Afghanistan's Taliban regime intensifies crackdown on cultural expression, with musicians defying a music ban to preserve traditions, per eurasiaReview.com.
The government has reportedly arrested members of ISIS-K near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, as Turkish intelligence reports the arrests, according to kabulNow.com.
US lawmakers criticize the Trump administration's deportation plans for Afghans, warning of potential Taliban persecution, Bloomberg reports.
Despite ongoing challenges, Afghanistan hosts its first mining expo to attract investment and tap mineral wealth, English news.cn notes.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: Political repression. Its words also reach E9 cultures, E11 organizations and E10 institutions.
Here it is a dynamic between states, cultures and organizations: Taliban regime and Trump administration (E12 states), with cultural expression and musicians (E9 cultures), and ISIS-K and mining expo (E11 organizations).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Taliban regime, Trump administration.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: cultural expression, musicians.
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: ISIS-K, mining expo.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: deportation plans, mineral wealth.