Wedding in Laghman turns bloody. A wedding in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital of Laghman, turned violent on Thursday evening (September 4), leaving one man dead. The Taliban’s Laghman security command confirmed that tension between guests led to a clash and shooting in the area of Camp Baba, the second district, in the incident. One person,
Kunar Earthquake Victims’ “Women”: We Are the Last to Be Seen. Following the recent earthquake in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province, a number of affected women told the media that they were ignored during the relief efforts. According to them, male rescuers have mostly rescued injured men and children, but bloodied women and girls have been left
Experts: Shanghai’s stance can illuminate Afghanistan’s future. Following the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, Afghanistan’s political landscape has once again become the center of regional attention. The organization has emphasized the need to establish an inclusive government that includes all ethnic and political groups and is independent, impartial, and free from war,
Save the Children: Earthquake-affected children need immediate assistance and psychological support. The continuous aftershocks in eastern Afghanistan have created a widespread crisis for children in the region. Save the Children has announced that more than 260,000 children have been affected by this event and are in urgent need of support and care. The deadly earthquake
Richard Bennett: Afghanistan’s future is bleak without the rights of women and minorities. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights, warned at a meeting in Geneva that Afghanistan’s future will be “dark” without ensuring the rights of women and ethnic and religious minorities. He considered the Taliban and poverty to be two major
Strong earthquake in Kabul, Laghman and Jalalabad; details of casualties are not yet clear. On Thursday night, September 4, a strong earthquake shook parts of Afghanistan. The US Geological Survey reported the quake’s magnitude as 5.6, with its epicenter 14 kilometers east of the city of Jalalabad. The agency said the tremors were felt in
Deadly Kunar Earthquake; The number of victims of the Kunar earthquake exceeded 5,800. Four days after the deadly earthquake struck Kunar province, the Taliban announced that the death toll from the event had reached 2,205 people and the number of injured had reached 3,640. Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban’s deputy spokesman, said in a press release
Corruption under the Leader’s Beard; The Ministry of Education has become a center for bribery and middlemen. New reports from the Ministry of Education show that widespread and organized corruption has eroded the ministry from within. Sources say that in administrative and teaching deputy ministries, a network of secretaries and people close to the deputy
Women’s Protest Campaign: My Photo is My Identity; Removing Me is Removing Humanity. A number of protesting women and girls in Afghanistan say the Taliban have removed women’s photos from electronic ID cards; A move they believe is part of a policy of systematically removing women from social and legal spheres. The protesters have warned
McCall: The return of the Taliban brought terrorism back to Afghanistan. US Congressman Michael McCall, former chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, has once again criticized the Joe Biden administration’s hasty and turbulent withdrawal from Afghanistan. In a report republished on Saturday, he said the decision put thousands of Afghan allies at risk of
