Habib Mohammadi reports:
A group of unidentified hackers has breached the Taliban’s databases, leaking documents from 21 ministries and government agencies, some of which appear to be classified, according to reports circulating online.
The leaked files reportedly include documents from the Taliban-controlled ministries of finance, justice, foreign affairs, information and culture, telecommunications, and mining, as well as the Supreme Court and the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
The hackers have published hundreds of these documents on a website called “Talibleaks.”
Read more at Amu.TV
In related coverage about the alleged hack, Amu TV also reports:
According to the documents, Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has also banned overseas academic travel without his direct approval and has placed travel restrictions on more than 8,000 former government employees, barring them from leaving the country.
The documents, released by the website Talib Leaks, indicate that as of January 2024, around 80 foreign nationals, including six women, are being held in Taliban-run prisons.
Read more about the leaked documents at Amu TV.
The Khaama Press reports the Taliban’s response today:
The Ministry has confirmed that documents from dozens of its departments have been leaked. On Thursday, the ministry stated that initial information suggests that these documents may have been obtained from individual computers that lacked adequate security measures.
However, Taliban officials claim that the central government database has not been hacked.
Read more at Khaama.com