Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, made the appeal in a statement marking two years since the Taliban regained control of the country. ‘Gender apartheid’ “Through over 50 edicts, orders and restrictions, the Taliban have left no aspect of women’s lives untouched, no freedom spared. They have created a system founded on the mass…
Photo courtesy: Bangkok Post. Thousands of beauty parlors in Afghanistan were forcibly closed from today. In this regard, last month, the Taliban government had given time till July 25 for the closure of the parlors. According to officials, the purpose of giving extra time was to give time to deplete the stock held by these…
Two days of rains have wreaked havoc in Afghanistan; 35 casualties (Photo: File) bill to: Floods following incessant rains in Afghanistan’s central provinces left 26 people dead and 40 missing. According to the international news organization, Shafiullah Rahimi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Disaster Management of the Taliban government, said that the continuous rains…
Photo Courtesy: NDTV. A flood situation has arisen in the central regions of Afghanistan after heavy rains. According to the Afghan media from Kabul, 31 people have been killed, 74 injured and 41 missing due to the flood during 3 days. Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Sunday that floods have wreaked havoc in…
Photo Courtesy: Ariana News, Twitter. Pomegranate juice produced in Afghanistan was exported to America for the first time. According to the Afghan media from Kabul, the juice produced in the factory in the Afghan province of Herat is being exported to the United States. Afghan officials say that two containers of 45 tons of pomegranate…
File photo Spokesman of the US Department of State, Matthew Miller, has said that it is the responsibility of the Afghan Taliban not to allow Afghanistan to become a haven for terrorists. During the press briefing, the spokesperson of the US State Department expressed concern over the reports of the Iranian police and said that…
A suicide attack on a bus of Chinese engineers at Dasu Dam; Photo: File bill to: The mastermind behind the attack on the bus of Chinese engineers in Dasu Dam was killed in Afghanistan’s Kannada province. Notorious terrorist Tariq Rafiq, the main suspect in the attack on the bus of Chinese engineers at Dasu Dam…
A young man who worked as a translator for the American army in Afghanistan was killed in America. Nusrat Ahmad Yar left for America in fear of his life and for a better future after the establishment of the Taliban government in Kabul in August 2021. 31-year-old Nusrat Ahmed Yar was driving a taxi in…
Courtesy: Al Jazeera. British special forces are also being investigated for war crimes in Afghanistan. According to media reports, the British Ministry of Defense has confirmed the investigation by special forces. The Ministry of Defense has abandoned efforts to limit mention of alleged human rights abuses by special forces. The media report stated that the…
Since then, as international funding has stalled amid skepticism about the Taliban’s return, the UN has been acting as the world’s “eyes and ears” in Afghanistan. After shifting mainly to humanitarian work, UN agencies and partners are finding ways to help the long-suffering population meet basic needs and preserve hard-won development gains. UN News was recently…
