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A Pretoria High Court order to grant 22 Afghans running away from the Taliban regime access to South Africa on asylum transit visas will stand.
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has confirmed that Tuesday’s judgment is final, reported <a href="https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-03-01-afghans-fleeing-the-taliban-allowed-into-south-africa-as-asylum-seekers/">TimesLive</a>.
The spokesperson for the Department f Home Affairs, Siya Qoza, was quoted as saying:
<blockquote>
The DHA will abide by the ruling of the court and take all necessary steps to give effect to the ruling.
The DHA will deal with the asylum applications during the asylum process.
The decision to abide shows the DHA respects the rule of law. However, this should not be interpreted as opening floodgates for spurious asylum claims.
The DHA will not hesitate to fight the cases in court, as it has done in this instance.
</blockquote>
Home Affairs had refused the Afghans entry into South Africa despite a court order that the government should grant them permission to seek asylum.
The order was issued after a United States-based Non-Governmental Organisation approached the High Court in Pretoria seeking the court to compel the SA government to grant asylum to the 22 Afghan nationals arguing that the group might be victimised by the Taliban regime.

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22 Afghans Allowed Into South Africa As Asylum Seekers

Afghanistan’s rulers, the Taliban, on Saturday, 24 December ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after “serious complaints” about their dress code.
The spokesperson of the country’s Ministry of Economy told AFP that the ban followed “serious complaints” about women’s dress code.
A notification sent to all NGOs, a copy of which was obtained by AFP and confirmed by a ministry spokesman, read:
<blockquote>
There have been serious complaints regarding the non-observance of the Islamic hijab and other rules and regulations pertaining to the work of females in national and international organisations.
The ministry of economy … instructs all organisations to stop females working until further notice.
</blockquote>
Saturday’s order came less than a week after the Minister of Higher Education banned women from attending universities.
Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban has progressively imposed harsh restrictions on women.
Afghanistan is the only country on the planet where women are not allowed to go to university. | <a href="https://ewn.co.za/0001/01/01/taliban-ban-women-from-working-in-national-international-ngos-ministry">EWN</a>

Taliban Ban Women From Working In NGOs

A small group of Afghan women staged a protest in Kabul on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities.
The protest came after the Taliban’s minister for higher education on Tuesday ordered all public and private universities to bar women from attending, according to AFP.
The publication cites an activist as saying some of the protestors were arrested. Footage obtained by AFP showed the protesters chanting as they rallied in a Kabul neighbourhood. They said:
<blockquote>
They expelled women from universities. Oh, the respected people, support, support. Rights for everyone or no one!
</blockquote>
A protester at the rally told AFP “some of the girls” had been arrested by women police officers. Two were released, but several remained in custody, she added, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Around two dozen women dressed in hijabs, some wearing masks, could be seen raising their hands and chanting slogans as they marched through the streets.
Women-led protests have become increasingly rare in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over the country last August, after the detention of core activists at the start of the year.
Participants risk arrest, violence and social stigma for taking part.
The women had initially planned to gather in front of Kabul University, the country’s biggest and most prestigious educational institution, but changed locations after the authorities deployed a large number of security personnel there. 
Tuesday’s late-night announcement triggered international outrage, with the United States, the United Nations and several Muslim nations denouncing it.
Since seizing power, the Taliban have imposed many restrictions on women.
Most teenage girls are barred from secondary school, women have been pushed out of many government jobs, prevented from travelling without a male relative and ordered to cover up outside of the home, ideally with a burqa.
They are also not allowed to enter parks or gardens. 
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Group Of Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Govt Banned Them From Universities

Political analysts say MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora should consider joining ZANU PF if he is to save his political career.
This comes after MDC Alliance lost all the vacant seats it had won in 2018 to the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and ZANU PF in Saturday’s by-elections.
There were 28 parliamentary and over 100 local authority vacant seats that were contested in the 26 March by-elections, with the majority won by CCC.
Political analyst Mkhululi Tshuma told CITE that the MDC built by Morgan Tsvangirai is no more and its current leader, Mwonzora, should join ZANU PF to prolong his political career. Said Tshuma:
<blockquote>
There is no hope at all for Mwonzora and his MDC as far as politics is concerned. The man is done.
It’s unfortunate that the iconic MDC with all its derivatives, the party which Morgan Tsvangirai laboured so hard to build, is finished.
The guy played with the hearts and minds of the people hiding behind a dubious Supreme Court ruling.
However, the Supreme Court of public opinion has issued its verdict and it’s not good for Mwonzora.
He is finished and along with him will die the political lives of those who followed him to the grave.
Mwonzora has one choice, to join ZANU PF and be part of the gravy train. From what I have seen with the Khupe U-turn, people are not going to easily forgive him.
He is totally done for now. He just has a small chance in ZANU PF. Let him grab it.
</blockquote>
Another political analyst, Vusumuzi Chirwa, also told CITE that the MDC and all its derivatives are now history.
He advised Mwonzora to join ZANU PF and beg to be appointed as Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Afghanistan. Said Chirwa:
<blockquote>
Douglas Mwonzora’s political career was intertwined with that of MDC-T when he pressed the MDC-T cum MDC Alliance auto-destruction button, sadly he wasn’t aware of that.
It’s being naive to talk about his political career, instead, we should be reading his political epitaph.
March 26 was the burial day of the politically decomposed stinking bodies of both Mwonzora and his MDC party’s acronyms.
On March 26 the electorate became Douglas Mwonzora’s political undertakers lowering his coffin 600 feet. May his political soul rest in peace.
Now the best option available for the politically dead Douglas Mwonzora is to become a political ghost so he can be appointed a commissioner like Obert Gutu or plead to be appointed an ambassador in Afghanistan.
</blockquote>
Speaking during a press conference in Harare on Monday, Mwonzora said he will make a comeback from the electoral loss, saying they got their strategy wrong in the by-elections.
<h4>More: <a href="https://cite.org.zw/mwonzoras-political-career-hangs-in-the-balance/">CITE</a></h4>

