Afghanistan

At least two people killed and six others injured as unknown assailant attacked a school with a hand grenade in Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan. The spokesman of the security department of the state, Abdul Sattar Halimi, said in a press…

A suicide attack not far from Afghanistan’s foreign ministry has killed at least six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry has said. The attacker was targeted by Afghan forces but the explosives he carried detonated and “killed six…

The office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Afghanistan’s Mazar Sharif announced that several sheep were slaughtered for the health of the occulted Imam (may Allah bring forward his reappearance) and the meat was distributed among dozens…

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Interior announced that the police arrested 25 Afghan refugees near the city of Simeonovgrad following the inspection of a bus. It is said that the detainees entered Bulgaria illegally from Turkey. Bulgarian officials report that 1,278 illegal…

Disadvantaged families and orphans in Mazar-i-Sharif received blankets for the new solar year, another charitable action organized by the office of the Shia supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, to serve the war-stricken Afghan society. This humanitarian service was carried…

At least 13 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit areas across Afghanistan and Pakistan, with tremors felt as far as the Indian capital New Delhi. In northwest Pakistan, at least nine people were…

Afghanistan’s schools reopened Tuesday for the new academic year, but no classes were held as students were unaware of the start and hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending class, according to CBS report. Afghanistan is the…

On Saturday, the Afghanistan National Journalists Union (ANJU) published a report, highlighting that 53% of journalists in the country lost their jobs after the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. The report also pointed out that over 50% of media…

Around 26 Afghan detainees have been set free from Pakistan’s prison and sent home, said Afghanistan’s Refugees and Repatriation department, reported a local newspaper. The Afghan detainees were transported from the prisons in Pakistan through the Spin Boldak border crossing.…

As schools across Afghanistan prepare for the new academic year next week, secondary school aged girls must be allowed to go back to the classroom after an 18-month ban on their education, Save the Children said. A failure by the…