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Taliban forces conduct house-to house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif

Aug 28, 2022, at 05:35 am

Kabul: The Taliban forces have started house-to house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Taliban bars female students from leaving Kabul for studies

Aug 28, 2022, at 04:01 am

Kabul: The Taliban has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, an informed source told Sputnik.

Afghanistan: UNHCR alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan

Aug 26, 2022, at 09:01 pm

New York: On Thursday, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, warned of the danger faced by Afghan refugees who continue to be detained and deported from Tajikistan, reiterating that it’s illegal to force those fleeing persecution back to their homeland.

Taliban govt in Afghanistan blocks over 23 million 'immoral' websites

Aug 26, 2022, at 07:08 pm

Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has blocked more than 23 million websites that were posting 'immoral content' in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan witnessing severe deterioration of freedom of religion ever since Taliban took over the country: USCIRF report

Aug 24, 2022, at 11:00 pm

Washington:  The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a report on Afghanistan on Wednesday where  it has been mentioned that there has been severe decline of freedom of religion or belief since the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021 and their de facto rule over the nation.

Taliban cops arrest three women for escaping from home

Aug 24, 2022, at 10:27 pm

Local Taliban authorities have said three women, who tried to escape from home, have been arrested by Herat cops in Afghanistan, media reports said on Wednesday.

Eight killed in Afghanistan road mishap

Aug 24, 2022, at 12:38 am

Faizabad/IBNS: Eight travelers were killed and two others left suffered injuries in a road accident that occured in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province Tuesday, the provincial traffic official Abdul Matin said.

Afghanistan: Logar flood leaves 20 people dead

Aug 22, 2022, at 11:46 pm

Kabul: At least 20 people, including children and women, died as flood ravaged Khoshi district of Logar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: Large numbers of youth without visas continue to leave country

Aug 22, 2022, at 01:52 am

Kabul: An official of a passenger transport company said his company transfers up to "1,500" youth each day to Nimroz, an area in Afghanistan which borders Iran, highlighting the large number of people trying to escape the nation regularly .

Flood kills 10, destroys scores of houses in east Afghanistan

Aug 21, 2022, at 06:23 pm

Kabul/UNI: At least 10 people lost their lives and scores of houses were destroyed in a flash flood in the Afghan eastern province of Logar on Saturday, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported Sunday.

Taliban have not lived up to its commitments: US

Aug 20, 2022, at 01:08 am

Washington: The United States has said it does not believe that the Taliban are capable of implementing the pledges they made in Doha.

Afghanistan: Taliban seizes $7 b US military equipment after seizing power

Aug 20, 2022, at 12:56 am

Kabul: The United States provided more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to the former Afghan government and now they have ended up in the hands of the Taliban, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan: Taliban adds more compulsory religion classes for university students

Aug 20, 2022, at 12:18 am

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban regime has said university students will need to attend  compulsory Islamic studies classes.

Taliban kill its rebel Hazara Shia commander 'trying to flee to Iran from Afghanistan'

Aug 19, 2022, at 08:37 pm

Herat, Afghanistan: The Taliban’s lone Hazara Shia commander, who reportedly parted ways with the Islamic emirate a couple of months ago, was killed when he attempted to flee to Iran, media reports said on Friday.

UN deplores deadly attack in Afghanistan, killing scores and injuring many others

Aug 19, 2022, at 07:25 pm

New York: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned on Thursday, a fatal attack on a Mosque in the capital, Kabul.

First Person: Heartbroken but hopeful, under Taliban rule in Afghanistan

Aug 19, 2022, at 07:06 pm

Zarina* is a young Afghan woman entrepreneur. Her drive for innovating, and passion for baking made her one of Afghanistan’s youngest entrepreneurs. Her business is still running, but her clients are scarce and her plans for expansion across the country had to be shut down.

Huge explosion rocks Kabul Mosque, many feared killed

Aug 18, 2022, at 05:40 am

Kabul/IBNS: A huge explosion rocked a mosque in the Aghan capital Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday with many feared dead or injured, media reports said on Wednesday.

400 Afghan families receive assistance from China

Aug 17, 2022, at 11:57 pm

Aybak, Afghanistan: A total of 400 families in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province received assistance from China on Wednesday, provincial government official Wali Mohammad Stanikzai said.

Humanitarian funding still needed for ‘pure catastrophe’ situation in Afghanistan

Aug 16, 2022, at 09:25 pm

Although $4.4 billion is required to fund humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, $1.8 billion has been received so far, or roughly 40 per cent, a senior UN official told journalists in New York on Monday, warning of the dire consequences as winter approaches.  

UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover

Aug 16, 2022, at 09:05 pm

A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their human rights, three UN agencies reported on Monday.

Afghanistan: Four people, including two Taliban members, wounded in Kabul blast

Aug 14, 2022, at 12:25 am

Kabul: At least four people, including two members of the Taliban forces, were wounded in a blast which occurred close to an electronic identity center in PD 13 of capital Kabul on Saturday, media reports said.

‘Immensely bleak’ future for Afghanistan unless massive human rights reversal, experts warn

Aug 13, 2022, at 06:06 pm

New York: The international community must dramatically increase efforts to urge the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to adhere to basic human rights principles, a group of UN independent rights experts said on Friday.

Blast kills 2, injures 3 in Afghan capital Kabul

Aug 13, 2022, at 01:21 am

Kabul/UNI: A renowned religious scholar and his brother were killed, and three others wounded in a blast at a seminary in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, police said Friday.

Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance has saved lives, but immense needs remain

Aug 12, 2022, at 11:02 pm

New York: Despite an unprecedented scale-up in assistance in Afghanistan over the past year, immense needs still exist and the future looks bleak, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday. 

Afghanistan: Senior Taliban cleric, who favoured girl education, dies in suicide attack in Kabul, ISIS claims responsibility

Aug 12, 2022, at 02:47 pm

Kabul: A prominent Afghanistan cleric, who supported Taliban and favoured girl education, died in a suicide blast at his madressah in Kabul city on Thursday.

400 private schools close in Afghanistan

Aug 11, 2022, at 11:23 pm

Kabul/IBNS: More than 400 private schools in Afghanistan have closed their doors due to reasons like economic problems, reported a local television channel Tolonews on Thursday.

Afghanistan: Number of beggars gone up in Kabul amid spike in poverty

Aug 11, 2022, at 03:54 am

Kabul: Afghanistan's capital is witnessing a rise in the number of beggars with the country fighting hard to tackle a spike in poverty and unemployment.

Taliban's policy to bar Afghan girls from attending school was made on Pakistan order: Former Afghanistan President

Aug 09, 2022, at 05:15 pm

Kabul: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has claimed that the Taliban’s policy to bar Afghan girls from attending school was made on Pakistan’s orders rather than in accordance with Islamic law.

Afghanistan: Taliban members publicly flog two women, a male for committing adultery

Aug 08, 2022, at 11:37 pm

Kabul: Two women and a male were  flogged and shamed for the crime of adultery in southern Afghanistan following the ruling given by  Zabul province’s appellate court, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: TTP senior commander Omar Kahlid Khorasani killed

Aug 08, 2022, at 09:15 pm

Paktika:  Outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) senior commander Omar Khalid Khorasani has been killed in Afghanistan's Paktika province, media reports said on Monday.