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☆ Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder, senior officials attend
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KABUL, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The Taliban administration on Wednesday put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year. The execution in western Farah province was of a man accused of stabbing another man to death in 2017, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, and was attended by senior officials of the group. The execution was carried out by the father of the victim, who shot the man three times, Mujahid added in a later statement. More than a dozen senior Taliban officials attended the execution, Mujahid said, including acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, and acting deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar, as well as the country's chief justice, acting foreign minister and acting education minister. Public lashings and executions by stoning took place under the previous 1996-2001 rule of the Taliban.

☆ Pakistan reopens Afghan crossing shut after border hostilities
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Gul Yousafzai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Saeed Ali Achakzai/File PhotoQUETTA, Pakistan, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan has reopened a major Afghan border crossing that was shut for trade and transit after security forces clashed last week, officials from both sides said on Monday. As the crossing opened on Monday, three people were wounded in another clash reported on a northwestern border with Afghanistan, an Afghan official said. A Pakistani security official said the fresh exchange of fire killed one member of border personnel and wounded nine other people. "We are going to meet senior Pakistani officials to find an amicable solution," he said. The Pakistan military did not respond to a request for comment, but a Pakistan security official said there has been regular border management coordination with Afghan authorities, adding that details of Afghan investigations into last week's hostilities will be shared with Pakistan in due course.

☆ Afghan Taliban say group will stick to strict Islamic law
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban will stick to their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia, a spokesman said Thursday, underscoring the group’s intention to continue hard-line policies implemented since they took over Afghanistan more than a year ago. During their previous years in power in the late 1990s, the Taliban carried out public executions, floggings and stoning of those convicted of crimes in Taliban courts. According to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, the group’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhunzada, met with Taliban judges a few days ago and instructed them to implement Sharia law in their rulings. Mujahid said this instruction prompted perceptions that Islamic law had been abandoned in the Islamic emirate, as the Taliban call their administration. “It doesn’t mean that the Islamic emirate didn’t implement the limits of Allah Almighty since it came to power,” he said.

Halim admitted to shooting Malcolm X, but he insisted his co-defendants were not involved. Prosecutors believed Aziz and Islam had been used as muscle for the Nation of Islam, Black Muslims' predominant organization. Malcolm X, reviled by some white leaders for embracing "any means necessary" in the fight for civil rights, had had had a falling out with the group just before he was assassinated, after a trip to Mecca. Malcolm X started to soften to the concept of racial unity. In early 2020, as Netflix began streaming the documentary series, "Who Killed Malcolm X?"

☆ Men wrongly convicted in Malcolm X slaying reach settlement with New York City, state
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 30 (Reuters) - A man exonerated last year in the 1965 slaying of Black activist Malcolm X and the estate of a second man cleared posthumously reached a settlement totaling $36 million with New York City and state, their attorney said on Sunday. The city has agreed to pay $26 million and the state will pay $10 million, attorney David Shanies told Reuters. "Muhammad Aziz, Khalil Islam, and their families deserve this for their suffering," Shanies said. A representative for the state attorney general's office was not immediately available for comment. Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; editing by Donna Bryson and Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 2 men wrongly convicted of killing Malcolm X in 1965 will receive a $36 million settlement from New York City and the state: reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York City and the state will pay $36 million to two men who were wrongly convicted of murdering Malcolm X, per AP. Muhammad A. Aziz originally sought $40 million in a civil rights lawsuit in July. The settlement will be split between Aziz and the estate of the late Khalil Islam, who died in 2009. Paperwork for the settlement will be signed over the next few weeks, with New York City paying $26 million and the state of New York paying $10 million, Shanies told the AP. The settlement will be split equally between Aziz and the estate of Islam, The New York Times reported, citing Nicholas Paolucci, the director of public affairs for the New York City Law Department, and Shanies.

☆ Taliban replaces Afghan acting education minister in reshuffle
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ali KharaKABUL, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Taliban's supreme leader issued an order on Tuesday announcing a reshuffle of several national and provincial positions, including replacing the acting education minister. Acting education minister Noorullah Munir would be replaced in the role by the head of Kandahar's provincial council, Maulvi Habibullah Agha. Afghanistan's education system has been in the spotlight since the Taliban took over the country just over a year ago. The group had largely banned education of girls when last in power two decades ago but had said its policies had changed. Taliban and diplomatic sources told Reuters that last week several ministers had gathered in Kandahar for a cabinet meeting led by the supreme leader.

☆ Ultimele forțe americane și NATO au părăsit Bagram, baza cheie a forțelor aliate în Afganistan
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesUltimele forțe americane și NATO au părăsit Bagram, baza cheie a forțelor aliate în AfganistanOficialii americani din domeniul apărării au anunțat că ultimele forțe americane și NATO au părăsit baza aeriană Bagram din Afganistan, centrul războiului împotriva militanților de aproximativ 20 de ani. În urma atacurilor teroriste din New York, o coaliție condusă de SUA a invadat Afganistanul, mai târziu în acel an, pentru a neutraliza ambele grupări anti-democratice. „Toate forţele coaliţiei au părăsit Bagram”, a declarat un oficialul american, sub rezerva anonimatului, fără să specifice momentul precis al retragerii din această bază, transmite Agerpres. În schimb, Reuters menţionează că Bagram, una dintre cele mai mari baze militare din Afganistan, a fost evacuată vineri. Un responsabil de la Kabul a declarat că baza Bagram va fi predată oficial sub controlul guvernului afgan în cadrul unei ceremonii care va avea loc sâmbătă.

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☆ Stare de alertă în Afganistan: A expirat termenul considerat limită de talibani pentru retragerea militarilor străini
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

O prezenţă militară sporită şi de securitate la punctele de trecere era vizibilă în capitala afgană, iar o sursă din domeniul securităţii a declarat că oraşul a fost plasat în "stare de alertă". Preşedintele Joe Biden a anunţat însă luna trecută că retragerea trupelor SUA se va derula până la 11 septembrie, prelungindu-se cu luni de zile după 1 mai. Violenţa împotriva afganilor a crescut în ultimele săptămâni, peste o sută de membri ai personalului forţelor de securitate fiind ucişi. Până sâmbătă nu se ştie cu claritate dacă s-au realizat progrese concrete şi nu s-au anunţat acorduri privind o prelungire a termenului retragerii trupelor străine, notează Reuters. El a adăugat însă că toţi combatanţii vor aştepta o decizie a conducerii talibanilor.

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