'Mwonzora Should Join ZANU PF To Save His Political Career'

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative.
The guidance, issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also called on all vehicle owners to offer rides only to those women wearing Islamic hijabs. Ministry spokesman Sadeq Akif Muhajir <a href="https://guardian.ng/news/no-trips-for-afghan-women-unless-escorted-by-male-relative-taliban/">told AFP</a> on Sunday:
<blockquote>
Women travelling for more than 45 miles (72 kilometres) should not be offered a ride if they are not accompanied by a close family member. 
</blockquote>
The guidance comes weeks after the ministry asked Afghanistan’s television channels to stop showing dramas and soap operas featuring women actors.
The ministry had also called on women TV journalists to wear hijabs while presenting.
Muhajir said Sunday that the hijab would also be required for women seeking transport. The ministry’s directive also asked people to stop playing music in their vehicles.
The Taliban’s interpretation of the hijab — which can range from a hair covering to a face veil or full-body covering — is unclear, and the majority of Afghan women already wear headscarves.
Since taking power in August, the Taliban have imposed various restrictions on women and girls, despite pledging a softer rule compared with their first stint in power in the 1990s.
In several provinces, local Taliban authorities have been persuaded to reopen schools — but many girls still remain cut off from secondary education.
Early this month, the Islamist group issued a decree in the name of their supreme leader instructing the government to enforce women’s rights.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Development Programme <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/12/taliban-ban-on-women-can-cost-economy-1b/">in a new report</a> said the Taliban’s move to restrict women from working could immediately cost the Afghan economy up to $1 billion, or 5% of GDP.
The UN report painted a grim picture of Afghanistan’s economy which is under strain with soaring inflation and an ongoing cash crunch.
Women account for 20% of the country’s workforce and preventing them from working could deduct half a billion dollars alone from household consumption.
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Afghanistan's Taliban Govt Bans Motorists From Offering Women A Ride

Four women, including a rights activist, have been killed in Afghanistan after being picked by a car thought to belong to people who would help them join an evacuation flight.
Afghanistan’s interior ministry spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti said two suspects have been arrested after the four bodies were found at a house in the city. He said:
<blockquote>
The arrested people have admitted in initial interrogation that the women were invited to the house by them. Further investigations are underway and the case has been referred to court.
</blockquote>
Three sources in Mazar-i-Sharif told AFP that they had heard the women received a call that they thought was an invitation to join an evacuation flight and were picked up by a car, only to be found dead later.
A female employee of an international organisation told AFP, on condition of anonymity:
<blockquote>
I knew one of those women, Frozan Safi. She was also a women’s activist, really well known in the city.
</blockquote>
The source said that three weeks ago she had herself received a call from someone pretending to offer assistance in her efforts to get to safety abroad. She said:
<blockquote>
He knew all information about me, asked me to send my documents, wanted me to fill a questionnaire, pretending to be an official of my office in charge of giving info to the US for my evacuation.
</blockquote>
After becoming suspicious she blocked the caller, and is now living in fear. She was shocked when she heard about the killings. She added:
<blockquote>
I was already scared. My mental health is not good nowadays. I am always afraid that someone might come to my door, take me somewhere and shoot me.
</blockquote>
The Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan in August after a 20-year war against the former US-backed government, are a deeply conservative Islamist movement.
Under their last period of rule, women were banned from public life and since the group’s return to government many rights activists have fled the country.
More: <a href="https://www.zbcnews.co.zw/four-women-slain-in-afghanistan-after-phone-call-to-join-evacuation-flight/">(AFP)</a>

Afghanistan: 4 Women Found Dead After Taking Phone Call To Join Evacuation Flight

Afghanistan’s new rulers, the Taliban on Tuesday announced a complete ban on the use of foreign currency in the country.
According to analysts, the move is certain to cause further disruption to an economy pushed to the brink of collapse by the abrupt withdrawal of international support in the wake of the group’s takeover of the country in August.
The surprise announcement came hours after a coordinated gun and bomb attack on Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital in the capital, Kabul, killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens more.
A statement posted online by the Taliban’s spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said:
<blockquote>
The Islamic Emirate instructs all citizens, shopkeepers, traders, businessmen and the general public to … conduct all transactions in Afghanis and strictly refrain from using foreign currency.
Anyone violating this order will face legal action.
</blockquote>
The use of US dollars is widespread in Afghanistan’s markets, while border areas use the currency of neighbouring countries such as Pakistan for trade.
The Taliban’s government is pushing for the release of billions of dollars of central bank reserves as the impoverished nation faces a cash crunch, mass starvation and a new migration crisis.
Afghanistan’s previous Western-backed government had parked billions of dollars in assets overseas with the United States Federal Reserve and other central banks in Europe.
But after the Taliban took over the country in August, the US, as well as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), decided to block Afghanistan’s access to more than US$9.5 billion in assets and loans.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/2/taliban-bans-use-of-foreign-currency-across-afghanistan">Al Jazeera</a></h4>

