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Afghanistan: Taliban launch female-staffed security unit to disperse women's protests

Nov 02, 2022, at 12:44 am

Kabul: The Taliban have established a public security unit made up of female employees who will presumably disperse protesting women in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Opium cultivation up nearly a third, warns UNODC

Nov 01, 2022, at 09:33 pm

New York: The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly a third amid soaring prices, and despite the multiple humanitarian and economic crises facing the country and it’s Taliban rulers, said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: 30 people hurt in traffic mishap on Kabul-Kandahar highway

Nov 01, 2022, at 02:29 pm

A traffic mishap on Kabul-Kandahar highway has left 30 people, which include mostly women and children, injured in Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.

Taliban bars women students from entering Badakhshan University campus for not wearing burqa

Oct 31, 2022, at 01:18 am

Kabul: Female students at the Badakhshan University in northeastern Afghanistan have said they were sent back for not wearing burqa, the attire which has been recommended by the Taliban rulers of the country, media reports said on Sunday.

Women protest in Kabul to demand reopening of schools

Oct 30, 2022, at 08:45 pm

Kabul: Women activists in Kabul recently demonstrated as they expressed concern about the continued effective ban on female students over 6th grade, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast rocks mosque in Kabul, seven hurt

Oct 30, 2022, at 12:35 am

Kabul: A blast rocked a mosque in Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Friday, leaving at least seven people hurt, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Gunshot fired by Taliban member leaves minor girl dead in Badghis

Oct 26, 2022, at 11:52 pm

Kabul: A gunshot fired by a Taliban member has left one 12-year-old girl dead in Badghis province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Soldier dies close to Afghanistan border

Oct 25, 2022, at 09:09 pm

Islamabad: A Pakistan Army soldier died while thwarting a terrorist attack from inside Afghanistan across the international border in North Waziristan district, media reports said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan envoy to UN says attacks on Hazaras must be investigated as genocide crime

Oct 25, 2022, at 12:00 am

Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Afghanistan’s representative to the UN, urged the organization’s member states to probe the targeted attacks on Hazara community members as act of genocide.

Afghanistan: Mortar shell explosion leaves two children dead

Oct 23, 2022, at 01:32 am

Kabul: An unexploded mortar shell exploded in Paktika region of Afghanistan which left at least two children dead, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Body of young girl with bullet wound recovered

Oct 23, 2022, at 12:06 am

Kabul: The lifeless body of a young girl was recovered from Pol-e-Khomri city in Afghanistan with a gunshot wound, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan security forces, Taliban armed forces clash along Spin Boldak, woman dies

Oct 22, 2022, at 07:15 pm

Kandahar, Afghanistan: Pakistani border security forces and Taliban armed forces clashed along the border in the Spin Boldak border town in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan when an Afghan woman died during the skirmish, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Large number of farmers now depend on opium cultivation for survival, says SIGAR

Oct 22, 2022, at 07:11 pm

Kabul: The struggle of people in Afghanistan is becoming more intense and even forcing farmers in the country to depend on opium poppies cultivation for their livelihood.

Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon expresses concern over presence of terror groups, suicide bombers in Afghanistan

Oct 17, 2022, at 11:23 pm

Kabul/Dushanbe: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has expressed concerns about the presence and activities of terrorist groups in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Road mishap leaves two religious scholars dead

Oct 17, 2022, at 01:54 am

Kabul: A road mishap in Afghanistan's Jawzjan-Balkh highway left three people, including two religious scholars, dead, media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Auto rickshaw explosion leaves three hurt

Oct 11, 2022, at 09:32 pm

Kabul:  An auto rickshaw explosion in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman left three people hurt on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Taliban releases manager of a local media outlet

Oct 11, 2022, at 03:00 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)  has said The Taliban Directorate of Intelligence prison released the former owner and editor of local station Radio Aftab after he was kept in four months of detention in Afghanistan.

Unknown men assassinate Taliban leader in Afghanistan

Oct 10, 2022, at 02:59 am

Unknown armed men assassinated the Taliban Head of Economy for the northern Afghan province of Faryab Abdul Rahman Munawar, media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Mortar shell explosion leaves a child dead in Paktika

Oct 07, 2022, at 03:08 pm

Paktika: At least one child died and two others were hurt as a mortar shell exploded in eastern Afghan province of Paktika, media reports said on Friday.

Ten years of Afghan economic growth, reversed in just 12 months: UNDP

Oct 06, 2022, at 09:11 pm

New  York: A year on from the Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan is gripped by “cascading crises”, including a crippled economy that humanitarian aid alone cannot address, according to a new report from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Blast rocks MoI mosque, 4 die

Oct 06, 2022, at 04:44 am

Kabul: At least four people died and 25 others were hurt as a blast rocked the mosque of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in Afghanistan capital city Kabul on Wednesday.

U.S citizen goes missing in Afghanistan, claims family member

Oct 05, 2022, at 05:52 am

An Afghan-American national, who had travelled to Afghanistan for working purpose, has been missing for the past eight weeks, his family member said on Tuesday.

Firing from across Afghanistan border leaves Pakistan Army soldier dead

Oct 05, 2022, at 05:03 am

Rawalpindi: A Pakistani Army soldier died during firing by terrorists from  across the Afghan border in Kharlachi area of the Kurram District, media reports said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Kandahar man kills three sons driven by financial troubles

Oct 05, 2022, at 03:29 am

Kabul/Kandahar: A man, who was driven by financial troubles, has killed his three sons in Kandahar region of Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.

Taliban bans use of Pakistani Rupee

Oct 02, 2022, at 03:27 am

The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has banned the use of Pakistani Rupee in the country.

Afghanistan: UN condemns ‘callous’ suicide attack on education centre

Oct 01, 2022, at 04:12 pm

New York: The UN has condemned a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul which has left more than 20 dead, according to latest news reports, many of them young women who were sitting mock exams at an education centre.

Women demonstrate in Kabul over Mahsa Amini's death, Taliban fire into air disperse protesters

Oct 01, 2022, at 01:23 am

Kabul: The Taliban forces shot in the air to disperse the women protesters who had assembled in front of the Iranian Embassy in Kabul to demonstrate against the death of Mahsa Amini.

Afghanistan: Blast rocks educational centre in Kabul, 19 die

Sep 30, 2022, at 09:32 pm

Kabul: A blast rocked an education centre in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Friday which left at least 19 people dead, media reports said, triggering widespread condemnation.

Pakistan receives hefty money for allowing US airstrikes in Afghanistan: Taliban

Sep 30, 2022, at 05:36 am

Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of receiving hefty sums of money from the United States to allow US drones to invade Afghanistan for airstrikes through the airspace of Pakistan.

World ‘must engage’ or risk Afghanistan’s collapse, Security Council hears

Sep 29, 2022, at 11:48 pm

New York: “Patience is running out” for many in the international community when it comes to effectively engaging with Afghanistan’s de facto rulers, the Taliban, senior UN envoy for the country, Markus Potzel, told the Security Council on Tuesday.