarnation under Taliban rule out the […]
Panjshir Resistance folds up for now; Saleh reportedly in Tajikistan, Massoud in France
The Panjshir Resistance may have folded up for now after its leaders, Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud have left Afghanistan, consistent with sources here. While Saleh is claimed to be in Tajikistan, Massoud is during a European country , believed to be France. The leaders and their entourage were allowed to enter Tajikistan following talks […]