23+ hour, 27+ min ago  (598+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN " Local sources in Daykundi say that a man in Kiti district of the province complained to worshippers at a mosque that "armed men wearing Taliban military uniforms" entered his home at night and "raped" his wife and daughter…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (538+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN " Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Taliban's Security Command in Kabul, has confirmed that four people were killed as a result of an armed clash near Sarai Shahzada. The spokesperson for the Taliban's Security Command in Kabul said…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (415+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN " Local Taliban officials say that two children in Helmand and one young man in Farah drowned and lost their lives in separate incidents, highlighting once again the recurring danger posed by unsafe water sources across Afghanistan. The Taliban's…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (385+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN " Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority, now under Taliban control, has reported that 28 people were killed and 10 others injured in natural disasters across the country over the past 48 hours, including flash floods, storms, lightning strikes, and landslides. In a…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (559+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN " Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Pakistan's former prime minister, has compared the policies of Abdul Rahman Khan, the former king of Afghanistan, toward the Hazaras to the policies of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader of Germany, against the Jews. According to…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (670+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN " The UK Crown Prosecution Service has authorized charges against seven Afghan men accused of "membership in a child exploitation and grooming gang" in connection with alleged offenses of rape and sexual abuse of children in Norfolk, eastern England....

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (358+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN " Two young men from Afghanistan's central Daykundi province have died in separate incidents while attempting to reach Iran via dangerous irregular migration routes, local sources said on Friday. The victims, identified as Aynuddin Bayani and Ali Ebrahimi, both…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (570+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN "The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T'rk, has warned that the ongoing forced deportation of Afghan migrants and asylum-seekers from host countries violates international human rights and refugee law. In a press release on Friday,…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (509+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN " A policy memo based on consultations with Afghans inside and outside the country has called on the UN Security Council to extend UNAMA's mandate for one year and urged the appointment of a politically influential new Special Representative…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (305+ words) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN "The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution urging EU member states to maintain non-recognition and non-normalization of the Taliban, citing widespread and systematic human rights violations, particularly against women and girls. The resolution passed overwhelmingly with 480 votes…...