As many as two people were killed, and two sustained injuries in an explosion in the Darul Aman area of Afghanistan’s Kabul, the city’s police said on Monday, Khaama Press reported.
In a significant contribution to Afghanistan which is grappling with a serious humanitarian crisis, India has sent an unprecedented 47,500 metric tons of wheat since the Taliban takeover, Khaama Press reported.
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on the country’s 104th independence anniversary, urged the Taliban to reopen girls’ schools and universities, emphasizing that true independence requires educational access for all, Khaama Press reported.
International organisations have raised concern over the surge in the detention of journalists in Afghanistan. The media in Afghanistan is struggling to survive under Taliban as numerous radio and TV stations, as well as news agencies, have closed and as per estimates more than 6,000 journal
The Afghan Taliban has imposed one more ban, this time on political parties in Afghanistan. Interim Minister for Justice, Shaikh Maulavi Abdul Hakeem Sharae said there was a complete ban on activities of political parties in Afghanistan, the Dawn reported.
Abdul Wodod Mukhtarzada, a member of the commission, said that the booksellers have also complained about high taxes which are difficult to pay as their business has witnessed a decline.
More than 80 per cent of the female journalists in Afghanistan have been forced to halt their work since the Taliban takeover, Khaama Press reported citing a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The interference of Taliban in the humanitarian assistance has become a massive roadblock in the distribution of aid to the Afghan people in need, said the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), according to TOLOnews.
Iran accused the Taliban of being responsible for the deaths following the attack, but the Taliban denied this, saying that "renegade forces" had killed the Iranians instead.
In order to strengthen the reading culture in Afghanistan, a group of young people in Kabul organised the "Smart Way" book display, according to TOLOnews.