Tag: Afghanistan
Taliban forces in heavy firefight with gunmen in Afghanistan
Taliban’s interior ministry spokesman in a statement called the occupants “rebels” – a term the Taliban uses in referring to…
Unknown disease kills 20 Afghan children
The absence of basic amenities in Afghanistan's remote regions, such as health centers and access to drinkable water, has made…
Taliban bans women from participating in national issues
When asked if women would attend, Hanafi said male delegates would represent women.
Taliban appeal for more aid after deadly Afghanistan earthquake
Vital medical supplies reached hospitals on Saturday in the remote area of Afghanistan hit by an earthquake that killed more…
Taliban harassment, violence against journalists continues — UN
Since returning to power, the Taliban has imposed massive restrictions on the media such as forcing female TV presenters to…
Taliban bans Afghan women from showing faces in public
The new rule represents a new dimension in the growing restrictions on women in public that is drawing a backlash…
U.S. abandons $7.1 billion in weapons, vehicles, fighter jets in Afghanistan
Some of the abandoned equipment, including 78 aircraft that were left at Kabul airport, was permanently disabled before US forces…
Taliban bars govt. employees without beards from work
Earlier, the Taliban had banned women from taking flights without a male chaperone and failed to open girls’ schools as…
8 vaccine workers killed in Afghanistan
The health workers were killed in four separate incidents in the northern provinces of Kunduz and Takhar where the vaccination…
Man, woman stoned to death for having illegal sexual relations
“They have confessed that they had illegal relations and they had done this two to three times,” the local official…
Afghanistan forfeits $7B to U.S., Biden deploys money to other uses
President Biden is expected to issue an executive order on Friday to use the fund for humanitarian relief in Afghanistan…
Driver murders mother, 2 daughters
A man simply identified as Ramin has been arrested for murdering a woman and two of her daughters in Kabul,…
Afghan Taliban leaders beg for help as migrant crisis looms
Senior Taliban officials appealed on Saturday for international help to combat a deepening economic crisis that has fuelled fears of…
Taliban orders TV stations to stop airing films featuring actresses
The new policy prevents television stations from showing men who are considered indecently exposed or not covered from chest to…
Taliban forces kill IS militant Samangani in revenge mission
Afghan Security forces raided the hideout of the Islamic State (IS) militants in Kabul city and killed one militant, Inamullah Samangani.