UN human rights experts urge United States to ease Afghanistan assets freeze
Apr 26, 2022, at 06:05 pm
New York: Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, independent UN human rights experts called, on Monday, for the United States to end its freeze on Afghanistan’s foreign assets.
Security Council votes to bolster UN priorities in Afghanistan
Mar 18, 2022, at 05:25 pm
New York: Seven months after Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban, the Security Council on Thursday renewed the mandate of the UN special political mission in the country, charging it with a robust set of priorities, ranging from coordinating humanitarian aid delivery to human rights monitoring and facilitating dialogue.
Afghanistan: Taliban border guards arrest two smugglers who wanted to smuggle weapons to Pakistan
Mar 15, 2022, at 02:34 pm
Kabul: Taliban officials in Afghanistan's southeastern Kandahar province said that border guards have arrested two smugglers who wanted to smuggle weapons to Pakistan.
Afghanistan security forces thwart Taliban terrorists attempt to damage India-built Salma Dam
Aug 04, 2021, at 10:42 pm
Herat: Afghanistan security forces on Tuesday night thwarted Taliban terrorists' attempt to attack India-built Salma Dam in Herat province, country's government confirmed on Wednesday.
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan set to hit unprecedented highs in 2021: UN
Jul 27, 2021, at 02:31 pm
Kabul: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 reached record levels, including a particularly sharp increase in killings and injuries since May when international military forces began their withdrawal and the fighting intensified following the Taliban’s offensive, the UN said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Security force members take back Kaldar district from Taliban
Jul 27, 2021, at 12:17 am
Kabul: Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) members have taken back Kaldar district from Taliban group, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill 89 Taliban terrorists in past 24 hours
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan security forces killed 89 Taliban terrorists while conducting operations in several provinces in the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.
Afghan girls bag award at international astronomy competition
Jul 20, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Even as the future of their conflict-ridden country hangs in the balance, a group of Afghan girls from the western city of Herat gave their war-weary people something to cheer about when they won an award at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition hosted by Poland which was held online early in July.
Afghanistan: Rockets land close to Presidential palace in Kabul, no casualty
Jul 20, 2021, at 10:38 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan capital Kabul city was rocked by three rockets as they landed in PD one and PD two when country's president Ashraf Ghani was busy performing Eid-l-Adha prayer along with officials and politicians in the Presidential palace on Tuesday, media reports said.
Taliban members capture town on Afghan side of Chaman-Spin Boldak border: Pakistan official
Jul 16, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan has confirmed that Taliban members have captured a key town on the Afghan side of its Chaman-Spin Boldak border.
Afghanistan: 270,000 newly displaced this year, warns UNHCR
Jul 14, 2021, at 10:27 pm
New York: The worsening security situation across Afghanistan in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal and Taliban advances, has forced an estimated 270,000 from their homes since January, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday, bringing the total internally displaced to more than 3.5 million.
Growing civilian casualties from intense fighting in Afghanistan; thousands displaced from homes
Jun 28, 2021, at 11:13 pm
The civilian population in Afghanistan is caught in the intense fighting happening across the country between the Taliban and the Afghan government forces, and casualty numbers among them through roadside IED bombings are rising by the day. In June alone, 141 civilians were killed and 511 were wounded, according to conservative figures provided by Afghan Interior Ministry.
Afghanistan TV presenter killed in suicide attempt
Dec 11, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistan news presenter was killed in a suicide attempt on Friday, media reports said.
Afghan forces kill 6 militants in eastern Ghazni province
Jul 24, 2019, at 05:51 pm
Ghazni, Afghanistan, July 24 (Xinhua/UNI) At least six militants have been killed as government forces pounded Taliban hideouts in parts of the eastern Ghazni province, said a statement of provincial administration released on Wednesday.
Women journalists in Afghanistan defiant in the face of violence
May 03, 2018, at 01:46 pm
New York, May 3 (IBNS): The dangers of working as a journalist in Afghanistan have been dramatically underlined by an attack in the capital Kabul on Monday in which nine Afghan photographers and reporters were killed. They had gone to report on a suicide attack, and were targeted by a second suicide bomber when they arrived on the scene.