Taliban Bans The Use Of Foreign Currency In Afghanistan

Members of Afghanistan’s national women’s football team have fled across the border into Pakistan, a month after the Taliban swept back into power.
Pakistan’s Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the players entered Pakistan through the northwestern Torkham border crossing holding valid travel documents. He tweeted on Wednesday:
<blockquote>
We welcome Afghanistan Women football team they arrived at Torkham Border from Afghanistan.
The players were in possession of valid Afghanistan Passport, Pakistan visa and were received by Nouman Nadeem of PFF (Pakistan Football Federation).
</blockquote>
It could not be established how many Afghan female players and their family members were allowed to enter Pakistan.
But Pakistan’s The Dawn newspaper on Wednesday reported the Afghan female footballers were issued emergency humanitarian visas following the Taliban takeover of Kabul.
The Taliban, who banned women from playing all sport during their first rule in the 1990s, have indicated that women and girls will face restrictions in playing sport.
AFP news agency reported someone close to the team as saying the group of junior players and their coaches and families had tried to escape the country last month but a devastating bomb attack at Kabul airport left them stranded.
Sardar Naveed Haider, an ambassador of global development NGO Football for Peace, based in London said:
<blockquote>
I received a request for their rescue from another England-based NGO, so I wrote to Prime Minister Imran Khan who issued clearance for them to land in Pakistan.
</blockquote>
In total, more than 75 people crossed the northern border on Tuesday, before travelling south to the city of Lahore where they were greeted with flower garlands.
The footballers are ultimately expected to travel on to Qatar’s capital, Doha, reports said.
A senior Taliban official has told Australian media it was “not necessary” for women to play, but on Tuesday, Bashir Ahmad Rustamzai, Afghanistan’s new director-general for sport, said top-level Taliban leaders were still deciding.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is a former international cricketing star and sports hero among Pakistanis.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/15/afghanistan-women-football-team-pakistan-taliban-sports">Al Jazeera</a></h4>

Afghanistan Women’s Football Team Flees To Pakistan

Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has spoken publicly for the first time since he fled the country last month as Taliban fighters closed in on the capital Kabul.
Ghani issued a statement on Wednesday, explaining why he left his country in a huff at the height of the Taliban offensive.
He said he believed that leaving Kabul was the only way to keep the guns silent and save the city of 6 million citizens.
Ghani described as baseless allegations that he left Kabul with millions of dollars, saying “these charges are completely and categorically false.”
Pindula News is publishing the statement by Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in full below:
<blockquote>
I owe the Afghan people an explanation for leaving Kabul abruptly on August 15th after the Taliban unexpectedly entered the city. 
I left at the urging of the palace security who advised me that to remain risked setting off the same horrific street-to-street fighting the city had suffered during the Civil War of the 1990s. 
Leaving Kabul was the most difficult decision of my life, but I believed it was the only way to keep the guns silent and save Kabul and her 6 million citizens. 
I have devoted 20 years of my life to helping the Afghan people work toward building a democratic, prosperous, and sovereign state – it was never my intent to abandon the people or that vision.
Now is not the moment for a long assessment of the events leading up to my departure – I will address them in detail in the near future. 
But I must now address baseless allegations that as I left Kabul I took with me millions of dollars belonging to the Afghan people. These charges are completely and categorically false. 
Corruption is a plague that has crippled our country for decades and fighting corruption has been a central focus of my efforts as president. I inherited a monster that could not easily or quickly be defeated.
My wife and I have been scrupulous in our personal finances. I have publicly declared all of my assets. My wife’s family inheritance has also been disclosed and remains listed in her home country of Lebanon. 
I welcome an official audit or financial investigation under UN auspices or any other appropriate independent body to prove the veracity of my statements here. 
My close aides are ready to submit their finances to public audit, and I would encourage and urge other former senior officials and political figures to do the same.
Throughout my life, I have firmly believed that the formula of a democratic republic was the only way forward for a sovereign, peaceful, prosperous Afghanistan. 
Throughout my service to my country, the boundaries of my actions have always been defined and guided by the 2004 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. 
It provides the platforms for dialogue where our differences can be managed through give and take and persuasion, and where the acceptance of a common vision for the future can be defined and embraced. 
Our Afghan tradition of Jirga and Shura is deeply egalitarian and participatory and can provide a platform for peaceful outcomes for the country moving forward.
I offer my profound appreciation and respect for the sacrifice of all Afghans, especially our Afghan soldiers and their families, through the last forty years. 
It is with deep and profound regret that my own chapter ended in a similar tragedy to my predecessors — without ensuring stability and prosperity. 
I apologize to the Afghan people that I could not make it end differently. My commitment to the Afghan people has never wavered and will guide me for the rest of my life.
</blockquote>
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Former Afghan President Offers Explanation For Leaving Country

The United States of America (US) has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after the last of its planes took off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport.
All its service members have now departed, bringing an end to a 20-year campaign that saw more than 2 400 Americans die as well as tens of thousands of Afghans.
A photo of Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, boarding a C-17 cargo plane at Kabul airport was released by the US Department of Defence, as he was the last US service member to leave the country.
<figure class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1536px"><img alt="Image" decoding="async" height="1536" loading="lazy" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-E8l87X0AAwbsT?format=jpg&amp;name=large" width="1536"/><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">The last American soldier to leave Afghanistan: Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue</figcaption></figure>
General Kenneth F McKenzie, head of US Central Command, earlier announced the “completion of our withdrawal” during a news conference at The Pentagon.
He said the US ambassador to Afghanistan, Ross Wilson, was also on the last flight from Kabul. Said Gen. McKenzie:
<blockquote>
The last C-17 lifted off on 30 August at 3.29 pm (EDT) and the last manned aircraft is clearing the airspace above Afghanistan now.
</blockquote>
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US’s diplomatic mission to the country would operate from Doha, Qatar, for the time being, as America enters a “new chapter” in ties with Afghanistan.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf said it meant Afghanistan had “gained complete independence”, Al Jazeera TV reported, with fighters near the airport firing into the air in celebration.
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United States Complete Withdrawal From Afghanistan

