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Reports from Herat: Detention of international organization staff by the Taliban in Islam Qala.
Local sources in Herat have told media outlets that members of the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have detained at least 20 employees of inte…
The Taliban have announced the construction of a large mosque in the Kote Sangi area of Kabul with a capacity of 20,000 worshippers.
The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing of the Taliban has announced that a large mosque with a capacity of approximately 18,000 to 20,000 worshippers will be built in the Ko…
Kidnapped child in Kunduz killed after family was unable to pay ransom.
Local sources in Kunduz Province report the killing of a kidnapped child named Ahmad, the son of Allah Mohammad. The incident has once again raised concerns over the rising level o…
Women’s freedom network calls for global support for the rights of Afghan women and girls.
Kabul – The Women’s Freedom Network (FWN) has issued a statement expressing concern over the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan and has called on the international communi…
Sediqi: Europe must recognize the Taliban’s treatment with women as “Gender Apartheid.”
Sediq Sediqi, former spokesperson for the Presidential Palace under Afghanistan’s former Islamic Republic government, has called on European countries to officially recognize the T…
At the Hemodialysis Hospital in Nangarhar, 85 stones were removed from the kidney of a 20-year-old patient.
Doctors at the Hemodialysis Hospital in Nangarhar Province have successfully removed 85 small stones from the right kidney of a 20-year-old patient during a successful surgical pro…
In a single day, two former military personnel were killed and five others were arrested.
Local sources report the killing of a former military officer in Daykundi province, the discovery of the body of another former army member in Kapisa province, and the arrest of fi…
Khalid Hanafi: Hijab is a personal religious obligation, and young people lack full awareness of religious matters.
The Minister for the Propagation of Virtue, Prevention of Vice, and Complaints Hearing of the Taliban, Khalid Hanafi, has said that Afghan youth are not fully aware of religious ma…
Continued drowning incidents in Afghanistan; a young man lost his life in Takhar.
A young man lost his life due to drowning in Farhār district of Takhar Province. Local sources say his body was recovered from the water after several hours of search and was hande…
The Polio Vaccination Campaign in Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan has been postponed.
The polio vaccination campaign in the provinces of Helmand, Uruzgan, Kandahar, and several other provinces has been postponed until further notice.Reliable sources have stated that…