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Construction of Bridge over Amu river suspended; Residents decry Geographical isolation.
Residents of Darqad District in Takhar Province say the suspension of construction on a bridge over the Amu River has left the district geographically isolated, making access to he…
A resident of Balkh reports the disappearance of his wife and four children.
A resident of Balkh Province says that his wife, along with their four children, disappeared after leaving their home in Mazar-e-Sharif city, and that no information about their wh…
Wakil Ahmad, an influential figure in Herat, was killed in an armed attack.
According to informed sources, armed men on motorcycles shot and killed Arbab Wakil Ahmad, an influential figure in Herat, after noon on Thursday in the Abu al-Walid area of Herat…
Shaharzad Akbar: International legitimacy is impossible without ensuring the rights of women and girls.
Shaharzad Akbar, the former chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and a human rights activist, has stated that if the Taliban seek international legiti…
Taliban respond to Karzai: “You have no right to comment on Afghanistan.”
Ziaullah Hashimi, spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education, has sharply criticized former Afghan President Hamid Karzai over his recent remarks on girls’ educati…
Nabil: A confidential telephone line existed for direct communication with the ISI.
Former head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), Rahmatullah Nabil, has claimed that during the early years of Ashraf Ghani’s presidency, a separate and confide…
The Taliban have removed Afghanistan’s national flag from the grave of Shapoor Zadran.
Reports indicate that in Kabul, a small Afghan national flag placed beside the grave of former Afghanistan national cricket player Shapoor Zadran by an Afghan woman has been remove…
A new shipment of food aid has arrived in Afghanistan to support families in need.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that, after a prolonged interruption, more than 1,600 tonnes of food supplies have entered Afghanistan. The organization stated that th…
Kandahar Governor: Beardless individuals and young recruits should be searched; “corruption” exists among them.
Sources have reported that Mullah Mohammad Shirn Akhund, the Taliban-appointed governor of Kandahar, has instructed officials responsible for security and traffic police forces in…
The Taliban report the seizure of thousands of Intoxicating Tablets in Nangarhar.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior announced that its security forces in Ghani Khil district of Nangarhar province have seized 44,000 intoxicating tablets, 28 kilograms of hashish,…