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Deported Afghan migrants accuse Iran of mistreatment

Deported Afghan migrants accuse Iran of mistreatment

Afghan migrants deported from Iran have expressed grievances of “mistreatment and physical abuse” by Iranian police during their time in the neighboring country, Amu News reported. According to the article, several deported migrants reported being “mistreated and beaten” by Iranian…
Two Shia scholars killed in Afghanistan as part of ongoing series of killing

Two Shia scholars killed in Afghanistan as part of ongoing series of killing

Two scholars from the Hazara Shia minority were killed on Thursday morning after being shot by unknown gunmen near the Gabriel Mosque in the Afghan city of Herat. Afghan local sources reported that two Shia Hazara scholars in the city…
Taliban continues to pressurize media in Afghanistan, Journalists’ Center reported

Taliban continues to pressurize media in Afghanistan, Journalists’ Center reported

In a report on Saturday, the Afghan Journalists Center announced the results of a six-month monitor, pointing out the intensification of the pressure on the free media, the drastic change in the working content of the media, and the arrest…
Taliban free Afghan activist arrested for campaigning in support of female education

Taliban free Afghan activist arrested for campaigning in support of female education

The Taliban have freed an Afghan activist who campaigned for the education of females, a local nonprofit organization said Thursday. Matiullah Wesa was arrested seven months ago and spent 215 days in prison, according to the group, Pen Path. Wesa…
Sunni Extremist Islamic State terrorists claim deadly explosion in Kabul

Sunni Extremist Islamic State terrorists claim deadly explosion in Kabul

The Islamic State group claimed on its Telegram channel Friday that it was behind a blast at a sports club that killed four people in the Afghan capital the night before. The Sunni extremist group said it had used a…
Afghanistan: Blast kills 4, injures 7 in Shiite neighborhood in Kabul

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

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

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

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

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…
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