The United States military has conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State member in Afghanistan’s Nangahar Province, which borders Pakistan in retaliation to the Kabul bombing in which 13 U.S. troops died.
Captain Bill Urban, the spokesman for US Central Command, said he U.S. airstrike killed an Islamic State “planner” in retaliation for Thursday’s suicide bombing in Kabul.
There were no known civilian casualties, he said.
It is not clear whether the planner killed by the US had been involved in Thursday’s attack near the city’s airport, where thousands of people had been trying to reach evacuation flights to escape the incoming Taliban regime.
But two defence officials told NBC News that the target was an ISIS-K fighter thought to be planning future attacks.
They said the unnamed fighter had been riding in a vehicle with an associate at the time of the strike, which was carried out by an MQ-9 Reaper drone using munitions chosen for precision and to minimise civilian casualties.
Friday’s airstrike goes some way to fulfilling a promise made by US President Joe Biden to retaliate against those behind the airport attack.
In a message to the perpetrators on Thursday evening, he had said: “We will hunt you down and make you pay.”
Over 2 400 US service members died in the 20-year war in Afghanistan but the attack outside Kabul’s airport was the deadliest day since 2011.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the final few days would be “our most dangerous period to date”, as the US State Department issued a warning telling American citizens still in Kabul to stay away from the airport gates for their own safety.
More: <a href="https://www.zbcnews.co.zw/afghanistan-us-airstrike-targets-isis-k-after-deadly-kabul-airport-attack/">ZBC News</a>

U.S. Airstrike Targets ISIS-K In Retaliation To Kabul Bombing

Two bombs exploded at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, targeting people desperate to flee the country after the Taliban takeover.
The Ministry of Health says more than 90 people were killed, with civilians and 13 U.S. military personnel among the dead.
Hours earlier, Western governments had warned their citizens to stay away from the airport, because of an imminent threat of an attack by IS-K, the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State group.
The apparent suicide vest attack occurred at the Abbey Gate to the airport where US forces were screening Afghan civilians for admission to the airport.
The US said “ISIS gunmen” also had opened fire on the crowds and US forces after the bomb detonated.
The 13th fatality was confirmed by the Pentagon late on Thursday. Reports suggest that 18 more were injured.
It is believed to be the most US troops killed in Afghanistan in a single incident since 30 personnel died when a helicopter was shot down in August 2011. Central Command spokesman Captain Bill Urban said in a statement:
<blockquote>
A thirteenth US service member has died from his wounds suffered as a result of the attack on Abbey Gate.
</blockquote>
Despite the attack, Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie Jr, commander of the US Central Command, said that the US is “continuing to execute the mission,” to evacuate US citizens and as many Afghans, who have documents to leave the country. Said McKenzie:
<blockquote>
Our mission is to evacuate US citizens or third-country nationals, especially immigrant visa holders, US embassy staff and Afghans at risk. 
</blockquote>
The US presently has 5 800 troops at the airport in Kabul working to evacuate thousands of US citizens, Afghans and others.
The Taliban which took over power earlier this month gave the U.S and its Western allies until the end of the month to evacuate all their troops from Afghanistan.
The U.S., the U.K. and other Western powers had started evacuating their troops and citizens after a two-decade war with the Islamist militant group.
Upon seizing power, the Taliban pledged to uphold human rights amid scepticism by many who remember the Taliban of the 1990s.
Many Afghans have fled from the country as they feared the new government would seek vengeance on those who supported the American-backed government.
More: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-58348598">BBC News;</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/26/us-military-personnel-in-bomb-attacks-at-kabul-airport">Al Jazeera</a>

90 Afghans, 13 U.S. Troops Killed In Kabul Attack

Zimbabwe was reportedly approached by some Western powers through the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to accept Afghan refugees fleeing their homeland after Taliban fighters seized power nearly a fortnight ago.
This was revealed by Presidential spokesperson George Charamba through Twitter. <a href="https://twitter.com/Jamwanda2/status/1430444752810430464">Using his @Jamwanda2 handle, he wrote:</a>
<blockquote>
DID YOU KNOW?? That Zimbabwe was recently approached by some western govt through IOM to get her to accept fleeing Afghan collaborators as refugees here!!! This earth my brother, sister, Aaah!!!!!
</blockquote>
Responding to <a href="https://twitter.com/KMutisi/status/1430467178034339846">a Twitter user who had suggested that Zimbabwe could seize the opportunity</a> to mend its fractured relations with the United States of America and her allies, Charamba said accepting Afghan refugees will be inconsistent with Harare’s foreign policy. <a href="https://twitter.com/Jamwanda2/status/1430475373083611136">Wrote Charamba:</a>
<blockquote>
Well, I think as we debate this request through IOM, let’s not profile other races, other faiths, other religions.
Zimbabwe is a broad-minded nation when it comes to race relations, cultures and faiths. It is the West’s narrowness which created the mayhem we see in Afghanistan.
What we are debating here is the morality of a retreating invader coopting other nations in cleaning up its mess arising from its unjust wars.
Or the deservedness of nationals who collaborate with an occupying power to find relief and succour in other nations with nothing to do with the occupation, in the first place.
And for Zimbabwe, whether or not it’s consistent with its policy, values and stance to aid and abet displacements from struggles against western imperialism.
Would this validate our history as a post-liberation society?
</blockquote>
The United States and Britain among other powers have to date airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans from the Hamid Karzai Internation Airport in Kabul, with most of them sent to third countries including Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Those who are being evacuated worked with Western powers during 20 years of occupation and now face the threat of reprisals from Taliban fighters for having collaborated with the occupiers.
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"United States Requested Zimbabwe To Receive Afghans Fleeing Taliban"

