Afghanistan

The US handed down more sanctions on the Taliban as punishment for its treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan. The announcement was made on the UN’s International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, October 11th. According to The Straits Times, a new visa restriction policy for current or former…

The world remained a mute spectator when the Taliban took over Kabul without firing a single shot. The NATO troops were busy leaving the war-torn-nation, unbothered by the loss in the advancement that they made after two decades of war…

The International Rescue Committee released a report highlighting the global threats of hunger and famine, and it said Afghanistan is experiencing conflict, insect plagues, drought and other climate-related crises which tend to result in food insecurity and hunger. “East Africa,…

On October 8, protests will be organized worldwide in solidarity with the Hazaras who have faced decades of systematic targeted attacks due to their Shia and ethnic identity. Protests will be held in European countries including Italy, Germany, Greece, Sweden,…

The Taliban administration has reportedly banned the use of Pakistani currency, the rupee, in the country.  According to Khaama Press, the Taliban Intelligence Agency’s Anti-Money Laundering Branch has ordered the Association of Money Exchange Dealers in a letter to “completely…

An official in the Afghan Interior Ministry announced that eight people were killed and 20 others were wounded in a suicide bombing that took place inside a mosque at the Ministry’s headquarters. The ministry’s spokesman, Abdul Nafeh Thakur, confirmed that…

Save the Children in a recent report ranked Afghanistan among top countries that identified at extreme risk of ongoing and future crises disrupting education. “This briefing update the Risks to Education Index with new 2021 or 2022 data where available.…

A group of Afghan women protested, Saturday October 1st, a suicide bombing that killed and wounded dozens of students in a Shia education center in the capital Kabul a day earlier, demanding better security from the Taliban-run government, local media…

The UN has condemned a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul which has left more than 20 dead, according to latest news reports, many of them young women who were at an education center. Dozens more were wounded at…

The death toll from the suicide bombing at an educational center in a Shia-dominated neighborhood in Kabul has risen to at least 32. A government source said that at least 32 people were killed and 40 others wounded in a…