Taliban authorities end Afghanistan's human rights commission
May 18, 2022, at 03:21 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has dissolved five crucial departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country's Human Rights Commission, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: RSF calls journalist Khalid Qaderi's trial as 'illegal and arbitrary'
May 15, 2022, at 04:05 am
Kabul: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an Afghan journalist’s trial by a military court last weekend, as well as recent arbitrary and illegal arrests of other journalists in Afghanistan.
22 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan, claims National Resistance Front
May 12, 2022, at 02:58 am
Kabul: Sebghatullah Ahmadi, a spokesman for the National Resistance Front (NRF), has claimed that 22 Taliban members had been killed in battles with the front.
Afghanistan: Nearly 20 million going hungry
May 10, 2022, at 06:46 pm
New York: Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan – almost half the population – are facing acute hunger, humanitarians warned in a UN-backed report, published on Monday.
UN expresses concern over Taliban's hijab order
May 10, 2022, at 02:55 pm
United Nations: UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous on Monday voiced concern over the Taliban's new restrictions on Afghan women.
Afghanistan: Taliban orders women to stay home; cover up in public
May 08, 2022, at 11:46 pm
New York: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) issued a statement of deep concern on Saturday in response to an announcement made by the Taliban de facto authorities saying that women should only leave their homes in cases of necessity and then, with their faces covered in public.
May 08, 2022, at 08:54 pm
New York: UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the Taliban's latest decree by which women in Afghanistan need to cover their faces in public.
Afghanistan: Taliban passes decree which forces women to wear burqa
May 07, 2022, at 11:00 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has issued yet another tough decree by which women of the country need to wear burqa in public.
Banned from going to school, Afghanistan girls are facing mental health troubles: Experts
May 06, 2022, at 08:35 pm
Kabul: Kabul Experts said girl students of Afghanistan, who are studying above grade six, are facing mental health troubles.
Afghanistan: Taliban stops issuing driving licence to women
May 06, 2022, at 02:33 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has stopped issuing driving licenses to women in Kabul and other provinces, media reports said on Friday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns Kabul mosque attack
May 01, 2022, at 02:27 pm
New Yok/UNI/Sputnik: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack on the Khalifa Sahib mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul that reportedly killed at least 10 people, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said.
Deadly mosque explosion ‘another painful blow to the people of Afghanistan’
Apr 30, 2022, at 08:33 pm
New York: The United Nations has condemned a deadly explosion at a Sufi mosque in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Friday, which reportedly killed at least 10 people and injured up to 15 more, many of them seriously.
Afghanistan: Explosion in Kabul mosque leaves multiple casualties
Apr 30, 2022, at 01:01 am
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: A number of people were killed or wounded after an explosion ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, eyewitnesses said.
Afghanistan: Five coal miners shot dead in Samangan
Apr 29, 2022, at 03:11 pm
Kabul: Unidentified gunmen have shot dead five coal miners in Samangan province of Afghanistan, local officials confirmed on Friday.
Pakistan authorities foil smuggling bid from Afghanistan via Torkham border crossing
Apr 26, 2022, at 02:13 am
Torkham, Afghanistan: The Pakistan Customs authorities have foiled a bid to smuggle arms from Afghanistan at the Torkham border crossing, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Taliban separates weekdays for male, female university students
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:42 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has separated weekdays of male and female students of Kabul University and Kabul Polytechnic University in a bid to further end co-education in the country, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Family members of Kunduz blast ask Taliban govt to punish perpetrators
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:08 pm
Kabul: Family members of the victims of the Kunduz blast asked the Taliban government of Afghanistan to punish the perpetrators of the incident.
Pakistan: Afghan refugees demonstrate in front of UNHCR in Islamabad
Apr 25, 2022, at 10:45 pm
Kabul: Afghan refugees demonstrated in front of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Islamabad against the delay in processing their immigration papers.
Afghanistan: Pakistani scholar urges Taliban to reopen schools for girls
Apr 23, 2022, at 03:14 pm
Kabul/Islamabad: Mufti Taqi Usman, a prominent Pakistani scholar, has written a letter to the Taliban government of Afghanistan and asked it to reopen girls’ schools for Afghan girls.
Extreme poverty following Taliban takeover of Afghanistan forces man to burn himself to death
Apr 23, 2022, at 05:21 am
Kabul: An Afghanistan man died after setting himself on fire for being extremely impoverished following the transformation of the regime in the country.
Blast rips through Afghanistan mosque during Friday prayers, leaves 33 dead
Apr 23, 2022, at 04:11 am
Kabul/IBNS: A blast ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan killing 33 people and injuring 43 others, media reports said.
Three blasts kill 5 in Afghanistan
Apr 21, 2022, at 10:46 pm
Kabul/UNI: Three separate blasts occurred in Afghanistan on Thursday - in Kabul, in Mazar-e-Sharif and in Kunduz city, killing five people and injuring around 65, the media reported.
Afghanistan: UN condemns deadly blasts at two schools in Kabul
Apr 20, 2022, at 11:05 pm
New York: The United Nations has condemned the deadly bomb blasts at two educational institutions in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, which killed at least six people and wounded nearly 20 others.
Afghanistan: Body of MoI Officer, showing torture signs, handed over to family members
Apr 20, 2022, at 09:24 pm
Kabul: After being detained for four days, the body of Qassim Qayim, an officer of the Afghanistan Ministry of Interior, who had served both under the former government and the current government, has been handed over to his family by the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan Hospital, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Three blasts targeting school in Kabul leaves six people dead
Apr 19, 2022, at 11:54 pm
Kabul: At least six people died and 11 others were hurt as three blasts targeted a boy’s school in west Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood on Tuesday morning, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Kabul high school hit by multiple explosions
Apr 19, 2022, at 07:53 pm
Kabul/UNI: A boys' school in the western Kabul's Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood was hit by at least 3 explosions, Al Jazeera reported.
Afghanistan: Nangarhar residents protest against Pakistan airstrikes
Apr 19, 2022, at 12:04 am
Nangarhar: Residents of Nangarhar region of Afghanistan on Sunday participated in a rally against Pakistan's recently conducted airstrikes on Kunar and Khost provinces.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt warns Pakistan of dire implications if airstrikes are repeated
Apr 18, 2022, at 11:38 pm
Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and Chief Spokesperson of Taliban government Zabiullah Mujahid has condemned Pakistan's recent airstrikes on Khost and Kunar provinces and warned a repetition of similar episodes will have dire implications.
Afghanistan receives 32 mln USD in humanitarian cash aid
Apr 18, 2022, at 03:14 am
Kabul: Afghanistan received a batch of 32 million US dollars in humanitarian cash assistance on Sunday as the international community continued to provide humanitarian support to the post-war country, according to the country's central bank.
Afghanistan school closure: French MPs call for sanctions on Taliban officials
Apr 16, 2022, at 05:30 am
Paris: Over 50 French MPs have called to impose travel sanctions of Taliban government officials in response to the closing of girls' schools, restrictions imposed on women, and reported human rights abuses in Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.