Afghanistan

Afghanistan and Pakistan Monday closed the main border crossing between them after an exchange of fire amid soaring ties between the Afghan Taliban and Islamabad. At least one Pakistan border guard was injured in the border clash near the Torkham…

Heavy rainfall that triggered avalanches and flash flood has inflicted property damages and rendered scores of people homeless in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said Sunday. Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari, provincial government director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs,…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, distributed sacrificial meat to the underprivileged families. These charitable and humanitarian activities launched on commemoration of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam…

The International ‘Shia Rights Watch’ organization expressed its strong condemnation over the oppressive practices of Taliban authorities against journalists, calling on international and regional parties to put pressure on the movement to abide by the promises it made. In a…

According a report by the Islamabad Telegraph, requests for information on women’s education submitted through the online fatwa portal and email correspondence by Manish Rai, a geopolitical analyst for the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, have not received a response from Darul Uloom,…

Two children were killed as a mortar round left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan’s Badghis province, provincial police spokesman Sediqullah Seddiqi said on Wednesday. A similar accident claimed the lives of two children in Bagram district of…

The Taliban’s ban on female education in Afghanistan has had a devastating effect, depriving girls of the opportunity to pursue higher education and professional careers. This has led to a surge in teenage girls enrolling in madrasas, or religious schools,…

Sakhi Shrine in Afghanistan is an extremely important monument for the Shia Hazaras residing in the country. Today, Taliban forced people out of the shrine and closed its door, many fearing the doors are closed forever under Taliban’s government. Taliban…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stated that due to a combination of the bitterly cold weather this winter and illnesses, hundreds of children have passed away this January, as per its official Twitter account. The tweet brings up that…

In cooperation with the IHC organization (Imam Hussein Charity), the Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, affiliated with the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, distributed firewood to the poor and needy families…