Taliban Ban Access to Five Recreational Areas in Kandahar
Local sources in Kandahar say that the Taliban have banned people from visiting recreational sandy areas in five districts of...
Local sources in Kandahar say that the Taliban have banned people from visiting recreational sandy areas in five districts of...
Civil society organisations and human rights defenders have called on the United Nations (UN), in an open letter, to stop...
The Taliban announced that 134 families, comprising 636 people, were forcibly returned to Afghanistan through various routes yesterday. Hamdullah Fitrat,...
The Afghanistan Analysts Network has reported that low wages, high living costs, exploitation of migrant workers, and discrimination in hiring...
A water supply network designed to convert saline water into fresh water has been completed and commissioned in Faryab Province...
Tajudeen Oyewale, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, says reliable access to safe, high-quality medicines...
Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, has criticized UNAMA’s reports on Afghanistan, saying the mission...
Local sources in Ghazni say the body of a Taliban fighter who was killed in clashes with Pakistani forces in...
Local sources in Farah province say a young man was stabbed to death following a confrontation between two individuals in...
Sources say the Taliban have warned the family and relatives of General Abdul Raziq, the former Kandahar police chief, not...
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