Afghanistan
15 Feb
The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a Taliban government ministry in Afghanistan which killed one person and wounded at least three more this week. Violence has waned in Afghanistan since the Taliban surged back to power and ended their insurgency in 2021, but the Islamic State (IS) group…
4 Feb
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities raided well-known women's radio station Radio Begum on Tuesday, arresting two employees, the broadcaster said, calling for the speedy release of its staff. The Taliban information ministry said the station had been suspended for "multiple violations", in the latest search by the government of local media outlets in Afghanistan. "Officers from the…
1 Feb
Afghanistan's Taliban government took over management of Kabul's famed Serena hotel on Saturday, a hotel statement said, a luxury property targeted by Taliban attacks during their insurgency. The Kabul Serena Hotel was run for nearly 20 years by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development in the Afghan capital and was popular with business travellers…
23 Jan
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity. Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to suspect that Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani "bear criminal responsibility for the…
31 Dec
Every country has its unique history, and history has shaped the world in diverse ways, including how we track and celebrate the passage of time. While much of the world eagerly anticipates ringing in the New Year on January 1, 2025, four countries stand apart, adhering to calendars distinct from the widely accepted Gregorian calendar.…
31 Dec
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that Afghanistan's governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs.
10 Oct
Since the Islamist Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, former policewomen have lived in constant fear and threat, according to a report released by a rights body on Thursday. The 26-page report released by the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW), with the title, “Double Detrayal: Abuses against Afghan Policewomen, Past and Present,’’ documents threats from Taliban…
28 Aug
Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts (MMA), believing it to be un-Islamic, its sports authority said in a statement on Wednesday. The order was passed down by Afghanistan's morality police in the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice after an investigation into the sport's compliance with Islamic law,…
22 Aug 2024
Five bullet-riddled bodies found hanging from an electric pole in southwestern Pakistan last week were Afghan nationals and have been returned to their families, Kabul's embassy in Islamabad said Thursday. The bodies were discovered on Friday near a college in Dalbandin city, close to the borders with Afghanistan and Iran in Balochistan province. A statement…
7 Jun 2024
The German refugee advocacy group Pro Asyl has condemned German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s initiative to allow deportations of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria.
5 May 2024
Afghanistan's top diplomat in India resigned days after she was reportedly caught by airport authorities smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the country.
30 Apr 2024
A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday, with local residents claiming the minority Shiite community had been targeted. Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said that "an unknown armed person shot at civilian worshippers in a mosque" in Herat province's Guzara district on Monday at…
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