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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…

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…

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 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…

Pakistani media news agencies documented new study which confirms that with the elections drawing near, Pakistan is witnessing an escalation of sectarian violence, primarily targeting religious minorities including Shia Muslims. The recent study conducted by Dr. Zakaria Kareem revealed that…

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…

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…

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…

The residents of Iraqi city of Mosul have celebrated the rebuilding and opening of the shrine and mosque of Prophet Seth, son of Prophet Adam (peace be upon them), which was completely destroyed by ISIS terrorists in 2014. Shia Waves…

The United Nations refugee agency and the UN migration agency on Saturday urged Pakistan to continue its protection of all vulnerable Afghans who have sought safety in the country and could be at imminent risk if forced to return. In…