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…
Photo courtesy of Afghan Cricket Board Afghanistan cricket team players along with 2 former Pakistan cricketers are celebrating Eid in Abu Dhabi. Former Pakistan cricketers Imran Farhat as batting coach and Rana Naveed Al Hasan as bowling coach are with the Afghan team. On this occasion, Afghanistan players celebrated Eid by wearing traditional clothes. It…
UN Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva was briefing the Security Council on the dire situation facing the country and the international aid effort, with UN women workers among those now prevented by Taliban edicts from working. “We will not put our national staff in danger and therefore we are asking them not to report to the office”…
Another case of polio has been reported in Afghanistan. According to the Afghan media from Kabul, a new case of polio was reported in the Afghan province of Nangarhar. According to the Afghan Ministry of Health, the number of polio cases reported in the country this year has reached 5. According to the Afghan Ministry…
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed similar concerns on the opening day of the Council’s summer session, adding that the de facto authorities had “dismantled the most fundamental principles of human rights, particularly for women and girls”. In a joint report presented to the Council by the Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan and…
80 students are studying in the cave; Photo: Twitter bill to: In Afghanistan, two friends turned a cave into a school to educate girls. According to the World News Agency, 18-year-old Roya Sarfaraz and 19-year-old Baiz Begum built a school in the cave to teach other children in the village due to the closure of…
File photo A 4-year-old child has been confirmed to be disabled by polio in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. According to the authorities, 5 cases of polio have been reported in Afghanistan and Pakistan so far this year. Officials say that the polio virus found in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province is also coming to Pakistan. According to Hakam,…
Australian soldiers’ war crimes in the Afghan war were due to alcoholism; Photo: File Sydney: Australian troops have been banned from drinking during operations and exercises after an investigation into serious war crimes in Afghanistan revealed alcohol was the main cause. According to the World News Agency, the Australian government conducted a war crimes investigation…
Russia says that the US is using illegal armed groups in Afghanistan to destabilize the region. In the future, the terrorist activities of these groups may spread to neighboring countries. Speaking at an event in Belarus, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigov said that Afghanistan is still a center of instability. He said that after the…
