The magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the town of Khost on the Pakistani border. At least 1,500 people have been injured, but the toll is expected to rise. The Taliban has sent emergency resources, including helicopters and ambulances, and compensated victims’ families. Search and rescue operations are underway in eastern Afghanistan after an earthquake killed … Read more
At least 920 people confirmed dead and another 600 injured. Helicopters have been using distant places to transport patients to hospitals. A complete village in Gayan was reportedly destroyed, according to local media. In the eastern Paktika province, where rescuers have been rushing to treat the injured, pictures reveal landslides and destroyed mud-built dwellings. Helicopters … Read more
255 people were killed and over 500 injured after an earthquake hit the eastern region of Afghanistan. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake happened 44 kilometres southwest of Khost, Afghanistan. According to local sources, the earthquake has destroyed scores of homes and triggered landslides. The Afghan News Agency said that 255 people were killed and over 500 were … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for renewed policy focus and arrangement of resources to address the suffering of refugees across the world. “From Syria to Palestine to Afghanistan, their plight calls for renewed policy focus and resources,” he said in a tweet, on World Refugee Day. The prime minister termed refugees as “the … Read more
The incident occurred in the Ghani Khil district in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. No organisation has officially claimed responsibility for the attack. In recent months, Afghanistan has reportedly been the target of a series of terror strikes orchestrated by Islamic State (IS) terrorists. JALALABAD, Afghanistan: A bomb explosion ripped through a district bazaar … Read more
The acting deputy prime minister of the Afghan caretaker government, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, met with Abdulaziz Kamilov, Uzbekistan’s national security council advisor. The two discussed Afghanistan’s ties with the international community and the early launch of major economic projects. Taliban-led caretaker administration in Afghanistan had launched a new chapter in relations between the two … Read more
Three blasts struck a Sikh-Hindu temple in Kabul’s Police District 4 on Saturday, multiple sources reported. Initial reports said that gunmen attacked and got into the building, and three security personnel were also injured. There is currently no formal statement regarding the incident. At least two people were killed and three security personnel were injured … Read more
In the northern province of Kunduz, an explosion occurred in an area where dozens of worshippers were slain in April. According to a spokeswoman for the provincial police, explosives were put inside the mosque. No one has claimed responsibility for the incident so far. During Friday prayers, a bomb exploded at a mosque in northern … Read more
Taliban’s religious police put up posters across Afghan city of Kandahar. Women who don’t wear an Islamic hijab are “trying to look like animals,” say posters. The Taliban have imposed harsh restrictions on Afghan women since seizing power in August. U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet slams the hardline Islamist government for its “institutionalized systematic oppression” … Read more
Taliban-run caretaker administration has authorised a six-month preliminary plan. The plan could generate up to 30 billion Afghani (340 million US dollars) per year. Afghanistan has suffered from a lack of modern transportation facilities such as asphalted highways and trains. KABUL: The Afghan-run caretaker administration has authorised a six-month preliminary plan to build a standard … Read more
The Silab Foundation held a mass wedding for 70 couples in Kabul yesterday. Couples were unable to arrange wedding parties individually due to economic problems. It is costly to hold a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan, which might cost anywhere from $10,000 to 20,000 dollars. KABUL: A local charitable organisation has arrange a mass wedding party … Read more
Fati is a goalkeeper who honed her fluent English by watching TV series and films growing up in another, very different Afghanistan. As the Taliban retook control of her country in August 2021, Fati decided that she and her international teammates would have to leave their homeland. The scene at the Kabul in Afghanistan air … Read more
Greece accuses Turkey of spreading “fake news”. Afghan citize crossing the Greek border illegally shot by Greek guards,Turkish guard said. He was one of eight people trying to cross illegally into Greece. An Afghan citizen attempting to cross the Turkish-Greek border illegally was shot and fatally wounded by Greek border guards on Monday, the Turkish … Read more
A bomb blast on a minibus has killed at least four people. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. It is the latest in a series of deadly attacks that have rocked Afghanistan. A bomb blast on a minibus killed at least four people and injured several others in the Afghan capital on Saturday, … Read more
