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Daily Evacuation Brief | May 27, 2022

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Daily Evacuation Brief | May 27, 2022

May 27, 2022
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From the Editor: The Afghan Digest will be changing our publishing schedule in order to better serve our readers around the world. Publishing times will now be focused on GMT +4:30 to ensure Afghan readers receive the DEB earlier in the morning.

LAST 24 HOURS: 

  • Severe weather has created dangerous road conditions across several provinces in the country. Reports of traffic accidents have risen.

  • Sources claimed that Mullah Baradar’s visit to Panjshir was to warn local commanders that a UN human rights envoy would be arriving to investigate atrocities and possible war crimes. He told local commanders that the envoy would mainly focus on the Paryan district.

  • Police scuffled with protestors in Islamabad at former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s rally to protest his ouster. Several convoys made their way into the city and pushed aside shipping containers that have been in place as blockades since the constitutional crisis in the country ensued. While some reports of injuries have come in, no deaths have been reported as of yet. The situation remains tense.

  • Afghan women held a demonstration in Police District 11 to protest unequal policies instituted by the Taliban. Security forces and some civilian men reputedly dispersed the protest by throwing rocks at the women.

  • An unconfirmed report states the bodies of a missing contingent of Taliban troops who were sent into the mountains were discovered. It is thought they died of exposure and a lack of oxygen. Local shepherds have been told to stay away from the area while they extract the bodies.

  • A rumor surfaced that local Taliban leaders in Herat have banned the use of tractors to harvest wheat. We have yet to verify the veracity of these claims, but earlier reporting suggested the Taliban were looking for ways to “keep the men occupied” in several provinces.

  • Deputy Defense Minister Mallah Fazl Mazlum arrived in Panjshir yesterday in order to help attempt to deal with the “northern problem”. 

NEXT 24 HOURS:  

  • High winds are expected to decrease in the next twenty-four hours.

  • More demonstrations are expected to take place in several cities in Pakistan as the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party continues to protest the former Prime Minister’s ouster. At-risk Afghans currently residing in Pakistan are encouraged to avoid the protests as police have been instructed to disrupt the rallies.

  • Taliban security forces in the Paryan district of Panjshir are reported to be planning to visit three sites where possible mass executions were documented. It is believed they will attempt to remove evidence of the executions and threaten locals with punishment if they reveal anything to a UN inspection team.

ANALYSIS SPOTLIGHT: 

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Nothing has changed about Taliban, from terror to Sharia. Islamic world should pressure them

By Zardasht Shams – The Print

Ever since they seized power from former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, the Taliban have continued to impose brutally suppressive diktats in the name of religion. A series of recent repressive measures indicate hard-line ideologues among the Taliban flexing their muscles to assert power within their internationally unrecognised regime…

Afghani to the Dollar: $1 – 88.92 AFN (as of 27 MAY 2022)


AFGHAN NEWS

Blasts in Kabul, Balkh Spark Intl Condemnation

By Mujeeb R. Awrang – TOLO News

Former President Hamid Karzai condemned the blasts on Twitter, saying unity and national dialogue are the…

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Taliban unlikely to curb Afghanistan's drug trade: Report

By CatchNews

The Taliban through tactical declarations have been pretending to halt production of narcotics in Afghanistan to evade…

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More Than Half of the Afghan Population Do Not Know Where Their Next Meal Is Coming From

By Saqalain Eqbal – Khaama Press

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Afghanistan’s food security is at an all-time high, and more than…


REGIONAL NEWS

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A Group of Russian Engineers Travel to Kabul to Inspect the Macrorayans’ Technical Systems

By Saqalain Eqbal – Khaama Press

According to the company, the survey’s findings will be presented to the General Directorate of State Companies and…

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Ousted PM Imran Khan Ends Protest after Violence Breaks Out

By Arif Ahmadi – Khaama Press

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday led a rally of thousands of supporters towards the capital Islamabad against the…


INTERNATIONAL NEWS RELATING TO AFGHANISTAN

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US Special Representative Thomas West Meets Dr. Abdullah Abdullah

By Saqalain Eqbal – Khaama Press

Thomas West, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan, tweeted that he had met with Abdullah Abdullah, the former chairman of the…

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Unprecedented’ US, OIC dialogue vow to hold Taliban accountable

By SAMAA

The US-OIC Strategic Dialogues which have been dubbed as “unprecedented” were held at the US State Department on May 24 and…


THE DAILY WTF 

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UK Foreign Office's senior leaders were on holiday when Kabul fell: Report

By ANI

Nine months after the western countries withdrew their forces from Afghanistan, a UK Parliamentary committee has...

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