A man who claimed to be Zimbabwe’s former defence attaché to Afghanistan, James Mudzivare, threatened to “come after” Bridget Mananavire, The News Hawks reporter, for reaching out to Zimbabweans in Afghanistan.
Mudzivare, who is allegedly in Zimbabwe, called the reporter on Wednesday night shouting at her and asking why she was interested in the story and contacting people in bunkers. He said:
<blockquote>
I am coming after you! Why are you contacting them? Are you human? Do you know the Taliban? I was a defence attaché there. I am coming after you!
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe Defence Forces public relations director Colonel Teddy Ndlovu said a report should be made to the police. 
The threats are made when there are calls to enhance the freedom of journalists to allow them and communities access to information. 
In July 2021, the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/07/22/my-freedom-of-information-campaign-launched-in-zimbabwe/">My Freedom of Information campaign</a> was launched in Zimbabwe by Tag a Life International (TaLI), in partnership with Fojo Media Institute, Identities Media TV and the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services to raise awareness on the Freedom of Information Act for vulnerable groups and journalists.
Meanwhile, Mananavire learnt that Zimbabweans in Afghanistan are anxious over their safety following the takeover of power by the Islamist militant group, the Taliban.
A person who preferred to be identified as The Economic Refugee said he left Afghanistan two days before the Taliban takeover on 12 August, but so many of my colleagues are still there. he added: 

<blockquote>
We have a WhatsApp group with some people in Kabul and some are anxious on how this will pan out. Some are waiting for commercial flights to resume so that they can make their way out and maybe work from home, for those who can, while contemplating the next move. For Zimbabweans, however, there is no embassy in Afghanistan, the nearest would be in Dubai or New Delhi.
</blockquote>
He added that some were in highly safe locations while those who work for agencies are being protected by their organisations in safe spaces like bunkers. 
Those working for private companies are looking for alternatives while humanitarian workers will have to provide assistance to displaced citizens.
He said although the Taliban has given assurances that it would let humanitarian work continue and not harm anyone, most people were unsure what would happen when it has entrenched itself in power.
According to another former resident, Maxwell Saungweme, Afghanistan is home to thousands of Zimbabweans who are working in various fields that include international development work, humanitarian work, peacebuilding, as well as private security services. 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Constance_Chemwayi">Constance Chemwayi</a> said the ministry does not have the exact numbers of Zimbabweans in Afghanistan at the moment. 
She urged all Zimbabweans in Afghanistan to get in touch with the embassy in Tehran, Iran or any of our embassies worldwide that are easily reachable to them.
More: <a href="https://thenewshawks.com/zimbabweans-caught-up-in-afghanistan-turmoil/?fbclid=IwAR1Blt8AfDvZimZTnSLeraoYraFLlp6-BfbxnZ0wSQyT6cGP8VUvIzlZuAM">The News Hawks</a>

Journalist Threatened For Speaking To Zimbabweans In Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s new rulers, the Taliban, are reportedly going house-to-house searching for opponents and their families.
After toppling the government and taking over Kabul on Sunday to end two decades of war, the hardline Islamist movement’s leaders have repeatedly vowed a complete amnesty.
Women have also been assured their rights will be respected, and that the Taliban will be “positively different” from their brutal 1996-2001 rule.
But with thousands of people still trying to flee the capital aboard evacuation flights, a report for the United Nations confirmed the fears of many.
The Taliban have been conducting “targeted door-to-door visits” of people who worked with US and NATO forces, according to a confidential document by the UN’s threat assessment consultants seen by AFP.
The report, written by the Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, said militants were also screening people on the way to Kabul airport. Christian Nellemann, the group’s executive director, told AFP:
<blockquote>
They are targeting the families of those who refuse to give themselves up, and prosecuting and punishing their families ‘according to Sharia law’.
We expect both individuals previously working with NATO/US forces and their allies, alongside their family members to be exposed to torture and executions.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the Taliban have denied such accusations in the past and have several times issued statements saying fighters were barred from entering private homes.
They also insist women and journalists have nothing to fear under their new rule, although several media workers have reported being thrashed with sticks or whips when trying to record some of the chaos seen in Kabul in recent days.
During their first stint in power before the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001, women were excluded from public life and girls were banned from school.
People were stoned to death for adultery, while music and television were also banned.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/fears-mount-that-taliban-plans-revenge-against-afghans-who-worked-with-us-and-nato-f52343a8-d936-4abb-94df-e7b9091791c2">IOL</a></h4>

Taliban Conducting "Targeted Door-to-door Visits", Warns UN Report

An Afghan footballer fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation has said.
The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting groups, confirmed the death of Zaki Anwari who played for the Afghan national youth team. In a statement posted on Facebook on Thursday, the group said:
<blockquote>
Anwari, like thousands of Afghan youths, wanted to leave the country but fell off a US plane and died.
</blockquote>
He was among thousands of Afghans who flocked to the Hamid Karzai Internation Airport this week in a bid to flee the country after the country’s legitimate government collapsed.
A Taliban’s lightning offensive, taking advantage of the withdrawal of troops from NATO countries, ended with them assuming power when President Ashraf Ghani fled.
In a harrowing video from the airport on Monday, hundreds of people were seen running alongside a US Air Force plane as it gathered speed on the runway – several men desperately holding onto the side.
Further clips on social media appeared to show two people falling to their deaths from a C-17 aircraft after it took off.
Human remains were later found in a wheel well, the US military confirmed, adding that it was investigating the reported deaths linked to the C-17. US Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said:
<blockquote>
Before the aircrew could offload the cargo, the aircraft was surrounded by hundreds of Afghan civilians.
Faced with a rapidly deteriorating security situation around the aircraft, the C-17 crew decided to depart the airfield as quickly as possible.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/19/zaki-anwari-afghan-footballer-fell-to-death-from-us-plane">Al Jazeera</a></h4>

