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Taliban’s Second Anniversary: Celebrations and Challenges

August 15, 2023 by Muhammad Sher

Flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan displayed; public holiday. Strict interpretation of Islam enforced; women’s rights impacted. Defiant statement highlights victory and Afghan resilience. Afghanistan’s Taliban government commemorated the second anniversary of their takeover with celebrations and a public holiday, defiantly marking their resurgence to power. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as they have … Read more

Gerard Butler’s action movie Kandahar release date revealed

January 26, 2023 by Sana Fatima

For Memorial Day weekend, Open Road has scheduled the action film Kandahar starring Gerard Butler. Ric Roman Waugh is the film’s director, working from a script he co-wrote with Mitchell LaFortune. The actor-director team previously collaborated on films including Greenland and Angel. For Memorial Day weekend, Open Road has scheduled the action film Kandahar starring … Read more

Elnaaz Norouzi shooting for Kandahar with Ali Fazal in LA

September 1, 2022 by Mahrukh khan

Elnaaz Norouzi, a model and actress who created a significant impression in the first season of Sacred Games, is currently in Los Angeles. Instead, she is in Los Angeles filming for her upcoming global project with actors Ali Fazal and Gerard Butler. Kandahar is the name of their project. Elnaaz Norouzi, a model and actress … Read more

Taliban dig Mullah Omar car used in US escape

July 7, 2022 by Muhammad Zubair

The car that Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban, drove to get away from US soldiers after 9/11 has been found. It had been buried for more than 20 years in a garden in Afghanistan’s eastern Zabul province. Official Taliban media showed pictures of men digging it out with hand shovels. KANDAHAR: The car … Read more

Afghan authorities renovate southern power plant

June 29, 2022 by Muhammad Zubair

The transmission line was connected to the grid of Kandahar provincial capital, Kandahar City. The capacity of the Kajaki power plant would be raised from 50 to 100 megawatts. Afghanistan imports electricity from neighbouring Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran. The authorities in Afghanistan’s southern region rebuilt the only power plant at the Kajaki dam in … Read more

Women not wearing hijab ‘trying to look like animals’, say Taliban posters

June 16, 2022 by Shehroze Aqueeque

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

Blast killed 6 people in southern Afghanistan

June 10, 2022 by Muhammad Zubair

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

More than 5,000 Afghan refugees return homeland

June 9, 2022 by Muhammad Zubair

More than 5,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. 173 unregistered refugees landed in southern Kandahar province from Pakistan. More than 740,000 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported to Afghanistan, mostly from neighbouring countries, since August 2021. The Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs stated on Thursday that 5,159 … Read more

2,000 people arrested in last month in kabul

June 6, 2022 by Muhammad Zubair

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

Afghan universities reopen with trickle of women attending

February 2, 2022 by Sarfaraz Rizvi

MIHTARLAM, Afghanistan – Some public universities opened in Afghanistan on Wednesday for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August, with a trickle of women attending classes that officials said would be segregated by sex. Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered when the hardline Islamist group stormed back … Read more

What is the future of Afghanistan after the resurgence of the Taliban?

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 by Aizbah Khan

What is the future of Afghanistan after resurgence of the Taliban?

Afghanistan is in dire straits at the moment and its security forces have been weakened after the state failed to stop the Taliban’s attacks. Adding to Afghanistan’s woes, Washington has announced plans to evacuate its citizens from Kabul, a symbol of the US presence after nearly two decades of conflict. Following the Taliban’s takeover of … Read more

Taliban claim control over two major cities in Afghanistan

August 13, 2021 by Basma Siddiqui

KABUL: Taliban on Friday claimed to have taken control over key southern Afghan cities of Lashkar Gah and Kandahar, after weeks of heavy clashes between the Taliban and government forces. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on his social media account that they overran government offices, including provincial police headquarters, in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand … Read more

Rashid Says, “Dear World Leaders, Do Not Leave Us in Chaos”

August 11, 2021 by Muzzammil Mehboob

All-rounder Rashid Khan appealed for peace in Afghanistan. He asked the world leaders not to leave his country in “chaos” amid increasing violence. “Dear World Leaders! My country is in chaos, thousands of innocent people, including children and women, get martyred every day, houses and properties being destructed. Those families displaced. Don’t leave us in … Read more

Afghan airstrikes kill 47 militants in Kandahar province

August 10, 2021 by Web Desk

KABUL—At least 47 militants have been confirmed dead as fighting planes struck Taliban fighters’ hideouts and positions in the southern Kandahar province, Afghan Defence Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The sorties, according to the statement, targeted Taliban militants in Dand, Zari, Takhta Pul, and parts of provincial capital Kandahar city in the wee … Read more

Comedian Khasha’s Murder: Afghan Taliban Announces To Launch Investigation

July 28, 2021 by Aizbah Khan

The Afghan Taliban have said they are investigating the killing of Nazar Mohammad Khasha, a local comedian in the southern province, Kandahar. The official announcement of the change in the Taliban’s stance came a few days ago when a video surfaced showing Nazar Mohammad in the back seat of a car holding a group of … Read more

Afghan Authorities Arrest Four Journalists On Charges Of Spreading Propaganda

July 28, 2021 by Aizbah Khan

Afghan authorities have arrested four journalists who entered Spin Boldak in the southern province of Kandahar on charges of spreading propaganda. According to the details, clashes continue between security forces and Taliban fighters in Spin Boldak. The move by Afghan officials has drawn strong criticism from the media and NGO representatives, although the government has … Read more

Indian Journalist Danish Siddiqui Killed In Clash Between Afghan Army And Taliban

July 16, 2021 by Aizbah Khan

Danish Siddiqui, a leading Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist, was killed in a clash between the Afghan army and the Taliban in Kandahar. He was affiliated with the news agency Reuters. Danish Siddiqui was staying with Afghan forces and providing photos and information about the ongoing fighting there. According to reports, when the Taliban targeted the … Read more

India “Temporary” Closes Its Consulate, Withdraws Diplomatic Staff’ From Kandahar

July 11, 2021 by Aizbah Khan

India has “temporarily” withdrawn staff from its consulate in Kandahar in the face of growing control of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said in a statement that Indian personnel had been withdrawn due to heavy fighting near the city of Kandahar. Our response to media queries on the Indian Consulate … Read more

Afghanistan: Former News Anchor Shot Dead In Kandahar

May 6, 2021 by Aizbah Khan

A finance ministry employee and former news anchor has been shot dead in Kandahar, the southern city of Afghanistan. Journalists, members of civil society, government officials and judges in Afghanistan have been the target of similar attacks in recent months, according to Reuters. Provincial police spokesman Jamal Nasir said Nemat Rawan, a former anchor of … Read more

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