Police in Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, have detained 150 people on suspicion of involvement in illegal operations over the last month , according to the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Wednesday. Read more: Taliban in Afghanistan has ordered female TV anchors to hide their faces On his Twitter account, Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran confirmed … 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
LONDON: The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee stated in a report issued Tuesday that Britain’s exit from Afghanistan was a “disaster and betrayal” hindered by a lack of leadership from top politicians and civil officials. The Foreign Office was chastised by the committee for having “no plan” for evacuating Afghans who supported the UK … Read more
In the heat of the mid-morning sun, two lengthy queues of men and women wind around a World Food Programme (WFP) charity distribution facility in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital. Many of those seeking assistance in Khwaja Rawash, a middle-class area near Kabul International Airport, are Afghanistan’s new poor. They used to have good careers, but now … Read more
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
During skirmishes with resistance forces in Panjshir province, north of Kabul, the Taliban has been accused of human rights violations. According to a local resident, the party that seized power in Afghanistan last August shot an unarmed elderly relative. Another witnessed a neighbor being beaten unconscious by the Taliban. A local Taliban spokesman denied that … Read more
Soraya, a small business owner in Kabul, never imagined she’d be forced to wear a burqa as the Taliban did during their first term in office in the 1990s. “It breaks my heart that people in the street were approaching me, asking me to cover my face,” says Soraya. “Even the tailor I visited told … Read more
KABUL: Taliban regime in Afghanistan has stopped granting driving licenses to women in Kabul and other districts, media reports said. The prohibition comes at a critical juncture in the country’s humanitarian situation, with a severe scarcity of food and other basic commodities. Prior to the Taliban takeover, women in Afghanistan could be seen driving in some … Read more
Flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people after ravaging several provinces of Afghanistan over the last 5 days, an official stated Wednesday. Scores of Afghans die every 12 months in torrential downpours, specifically in impoverished rural regions wherein poorly built homes are liable to disintegrate. Deputy minister for disaster management Sharafuddin Muslim said … Read more
KABUL: Flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people in multiple districts of Afghanistan during the last five days, an official said Wednesday. Every year, tens of thousands of Afghans are killed by heavy rains, mainly in poorer rural regions where poorly constructed homes are at risk of collapsing. Sharafuddin Muslim, Deputy Minister for … Read more
After Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, a huge explosion killed more than 50 people, according to the mosque’s leader, the latest in a string of strikes on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The incident occurred in the early afternoon at the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the capital’s west, … Read more
Officials say talks between the Taliban and a Qatar-Turkey partnership to run Afghanistan’s five airports, including the capital, have come to a halt after the Islamists insisted on using their fighters to protect the facilities. Kabul’s only airport was trashed in August when tens of thousands of people rushed to evacuate on any available flight … Read more
At least nine people were killed in two bomb blasts aboard separate minibuses in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday, authorities said, a week after a devastating explosion rocked a Shiite mosque in the northern city. Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan last August, the number of violent public attacks has decreased, but the Sunni Islamic … Read more
At least 16 humans were killed with the aid of bomb blasts in two Afghan towns Thursday. counting in 12 at a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif claimed Islamic State (IS) group. The wide variety of bombings in Afghanistan has faded for the reason that the Taliban again to strength in August, but the jihadist and … Read more
A grenade blast inside a mosque in a heavily populated district of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, injured at least six people, authorities said, just minutes after worshippers offered midday prayers. Since the Taliban took power in August of last year, attacks on public targets have decreased significantly, but ISIL (ISIS) affiliates continue to operate in sections … Read more
KABUL – The Taliban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan’s new rulers make will be on their terms, the regime’s foreign minister said in an interview with AFP. In his first interview since returning from talks with Western powers in Oslo, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi also urged Washington to unlock Afghanistan’s assets … Read more
KABUL – The Afghan caretaker government’s Ministry of Public Health has inaugurated a cardiac surgical unit in a key children’s hospital in Kabul, a senior health official said Wednesday. The ministry inaugurated the surgical unit in Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Wazir Akbar Khan, a diplomatic district on Tuesday, Deputy Public Health Minister Abdulbari Omar … Read more
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to establish a National Level Coordination Mechanism for enhancing facilitation at Border Crossing Points. The understanding reached during the two-day visit of National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf to Kabul at his meetings with the Afghan Interim Government leadership. The two sides also agreed to initiate barter trade, modalities for which … Read more
During the chaotic US exit from Afghanistan, the Pentagon for the first time publicly disclosed drone footage of a disastrous hit in Kabul. The surveillance is the first to be made public, and it shows the strike that killed 10 members of a family, including seven children. The tape was obtained by The New York … Read more
KABUL – About 1,000 displaced and needy Afghan families received relief assistance in the capital Kabul on Tuesday as the Taliban-led caretaker government and aid agencies redoubled efforts to help destitute families in winter, authorities said on Tuesday. “About 1,000 families received assistance packages which included food and non-food items as well as kitchenware and … Read more
KABUL – A baby lost during the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans at Kabul airport has been reunited with his relatives after five months, his elated grandfather has said. The boy’s father handed two-month-old Sohail Ahmadi to a foreign soldier among jostling crowds desperate to flee the Taliban after they seized the … Read more
KABUL – A prominent Afghan university professor who openly criticised the Taliban’s regime has been arrested in Kabul, a spokesman for the government said. Professor Faizullah Jalal has made several appearances on television talk shows since the previous US-backed government was ousted in August, blaming the Taliban for the worsening financial crisis and criticising them … Read more
KABUL – The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up, an official said. The poster, which includes an image of the face-covering burqa, was slapped on cafes and shops this week by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. “According to … Read more
KABUL – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has distributed basic needs to over 1,700 families in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, the UNICEF Afghanistan said on Thursday. “To keep children and women warm and meet their basic needs during this harsh winter @UNICEFafg distributed 5,000 blankets, 1,700 tarpaulin and 1,700 buckets to 1,700 most … Read more
KABUL: For 50-year-old Hajji Mohammad, the outgoing year was a good one, with peace returning to war-torn Afghanistan. However, he found it hard to support his family, despite traveling from the eastern Wardak province to the capital Kabul to earn his living. “I have no funds to support my family and even I am not … Read more
KABUL: Few nations endured as tumultuous a year as Afghanistan in 2021, and the country’s woes are far from over as a bitter winter draws in. The Taliban’s astonishing return to power caught everyone on the wrong foot — not least the Taliban themselves — and Afghans are stumbling to make sense of what happened, … Read more
KABUL, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has provided medical supplies to over 1,000 health facilities in Afghanistan last month, the organization announced on Wednesday. “Over 1,000 health facilities were provided with medical supplies. These services are a lifeline for millions of children and mothers,” the agency wrote on social media … Read more