Afghan Footballer Fell To Death From US Plane

United Kingdom’s Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has told Sky News reporter, Kay Burley, that the UK cannot accommodate 20 000 Afghans in one go adding that it is important to have a system “that delivers” regarding the new Afghan refugee scheme.
This comes as scores of Afghans are fleeing their country following the seizure of power by the Taliban. 
Some of the Afghans have died after falling from U.S. aircraft where they clung in a desperate attempt to escape from their country amid uncertainty under the rule of the Taliban government. Watch the video below for more details:
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The Taliban was in power in the 1990s until it was toppled by the United States in 2001 for allegedly harbouring Al Qaeda, a militant group responsible for the bombing of the US’s twin towers on September 9, 2001.
The Taliban has since then been fighting the US-backed government and US forces.
Civilians and members of the ousted government,<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/08/15/afghanistan-president-ghani-flees-country-as-kabul-falls-to-taliban/"> including President Ashraf Ghani, are fleeing the country</a> as they fear that the Taliban government will seek vengeance.
The UK, like the US, is evacuating its people including troops from the Middle East country leaving the Afghans on their own.
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/08/18/taliban-promises-reforms-amid-fears-of-infringements-of-rights/">While the Taliban is saying it has reformed</a> over the years,<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/afghanistan-taliban-enters-outskirts-of-kabul-as-militants-say-they-dont-plan-to-take-capital-by-force-12382060"> former UK Prime Minister Theresa May</a> has said the withdrawal of the UK, and US forces will make Afghanistan a breeding ground for terrorists. 
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK will work with its partners to support Afghans adding that it is a mistake for any country to recognise the regime in Kabul.
More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw">Pindula News</a>

UK Says It Can't Accommodate 20 000 Afghans At One Go

Scores of Afghans, among them President Ashraf Ghani, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/8/16/desperate-afghans-throng-kabul-airport-escape-taliban">have fled from that country</a> following the seizure of power by the Taliban militant group.
President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the Taliban entered Kabul virtually unopposed, saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed.
This is despite promises by the militant group that it will not be vindictive and will ensure there is no infringement of rights, especially of women. 
There are fears that the Sunni Islamist organization will likely put in place strict rules as those that were in place in the 1990s before the United States removed the Taliban government from power. 
Back then, women had to wear head-to-toe coverings, weren’t allowed to study or work and were forbidden from travelling alone. TV, music and non-Islamic holidays were also banned.
The Taliban, now led by Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, a senior religious cleric from the Taliban’s founding generation, says women will be allowed to go to school and work, within the confines of the Shariah law (Islamic law).
Across Afghanistan, people are waiting to find out what kind of regime they will live under — and whether those who supported the US-backed government over the past 20 years will face retribution from the Taliban.
<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/afghanistan-taliban-us-news-08-17-21/">Through televised briefings, statements and press conferences,</a> Taliban officials made assurances on Tuesday that retribution was not on the cards.
The group’s deputy leader Maulvi Mohammad Yaqub told fighters not to “enter into homes of people or confiscate their cars,” in an audio message distributed widely through Taliban channels.
But those promises have been met with scepticism by the international community, and instances of intimidation have already begun.
The Taliban has been waging an insurgency against the allied forces and the US-backed Afghan government for two decades.
More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw">Pindula News</a>

Taliban Promises Reforms Amid Fears Of Infringements Of Rights

The Taliban has declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government in a bid to calm gangled nerves across the capital city Kabul, following dramatic scenes at the airport on Monday.
There were chaotic scenes in Kabul as thousands mobbed the city’s international airport in a desperate attempt to flee the country.
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed as a Western security official told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday that the Kabul airport’s tarmac and runway – which troops from the United States control – were now clear of crowds.
The official said military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan have started taking off.
At least seven people died in Monday’s chaos, including several people who clung to the sides of a jet as it took off.
The Taliban has declared the war in Afghanistan over and a senior leader said the group would wait until foreign forces had left before creating a new governance structure.
China said it was ready for “friendly relations” with the Taliban, while Russia and Iran also made diplomatic overtures.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/17/evacuation-flights-resume-as-biden-defends-afghanistan-pullout">Al Jazeera</a></h4>

Taliban Announces "Amnesty," Encourages Women To Join Govt

Shocking footage of Afghan nationals falling from the sky after clinging to a US military plane soon after takeoff from the Hamid Karzai International Airport has surfaced.
According to Al Jazeera, thousands of Afghans desperate to leave the country thronged Kabul airport where five people were killed on Monday after Taliban fighters seized the capital, prompting the US military to suspend evacuations to clear the airfield.
The United States temporarily halted all evacuation flights from Kabul to clear people who had converged on the airfield, a US defence official told the Reuters news agency.
Watch the video below:
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/8/16/desperate-afghans-throng-kabul-airport-escape-taliban">Al Jazeera</a></h4>

