Afghan women face new ban on reciting Quran in public
Afghan women have been banned from reciting the Quran and praying loudly in front of other women according to AP, who cites the Taliban go...
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Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
At least 153 dead in Afghanistan floods, Taliban say
The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban’...
Dozens of Afghans who were illegally in Pakistan detained, deported in nationwide sweeps
Pakistani security forces on Wednesday detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were living in the country illegally, after a government-...
Afghans leaves Pakistan in mass as deadline to leave the country arrives
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan faced the threat of detention and deportation on Wednesday, as a government deadline for...
Afghanistan hit by 3rd earthquake in a week
A new earthquake has hit western Afghanistan – several days after two large tremors in the region killed more than 1,000 people. Afghanista...
6.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Afghanistan where earlier quake killed over 2,000
Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened...
Afghan earthquakes kill 2,053, Taliban say, as death toll spikes
More than 2,000 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan and more than 9,000 injured, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in...
At least 15 dead in Afghanistan earthquakes
At least 15 people were killed and 40 injured after multiple earthquakes struck western Afghanistan on Saturday, a disaster management off...
Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power two years on amid erosion of women’s rights
Afghanistan’s Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power on Tuesday, celebrating their takeover of Kabul and the esta...
At least 13 people dead after earthquake rocks Pakistan, Afghanistan
At least 13 people were killed and more than 90 injured in Pakistan and Afghanistan after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck late on Tuesday...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits northern Afghanistan
An magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, ...
Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam
The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female students to sit university en...
Strong earthquake kills at least 920 people, 600 wounded in Afghanistan
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 920 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600...
Afghanistan’s Taliban bars government employees without beards from work
Afghanistan’s Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired, three sources...
Afghan families resort to selling their kidneys and even their own children so they can buy food
Entire families in Afghanistan have been forced to sell their kidneys so they can buy food, as the country plunges deeper into a humanitari...
Afghans ‘marry off’ baby girls for dowries as starvation looms
Jobless and engulfed in debt, Afghan brick kiln worker Fazal said the country’s imploding economy had left him with a stark choice – marry ...
Three wedding guests reportedly shot dead in Afghanistan for playing music at reception
Three guests were shot dead at a wedding reception in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night, apparently because music was being played, acco...
Desperate parents sell their babies as food poverty spirals in Afghanistan
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Afghanistan where an extra nine million people have been plunged into severe food poverty since the ...
Americans raise over $2 million for soldier imprisoned after he blasted his military superiors over Afghan withdrawal
Over 27,000 Americans have contributed $2 million for the U.S. Marine who criticized his commanders for mishandling troop withdrawal in Afgh...
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