Afghanistan: Taliban shuts down women-run radio station
Mar 31, 2023, at 09:52 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have shut down women-run Radio Sadai-e- Banowan in northeastern Badakhshan province over an alleged violation of the ruling regime’s broadcasting policy, media reports said.
Afghanistan: OHCHR alarm over arrests of activists speaking up for women and girls
Mar 31, 2023, at 06:40 pm
New York: The de facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan must immediately release activists detained for advocating for girls’ and women’s rights, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday, expressing alarm over ongoing arrests.
Taliban arrest prominent advocate for girls' education in Afghanistan: UN mission
Mar 28, 2023, at 10:18 pm
Kabul: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday that the Taliban movement, which is currently ruling in Afghanistan, have arrested a prominent activist fighting for girls’ rights to education.
Blast occurs close to Afghanistan Foreign Ministry in Kabul, 2 dead
Mar 27, 2023, at 10:19 pm
Kabul: A blast occurred close to a checkpoint on the road leading to Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in downtown Kabul on Monday, leaving at least two people, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban forces kill key ISIS leader
Mar 27, 2023, at 03:17 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has said its security forces have killed a key ISIS commander in a special counterterrorism raid in Kabul city, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan restricts movement of Afghanistani nationals within country
Mar 26, 2023, at 07:48 am
Kabul/Islamabad: The Pakistan government has announced a policy this week by which it has decided to restrict the free movement of Afghan nationals and refugees within the country.
Taliban bans Nowruz celebration in Afghanistan
Mar 22, 2023, at 01:08 am
Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have banned celebration of Nowruz in the central Daikundi province.
Afghanistan seeks UN's support for wheat storage facilities
Mar 21, 2023, at 06:39 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock has urged the United Nations to support by providing storage facilities for wheat as the country continues to struggle with its economic situation, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Parents once again urge Taliban to reopen schools for girls
Mar 21, 2023, at 06:26 am
Kabul: Several Afghanistani parents and students have urged the Taliban authorities, the group which has been forcefully ruling the country since August 2021, to reopen secondary schools for girls, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Mortar mine blast kills 2 children
Mar 18, 2023, at 08:23 pm
Kabul: At least two children died and two others were injured as a mortar mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Saturday.
Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan
Mar 18, 2023, at 06:08 pm
New York: The UN food agency in Afghanistan announced on Friday that a lack of funds has forced deep cuts to life-saving assistance in March for at least four million people.
Mar 17, 2023, at 01:36 pm
As schools across Afghanistan prepare for the new academic year next week, secondary school-aged girls must be allowed to go back to the classroom after an 18-month ban on their education, Save the Children said.
Iranian border guards kill 11 Afghanistan refugees: Reports
Mar 17, 2023, at 01:24 pm
Tehran: Iranian guards have killed at least eleven Afghan nationals in the Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Carpet weavers of Badakhshan facing challenges everyday to execute their task
Mar 13, 2023, at 04:14 am
Female carpet weavers of Afghanistan's Badakhshan region are facing regular challenges despite working hard regularly to create their handicrafts due to the lack of a carpet processing center and a suitable market for selling them.
Afghanistan diaspora members protest in Vienna against Taliban atrocities against women, children
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:19 am
Vienna: Austrian city of Vienna recently witnessed Afghanistan diaspora members, including women associated with Afghan diaspora organizations AKIS (Afghanische Kultur, Integration und Solidaritat), staging a protest against the Taliban rulers of the South Asian country.
More than 500 people graduate from Afghanistan's Jihadist school
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:01 am
Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, a group that seized power in the South Asian country in 2021, has said more than 500 people have graduated from Jihadist schools in Helmand, Laghman, and Sar-e-Pol provinces.
One person killed, 8 injured in blast at cultural center in northern Afghanistan - Reports
Mar 12, 2023, at 01:30 am
Kabul: One person was killed, and eight others were critically injured on Saturday in a blast at a cultural center in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh province, Afghan broadcaster Ariana News reported.
Afghanistan: Several journalists feared hurt as blast rocks Mazar-e-Sharif
Mar 11, 2023, at 08:56 pm
Kabul/Mazar-e-Sharif: Several people are feared to be hurt as a blast rocked PD2 in Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif province on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Women protest in Kabul to demand for education, work
Mar 10, 2023, at 09:26 pm
Kabul: Women in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Tuesday protested to demand access to education for women, which has been curtailed ever since Taliban forces snatched power in the country in 2021.
Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women, Security Council hears
Mar 10, 2023, at 06:19 pm
New York: Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the “most repressive country in the world [for] women’s rights”, the senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday, while nevertheless voicing a nuanced position on the importance of continuing to engage with the group.
ILO says female employment levels in Afghanistan dropped sharply since Taliban came to power in 2021
Mar 07, 2023, at 11:26 pm
Kabul: Female employment levels in Afghanistan have fallen steeply since the Taliban administration took over in 2021, according to new figures released by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Afghanistan: Women students protest outside Kabul University as males return to classrooms
Mar 07, 2023, at 03:43 pm
Kabul: Women gathered outside Kabul University to protest against the Taliban's ban on female education in the war-torn nation and urged male students to reject attending the new academic session which commenced on Monday.
Afghanistan still a grave humanitarian crisis, senior aid official says
Mar 01, 2023, at 11:00 pm
New York: Climate change and the economic downturn continue to fuel the crisis in Afghanistan, and there have been no “encouraging developments” towards getting girls back into classrooms, a senior UN official said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban announce elimination of 2 IS militants in Kabul
Feb 28, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have eliminated two ISIS terrorists, including its key member, in an operation in the ccapital city Kabul, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Afghanistan Conflict: Taliban kills two ISIS terrorists during overnight raid in Kabul
Feb 27, 2023, at 09:01 pm
Kabul: Taliban security forces killed two Islamic State terrorists during an overnight raid in the capital Kabul city on Monday.
Afghanistan: Taliban shuts down shops in Uruzgan for taking Pakistani currency
Feb 24, 2023, at 11:28 pm
Kabul: Taliban authorities recently shut down shops in the Uruzgan region of Afghanistan for using Pakistani currency.
Pakistani delegation visits Afghanistan to discuss security related issues
Feb 22, 2023, at 10:54 pm
A Pakistani delegation has visited Kabul city to interact with Taliban rulers of Afghanistan over security-related matters, the country's foreign office said on Tuesday.
Pakistan, Afghanistan border forces exchange fire at Torkham border crossing
Feb 21, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani and Afghanistan border forces exchanged gunfire at a key crossing in Northwestern Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 500 youths join national army
Feb 20, 2023, at 01:54 am
Jalalabad: A total of 500 Afghan youths joined the Afghan Nation Army in the eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement of the country's Defense Ministry released here Saturday.
Taliban to turn former U.S. military bases into economic zones: Reports
Feb 20, 2023, at 01:42 am
Kabul: Taliban militia has decided to change former U.S. military bases into "economic zones" to bolster economic activities, the Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday.