Search For "kabul"
Former Afghan politician urges probe for mistreatment of locals in three p
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 15 (ANI): Former Afghan politicians have urged an investigation into the reports of torture and mistreatment of the citizens in the country’s three provinces.
Read More
Afghanistan: Kabul mosque attacked during Friday prayers
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 14 (ANI): Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, blasts have become a 'new normal' in the war-ravaged nation with the recent one taking place at Kabul's Ayuob Saber Mosque.
Read More
Taliban's capture of power in Afghanistan is Pakistan's Frankenstein
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 14 (ANI): Grabbing of power by the Taliban in Afghanistan may have brought a sense of gratification to the powerful army-intelligence nexus of Pakistan but it has created rippling effects for which Islamabad might be ill-prepared as it has also damaged the latter's r
Read More
Taliban announces gender segregation plan in restaurants
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 13 (ANI): The Taliban has implemented a gender segregation plan in the western Herat province, a media report said on Friday.
Read More
Reporters Without Borders call Afghan journalist's trial 'arbitrary'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 13 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned an Afghan journalist's trial by a military court last weekend, as well as recent arbitrary and illegal arrests of other journalists in Afghanistan.
Read More
Three injured in explosion at mosque in Afghanistan's Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 13 (ANI): At least three people were injured in an explosion that ripped through a mosque in Kabul, local media reported on Friday.
Read More
Afghan journalist sentenced to prison for criticizing Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 13 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the arbitrary sentencing of an Afghan journalist from Herat, and urged the Taliban to cease its persecution of journalists for their independent reportage.
Read More
Afghanistan witnessing terror redux, says UN chief Guterres
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 13 (ANI): Terrorism is resurgent in Afghanistan and it could become a global threat, said UN Chief Antonio Guterres during a human rights conference.
Read More
EU envoy to Afghanistan expresses concern over reports of civilian casualt
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI): The European Union Ambassador to Afghanistan, Andreas von Brand, has expressed concerns over the reports of killings of civilians and mistreatment in Panjshir and said it underlines the need for overdue inclusive solutions in governing the troubled country.
Read More
Taliban suppress protests by women against mandatory hijab in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): Taliban militants dispersed a handful of women who staged a demonstration in Kabul against the decision to make hijab mandatory and also detained journalists.
Read More
UNSC to hold discussion on Taliban's new order for Afghan women to cover f
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): As the Taliban's recent decision to impose additional restrictions on women, including the mandate that they cover their faces in public places, the United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting to discuss the issue on May 12 at the request of Norway
Read More
Half of Afghanistan's population facing acute hunger: WFP
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday said that record levels of hunger persist in Afghanistan.
Read More