[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS- KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS TOLD TO STAY HOME – Late reporting and traffic on social media outlets suggest the Taliban may be suspending kindergarten schooling for children. Not long after the Taliban’s Ministry of Education announced it was closing Teacher Training Centers across the country and reassigning the staff members to schools, reports began to arrive that the Ministry of Labor had informed local leaders that kindergarten programs were being shut down. A letter that has been attributed to the Ministry of Labor announced that nearly 500 kindergarten teachers were to be dismissed. We assess this letter is authentic and constitutes a new nationwide policy. Some protests will likely take place as the new policy is put in place.
- EUROPEAN UNION DELIVERS ALMOST 100 TONS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES – The EU has been operating its ‘Humanitarian Air Bridge’ since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The flights deliver medication and medical equipment to struggling NGOs and hospitals across the country. The latest flight is the 29th to reach Afghanistan under this program.
- DEATH OF TTP LEADER ‘TARIQ’ CONFIRMED IN KUNAR PROVINCE – Previous reporting indicated the notorious mastermind behind multiple terror attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan had been killed in Kunar Province on Tuesday. Confirmation of his death was received on Wednesday. However, there has been no information provided surrounding the circumstances of his killing and who may have carried out the operation. Tariq rose to international prominence after the tragic Dasu Attack in July 2022 where 10 Chinese nationals were killed and another 26 were wounded when their bus was hit by an explosive device.
- 4 PUBLICLY FLOGGED IN KABUL – 3 men and 1 woman were publicly flogged in the Paghman neighborhood on Wednesday. The four were accused of immorality and received 20 lashes and a one-month prison sentence for their crimes.
CONFLICT TRACKER
Kabul: An unidentified Resistance group reportedly assassinated a Taliban official from the 4th Security Area in Kabul yesterday evening, The unidentified Taliban figure was reportedly killed with a knife and then had his vehicle set on fire.
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