Over the past two days, a number of female UN staff in Kabul have been targeted by Taliban-affiliated gunmen. Internal sources confirm that these individuals have visited the staff’s homes and forced their families to stop the women from working by making direct threats. In some cases, the threats have been accompanied by insults, filming
On the sidelines of the informal meeting of the Turkic States Organization held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, the International Alisher Navai Award was presented to Professor Aziz Sancar, a prominent scientist of Turkish origin and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award, named after Alisher Navai, one of the pioneers of
The Turkic Women’s Movement of Afghanistan (TUWM) has issued a statement strongly condemning the recent statements of Zalmay Khalilzad’s wife, Cheryl Bernard, a figure close to the Doha agreement process. In an article on the National Interest website, Bernard called the concerns of Afghan refugees about returning to Afghanistan “unfounded,” the statement, released on May
Local sources in Nangarhar have reported a fire at the provincial hospital in the province. Naqibullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Taliban’s public health department in Nangarhar, confirmed the incident and said the fire broke out in the hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology ward. According to Rahimi, the fire started around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and was caused
The World Health Organization has announced that since April, nearly 100,000 Afghan refugees have been deported from Pakistan and are in urgent need of health support. According to the report, most of these people are women and children and are facing problems such as respiratory diseases, malnutrition, physical injuries and mental disorders. The World Health
The first meeting of The Termez Dialogue on Central and South Asian Connectivity began in Uzbekistan on Tuesday, with the participation of the UN Political Representative for Afghanistan and Taliban officials. The summit, which will be attended by 200 participants from different countries, will focus on regional cooperation and economic ties. UNAMA Director-General Rosa Otunbayeva
The Taliban’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has dismissed dozens of female teachers and employees from Kabul kindergartens. Local sources said the move included all women and the number of those dismissed was likely to be more than 92. The decision came despite the fact that employees have not received their salaries for the
News sources report that Afghanistan is considering new plans to build new dams; a move that is said to be aimed at controlling the flow of water to Pakistan and could lead to increased regional tensions. These developments are taking place at a time when there is no formal agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan on
Local sources in Daikundi say that the Taliban in Khadir district have sentenced the director and five teachers of the “Afq-e-Naw” English language training center to three to five months in prison. According to a reliable source, Sayed Habib Roshan, the director of the center, along with two teachers, were sentenced to five months in
Following the release of a video of Mawlawi Abdul Qahir’s critical sermon at the Rawza Mosque in Balkh and the chanting of “Death to the Taliban” by worshippers, the Taliban has banned the recording of Friday sermons in Balkh. According to sources, the Taliban’s leadership summoned the preachers of Balkh mosques on Monday and asked
