Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Blast kills 4, injures 7 in Shiite neighborhood in Kabul
October 27, 2023
Afghanistan: Blast kills 4, injures 7 in Shiite neighborhood in Kabul
An explosion in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the Afghan capital Kabul killed four people and critically injured seven Thursday, news outlets reported. The cause of the Thursday evening blast at a boxing club is still not known, but…
Afghanistan’s victims of earthquake receive UNICEF relief supplies
October 24, 2023
Afghanistan’s victims of earthquake receive UNICEF relief supplies
More than 80 tonnes of UNICEF medical supplies arrived in Kabul yesterday, including medicines, medical equipment, as well as midwifery and surgical kits, for children, pregnant women, and families following several devastating earthquakes in Herat, western Afghanistan. Funded by the…
Earthquake in Afghanistan leaves survivors suffering staggering health consequences
October 22, 2023
Earthquake in Afghanistan leaves survivors suffering staggering health consequences
The World Health Organization warns that tens of thousands of survivors of a series of powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan’s Herat province between October 7 and 15 are in desperate need of humanitarian aid and essential health…
6.3 magnitude earthquake hits northwestern Afghanistan
October 15, 2023
6.3 magnitude earthquake hits northwestern Afghanistan
Another powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale shook northwestern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring dozens of others, Anadolu Agency reported. The earthquake rocked the provincial capital Herat at 8:06 a.m. local time, a…
Islamic State conducts suicide bombing at Shia mosque in Afghanistan; another attack against Hazara Shiites
October 14, 2023
Islamic State conducts suicide bombing at Shia mosque in Afghanistan; another attack against Hazara Shiites
Shiites and Hazaras of Afghanistan were once again targeted by a terrorist attack while praying in the mosque as a suicide bombing ripped through a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, martyring 40 and injuring 60 other worshippers. Islamic…
Afghans in UK Visa Limbo as Pakistan Vows to Expel Migrants
October 13, 2023
Afghans in UK Visa Limbo as Pakistan Vows to Expel Migrants
In the aftermath of the Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan in 2021, many Afghan refugees sought sanctuary in the United Kingdom. However, a growing number of these refugees now find themselves trapped in a state of visa limbo. The process of…
UN confirms over 90% of earthquake victims in Afghanistan were women, children
October 13, 2023
UN confirms over 90% of earthquake victims in Afghanistan were women, children
UN officials confirmed on Thursday that more than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan last weekend were women and children. According to Taliban officials, Saturday’s earthquake killed more than 2,000 people of all ages and genders…
Afghanistan earthquake death toll climbs amid frantic search, rescue efforts
October 9, 2023
Afghanistan earthquake death toll climbs amid frantic search, rescue efforts
Taliban officials have put the death toll from the two back-to-back 6.3 magnitude earthquakes that hit Western Afghanistan on Saturday between 2,000 and 2,400, warning that many are still unaccounted for in the remote quake region. While the world rushed…
Mazar-i-Sharif-based office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi distributes financial aids to disadvantaged families
October 9, 2023
Mazar-i-Sharif-based office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi distributes financial aids to disadvantaged families
The office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif province distributed today, Monday, the monthly financial aids to thousands of families in the city. The office said in a statement followed by Shia…
Afghanistan hit by deadliest earthquakes in two decades: at least 2,000 dead, over 1,200 injured
October 8, 2023
Afghanistan hit by deadliest earthquakes in two decades: at least 2,000 dead, over 1,200 injured
A series of powerful earthquakes followed by several strong aftershocks hit the western part of Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said. “Besides the 2,060 dead, 1,240 people are injured and 1,320 houses are completely destroyed,” said Abdul Wahid Rayan, spokesperson at…