United Nations climate change conference COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan

Taliban Officials Set to Attend COP29 Climate Summit in Azerbaijan, Marking First High-Profile UN Event Participation Since 2021 Takeover

Amid Ongoing Human Rights Controversies, Afghan Officials Hope for Progress in Addressing Climate Crisis Challenges In a rare diplomatic move since taking power in 2021, Afghan Taliban officials are set to attend the United Nations’ COP29 climate summit in Baku,...
Taliban-Afghanistan

Taliban Imposes New Media Restrictions: Gradual Ban on Images of Living Beings

Afghanistan's Taliban government has pledged to implement a law banning media outlets from publishing images of living things. The announcement, made on Monday by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (PVPV), marks the latest...
Afghanistan Women

Afghanistan’s Women: Struggling for Justice Under Taliban rule

The crumpled papers in Bibi Nazdana’s hands represent her most prized possession — her divorce, hard-won after a grueling two-year legal battle. To her, they are a symbol of freedom from a life she never wanted, a life she was...
Taliban fighters search a vehicle at a checkpoint on the road in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul

Eastern Afghanistan Reduce Number of Traffic Fatalities

At least 33 people have died and 16 others have been injured in separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan. Ten collisions occurred in the Sorabi district of Kabul province, causing 17 deaths, including two children and four women. Ten others...
Earthquake Afghanistan

Western Afghanistan Rattled by Another Powerful Earthquake

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan, causing thousands of deaths and flattened villages a week earlier. The latest quake, centered about 30 kilometers outside Herat, the capital of Herat province, is the fourth measured at 6.3 magnitude in the...
Afghanistan Earthquake

UN Food Agency’s Aid Distribution to Quake-Stricken Afghanistan

Kabul Aid workers have reached earthquake-stricken areas of western Afghanistan and distributed emergency food supplies to those affected. Rescue efforts continue after powerful earthquakes caused widespread destruction and killed over 2,000 people in the country's worst natural disaster in years....
Afghanistan

Police Eradicate Hashish Fields in Eastern Afghanistan

Jalalabad, Afghanistan The Afghan police have destroyed 23 acres of hashish in Nangarhar province and 2,070 acres in neighboring Paktia province. The operation began in Achin district and aims to prevent the cultivation of illegal crops. The Afghan caretaker government...
Taliban Afghanistan

Afghanistan is escalating into civil war due to factionalism between Taliban: Former Army chief

A former Afghan commander, Lieutenant General Haibatullah Alizai, has warned that Afghanistan is heading towards civil war due to the division of the Taliban into different factions. The country is becoming a haven for foreign terrorists, and Alizai believes that...
Drinking water crisis Afghanistan

Taliban interference hinders humanitarian aid beneficiaries in 2023

Kabul The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has identified Taliban interference in humanitarian aid as a significant obstacle in the distribution of aid to the Afghan people in need. SIGAR's quarterly report to the US Congress revealed...
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Afghan jails Many foreigners including US Citizens 

Kabul Many foreign nationals, including the United States, are held in prisons in Afghanistan. This information was given in a local media report on Monday citing a Taliban official. Without disclosing the exact number of foreigners imprisoned in Afghanistan, Zabihullah...
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