Afghanistan

Counter-terrorism experts have raised concerns about the difficulty of tracking ISIS fighters in the future after reports some of them are changing their identities through the issuance of Afghan passports by the Taliban, according to the National UK newspaper. The…

Since retaking power, the Taliban have reinstated draconian curbs on women’s rights in Afghanistan. The most recent move, banning women from universities, has drawn international condemnation. Afghan girls may now only complete school until sixth grade but are barred from…

The United Nations Secretary General urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to include all ethnic groups in the government, restore girls’ rights to education at all levels and women’s rights to work, and to stop all terrorist activity on its territory. Guterres…

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry has said that female students would not be allowed access to the country’s universities until further notice. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry on Tuesday, instructed Afghan public and private…

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, called on the Afghan Taliban movement to work in order to prevent terrorist organizations from launching attacks on Pakistan, or any other neighboring country, from Afghan soil. He explained that the organization…

At least 19 people were killed and 32 injured when a fuel tanker exploded in a tunnel north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, a local official has said. The Salang tunnel, about 80 miles (130km) north of Kabul, was originally…

Lady Fatima Al-Zahraa Complex, affiliated to the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has carried out many charitable activities. The Complex distributed financial aid and food baskets to more than 150 orphan and needy families.  Within its charitable…

Ten United Nations human rights experts on Friday called on the Taliban authorities to end public executions and punishment by whipping, including at mass ceremonies, after such practices began to be reported in Afghanistan in recent weeks. The de facto…

Last July, the “Panorama” program on BBC TV aired a report in which it said that soldiers from the Special Air Force had killed 54 people in Afghanistan in suspicious circumstances. BBC quoted, in its report, workers within the British…

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in the holy province of Karbala has brought joy to the hearts of a large number of Afghan families, after providing them with winter fuel, in light of the difficult living conditions…