WATCH: Afghans Fall From The Sky After Clinging To US Plane

Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/15/asia/afghanistan-taliban-advances-kabul-intl/index.html">President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday, CNN reports.</a>
Taliban representatives had been in talks with the government for hours over who would rule the nation, following the militant group’s rapid advance across the country.
It was not immediately clear where President Ghani was going, but his departure signals a likely end for his embattled government.
Afghanistan’s acting defense minister, General Bismillah Mohammadi, slammed the departing president in a brief tweet Sunday, writing:
<blockquote>
They tied our hands behind our backs and sold the homeland, damn the rich man and his gang.
</blockquote>
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said earlier that Taliban forces would begin entering areas of the city where government officials and security forces had abandoned their posts, to impose order. He said:
<blockquote>
This morning the Islamic Emirate released a statement that our forces were outside Kabul city and we did not want to enter Kabul through military ways. 
However, now we are getting reports that the district police offices are evacuated, police has left their job of ensuring the security, also the ministries are emptied and the security personnel of the Kabul administration has fled.
</blockquote>
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/08/15/afghanistan-be-calm-we-want-to-take-kabul-peacefully-taliban/">The Taliban’s decisive takeover of the country and the US’ drawdown of its forces</a> and staff is an end to nearly two decades of war that cost many lives, resources and little progress in state-building.
The U.S’ withdrawal from the country opened a clear path for the Taliban to take on and defeat the Afghan security forces. 
The country is now facing the Taliban’s return to power, which, if it’s anything like it was in the 1990s, would mean a deterioration in civil liberties, particularly for women and girls whose freedoms grew under the civilian government.
However, Taliban spokesperson Sunday told BBC that unlike the Taliban government of the 1990s, they will allow women to go to school and work.
Acting Afghan Interior Minister Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal said Sunday that Kabul would not be attacked and that the government will shift power peacefully to a transitional administration.
But with so much territory now in hand, the Taliban has little reason to agree to a transitional government.
More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw">Pindula News</a>

Afghanistan President Ghani Flees Country As Kabul Falls To Taliban

Taliban militants issued a statement on Sunday calling for the residents of Kabul to be calm saying they wanted to take the capital city peacefully.
The statement comes after panicking residents were seen queuing for travelling documents – passports and visas – and money at banks planning to leave the city.
The Taliban that has already captured 24 out of 34 cities is reportedly outside the Kabul gates. Reports suggest Taliban representatives at the Kabul Presidential Palace negotiating for a peaceful transition of power with a transitional authority being considered.
<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/15/asia/afghanistan-taliban-advances-kabul-intl/index.html">Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that all fighters had been instructed to be on standby</a> at all entrances to Kabul until a peaceful and satisfactory transfer of power was agreed upon. He said:
<blockquote>
All the wealthy people, the businessmen, they should be safe and protected. None of the Taliban are allowed to go to any houses or conduct searches on businesses and the Islamic Emirate gives them full protection and they should be safe and not worry.
The people who are trying to fight against us, we suggest to them not to do so and they will be fully protected. They can leave as ordinary people.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the United States of America has started to evacuate its personnel at the embassy in Kabul. A U.S. top translator has asked the Taliban not to enter Kabul until all U.S. personnel have been evacuated, a process that could take up to Tuesday.
President Joe Biden announced the authorisation of additional direct deployment of 1 000 troops to Afghanistan in a statement Saturday. 
He authorised the deployment “to make sure we can have an orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel and other allied personnel and an orderly and safe evacuation of Afghans who helped our troops during our mission and those at special risk from the Taliban advance.”
Biden formally announced in July that US troops would fully withdraw from Afghanistan by August 31. 
He has remained steadfast in his decision to withdraw, telling reporters earlier this week that he did not regret it and it was time for Afghans to “fight for themselves.” 
The development is a clear change to the US foreign policy after four presidents had overseen the US war in Afghanistan.
More: <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/14/politics/biden-afghanistan-troops/index.html">CNN</a>

Afghanistan: Be Calm, We Want To Take Kabul Peacefully - Taliban

Dozens of people were seen queuing to withdraw money at banks in Kabul, Afghanistan as the Taliban militants continue capturing key cities.
The Taliban has been capturing cities around the capital Kabul with the latest being 
Residents of Kabul are preparing for the arrival of the Taliban after the group captured a series of local cities on Saturday and areas close as seven miles away.
Hundreds formed queues at passport centres as they tried to get their paperwork in order to leave.
Officials said many people in the capital were stocking up on rice and other food as well as first aid, and visa applications at embassies were running in the tens of thousands.
The Taliban now controls about 24 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, leaving the Western-backed government controlling areas in the centre and east, as well as Kabul.
The insurgents have expanded substantially in the last week, taking the country’s second, third, and fourth-biggest cities with Jalalabad being the most recent to be seized. 
Abas Ebrahimzada, a lawmaker from the Balkh province where the city is located, said the national army surrendered first, which prompted pro-government militias and other forces to lose morale and give up in the face of a Taliban onslaught.
Lawmaker Hoda Ahmadi said the Taliban is now in the Char Asyab district, just seven miles south of the capital.
Officials confirmed that they have taken Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province, while insurgents also captured the capital of Paktika, bordering Pakistan, according to Khalid Asad, a lawmaker from the province.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivered a televised speech Saturday, his first public appearance since the recent Taliban gains.
He vowed not to give up the “achievements” of the 20 years since the US toppled the Taliban after the 9/11 attacks.
The US has continued holding peace talks between the government and the Taliban in Qatar this week, and the international community has warned that a Taliban government brought about by force would be shunned.
The U.S. pulled its troops out of Afghanistan leaving the government at the mercy of the Taliban.
The Joe Biden administration is evacuating staff from its embassy with reports saying they aim to have finished the process by Tuesday.
More: <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/afghanistan-taliban-us-troops-intl-08-14-21/h_efe680a33e88f444dd51a978d5dbb8f7">CNN</a>