A blast struck a vehicle in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province on Thursday, killing six people, including five security personnel. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August of last year, there have been fewer roadside bombings and violent occurrences. A blast struck a vehicle in the Spin Boldak district of southern … Read more
Taliban’s reformed Afghan police force receives new uniforms. New uniforms replace the republican flag with the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate flag. 20,000 uniforms were created under contract from a local firm. The new uniformed police force will be deployed in Kabul and Kandahar provinces. The Taliban’s reformed Afghan police force received new uniforms on Wednesday, as … Read more
Ghulam Farooq Wardak is the former Afghan Minister of Education. He is one of thousands of Afghans who fled the nation after the US military’s loss and Taliban takeover. “It’s good to be back home,” Wardak tells state-run Bakhtar news agency. Ghulam Farooq Wardak, the former Afghan Minister of Education, returned to Afghanistan on Wednesday, … Read more
A bus collided head-on with a truck in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah, wounding ten people. Poor roads, poorly maintained automobiles, and irresponsible driving are all factors that contribute to the high number of traffic accidents in the country. The provincial traffic police have initiated an investigation. FARAH, Afghanistan: A bus collided head-on with a … Read more
Police in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul arrest as many as 2,000 people for involvement in illegal activities. 859 cases of kidnapping, theft, drug smuggling, car snatching filed in the last month. Around 35,000 security professionals have been trained in the country over the last six months. Police in Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul have arrested as many … Read more
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan: Afghan security forces killed four insurgents in the Tagab district of northern Badakhshan province on Tuesday, according to Qari Maazudin Ahmadi, director of the provincial media and culture department. Read more: Taliban ‘making women invisible’ in Afghanistan: UN expert The crackdown began at 2:00 a.m. local time Tuesday in the Rabat region of … Read more
The process of distributing cash assistance to needy people in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province began on Sunday and will be finished on Monday, according to Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari, the provincial director for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs. Read more: Battered economy, security intensify problems in Afghanistan The official said, each family will get 21,000 … Read more
On Sunday, about a dozen Afghan women rallied in the capital, demanding “bread, work, freedom,” against the Taliban’s strict restrictions on women’s rights. Since seizing power in August, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during the two decades of US intervention in Afghanistan. “Education is my right! Reopen schools!” chanted … Read more
An eyewitness reported hearing a blast in Police District 15 along a route heading to Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on Sunday, with deaths suspected. (developing story)
Kabul, the Afghan capital, has launched and executed 181 development projects this year, according to the state-run news outlet Bakhtar. According to Bakhtar, the initiatives would cost 4.8 billion Afghanis (about 53 million US dollars) and cover all areas of Kabul in order to make the city clean and affluent. Balouch has encouraged Kabul residents … Read more
On Wednesday, the Afghan Taliban said that it was hosting peace negotiations between Pakistani officials and a Taliban-inspired insurgent organization that has waged a decade-long war against Islamabad. Since the Afghan Taliban returned to power last year, Islamabad has increasingly complained of attacks by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), especially along the mountainous border with Afghanistan. … Read more
Restaurants in Herat, Afghanistan’s western edge city, began allowing families to dine together again on Saturday, just days after owners claimed Taliban authorities had ordered them to separate men and women. On Thursday, several restaurant owners and managers said they received verbal orders from the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of … Read more
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan: Security forces in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province captured three drug traffickers with illegal substances on Wednesday, according to a provincial source. “The Baghlan police arrested three men in Khinjan district, Baghlan province. The suspects tried to transport 12 kg of hashish to Kabul province and the drug was confiscated, ” An investigation is … Read more
KABUL: More than 900,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control last August, according to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Working women are disproportionately affected, with women’s employment likely to drop by 21% by mid-2022, according to The Khaama Press. Since the Taliban took over, unemployment has surged, … Read more
