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Afghanistan’s child deaths rising as food distributions face cuts, says UN

August 5, 2026 admin

Nearly 3.7 million Afghan children are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition this year, along with 1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding women, according to WFP. File. | Photo Credit: AP Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces and is expected to worsen as funding shortfalls force cuts in food distributions…

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Watch: Trump says U.S. is trying to ‘get back’ Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

September 19, 2025 admin

Donald Trump declared that the US is trying to retake Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase, which was abandoned to the Taliban in the chaotic 2021 withdrawal. He tied the plan to China’s growing nuclear weapons threat, calling the base a critical strategic outpost. Source link

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Taliban codify morality laws requiring Afghan women to cover faces, men to grow beards

August 23, 2024 admin

The Taliban’s restrictions on women and freedom of expression have drawn sharp criticism from rights groups and many foreign Governments since the former insurgents resumed control of Afghanistan in 2021. | Photo Credit: AP “Afghanistan’s Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces…

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Nearly 40 Killed, 230 Injured After Heavy Rainfall In Eastern Afghanistan

July 15, 2024 admin

The tragedy comes after flash floods killed hundreds of people in Afghanistan in May (File) Kabul: At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on Monday after heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said. “On Monday evening, rain caused by thunderstorms killed 35 people and injured 230 others in Jalalabad and certain…

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Taliban may give more power to morality police

July 9, 2024 admin

A U.N. report says the Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, a mahram. File | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban government’s morality police will play an increasing role in enforcing religious law in Afghanistan, according to a U.N. report published…

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River ferry sinks in Afghanistan killing at least 20

June 1, 2024 admin

At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on June 1 morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the Information and Culture Department in Nangarhar Province, said that the boat sank while crossing a river in Mohmand Dara district, killing 20 people including…

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66 Killed In Floods In Northern Afghanistan, Over 1500 Houses Damaged

May 19, 2024 admin

The rains come after a prolonged drought in Afghanistan. Kabul: Fresh floods killed 66 people in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said Sunday, after weeks of flooding that has inundated farms and villages and swept away swathes of communities. Hundreds of people have died in flash floods this month that have also swamped agricultural lands…

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Taliban’s education ban forces girls and women into ‘dull’ online classes

March 21, 2024 admin

Sequestered at home in a remote Afghan town, 18-year-old Shekiba often roams the house hunting for the patchy Internet signal that is her last link to an education. Shekiba has turned to online learning since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 and shut her out of classrooms, signing up for live economics lectures she…

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Afghanistan schools restart, with girls barred for third year running

March 20, 2024 admin

Afghan school boys attend their first class following the start of the new academic year, at a school in Charikar city of Parwan province. | Photo Credit: AFP “Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on March 20,” the Education Ministry said, with girls banned from joining secondary-level classes for the third year…

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Afghanistan Embassy in India announces decision to cease operations

September 30, 2023 admin

A security officer walks outside the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi on September 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP After months of uncertainty, the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan here has finally shut down. In a message shared with the media, the mission that ran on skeletal staff and without the presence of…

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