Afghanistan: Scores Queue For Passports, Visas, Money As Taliban Captures More Cities

Khalid Payenda, Afghanistan’s Acting Finance Minister, has resigned and left the country after the Taliban captured key customs posts bleeding the administration of revenue.
Speaking to Bloomberg, finance ministry spokesman Mohammad Rafi Tabe said that Payenda has “resigned and left the country because Afghanistan is grappling with declining revenues after the takeover of the custom posts”.
“The deteriorating security situation” and travelling to be with his ailing wife abroad, were the other reasons Tabe gave.
It was not immediately clear where Payenda was going.
Taliban fighters have made rapid advances across Afghanistan in recent months as the United States and other foreign forces withdraw from the nation 20 years after they invaded.
Afghanistan has thirty-four (34) provinces in total and to date, nine (9) capitals have fallen to the Taliban.
Zaranj (August 6), Sheberghan (August 7), Sar-e-Pul (August 8), Kunduz (August 8), Taluqan (August 8), Aybak (August 9), Farah (August 10), Pul-e-Khumri (August 10), and Faizabad (August 11), have all been captured by the Taliban.
Fighting for Herat, the capital of Herat province in the west and Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand in the south is ongoing as of August 11.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/11/afghanistan-provinces-city-taliban-ghani-mazar-i-sharif-live-news">Al Jazeera</a></h4>

Afghanistan's Acting Finance Minister Quits After Taliban Capture Key Customs Posts

Zimbabwe’s cricket team, the Chevrons, Saturday lost to Afghanistan in a T20I match played in the United Arab Emirates by 47 runs to extend their T20I defeats since 2019 to eight (8).
The Chevrons have been chasing the game, literally and figuratively, for most of this series, but there was one period of play where they did control the flow.
Meanwhile, Asghar Afghan became the most successful men’s T20I captain of all time, surpassing MS Dhoni, as Afghanistan recorded their 42nd win under him in the format.
Their 47-run win over Zimbabwe ensured a clean-sweep of a three-match series and extended their record over Zimbabwe to 11 wins from 12 matches, and their winning streak in T20Is in the UAE to 16 matches.
Though this was Afghanistan’s lowest total of the series, the margin of victory was similar to the previous matches, illustrating the gulf between the two teams.
Afghanistan were kept to 183 in this match and owed their total largely to Najibullah Zadran, who smashed an unbeaten 35-ball 72 to dent a Zimbabwe attack that had done relatively well for the first 15 overs of the innings.
Despite giving themselves their best chance to win a match, Zimbabwe Chevrons’ batting once again let them down.
Their top-order lacked the power-hitters needed to set up a-T20-style innings, which meant that Sikandar Raza and Ryan Burl’s unbroken 80-run sixth-wicket stand was not enough to put any real pressure on Afghanistan.
More: Cricinfo

Zimbabwe Chevrons Lose To Afghanistan, Extends T20I Defeats Since 2019 To 8

A United States of America drone strike has killed the commander of the Taliban group and also more than 60 innocent civilians who were nearby.
Al Jazeera reports that the development was confirmed by Herat provincial governor’s spokesman Jailani Farhad who on Thursday revealed that the Taliban commander, named as Mullah Nangyalay, was killed in Shindand district close to the border with Iran.
Speaking to TOLO News, Afghan local media, Toryalai Tahiri the deputy head of Herat provincial council, said:
<blockquote>According to the people, over 60 civilians were killed and wounded in the operation.</blockquote>
The spokesperson of Resolute Support, NATO’s mission in Afghanistan, told AFP news agency that they launched “a defensive air strike in support of Afghan forces”, and also confirmed US participation in the operation.
The development comes barely a week after the US also killed the Iranian Quds commander, General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq.
More: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/strike-targeting-taliban-commander-civilian-casualties-200109165736421.html">Al Jazeera</a>

US Drone Strike Kills Taliban Commander And Over 60 Innocent Afghan Civilians

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has said Afghanistan’s proposed tour of Zimbabwe for five one-day international matches next month has been cancelled because of broadcast costs.
In a statement released on Monday, ZC said the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) had agreed to share the tour expenses. Said ZC:
<blockquote>Although the two boards had agreed to share the tour expenses, the prohibitive costs of broadcasting the matches live on television – which the ACB was insisting on – unfortunately derailed the proposed series.</blockquote>
Afghanistan have pre-World Cup warm-up ODIs scheduled against Scotland, Ireland, Pakistan and England before they begin their campaign against Australia in Bristol on June 1.
More: <a href="https://af.reuters.com/article/zimbabweNews/idAFL8N20Y5ZP">Reuters</a>

Afghanistan Tour Cancelled Due To Broadcast Costs

Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) acting director-general Joseph Muchechetere said that they may not send players to the T20 tournament in Afghanistan due to security concerns after a bomb blast in Kabul killed over 80 people.
Said Muchechetere:
<blockquote>Normally we approve trips on the blessing of the national association and also the international federation the national association is affiliated to. In this case, ordinarily we will require Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) to provide their firm word. But where we feel there is a serious concern for the safety of our sportsmen, we take the matter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which then makes the final decision on the basis of security reasons. If the ministry rules that the safety of our nationals in a foreign country will not be guaranteed, then those people cannot travel there.</blockquote>
More: <a href="http://www.chronicle.co.zw/cricketers-unsure-of-afghan-t20-participation/">Chronicle</a>

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