[ad_1] At least 250 people were killed and 500 others injured across the districts of Nur Gul, Soki, Watpur, Manogi, and Chapadare, stated theKunar Disaster Management Authority. Tremors were felt across eastern Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan.Sediqullah Quraishi Badloon, a communications official for Nangarhar province, said most of the casualties were reported in Kunar, while […]
[ad_1] An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday.The US geological survey (USGS) reported reported that the quake hit at 11:47 pm local time (1917 GMT) at a shallow depth of 8 km, with its epicenter located 27 km east-northeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province.Two children were killed and at least 15 others […]
[ad_1] Another bus crash in Afghanistan as passenger bus overturns (Representative AI image) At least 25 people lost their lives in a bus crash when a passenger bus overturned in Afghanistan’s capital early Wednesday, a senior Taliban official confirmed. The accident occurred in the Arghandi area on the outskirts of Kabul during the early morning […]
[ad_1] Over 50 people killed, including 17 children, in western Afghanistan after a bus carrying refugees collided with a truck and motorcycle and caught fire, according to provincial government spokesman Ahmadullah Muttaqi and local police.According to a news report from Al Jazeera, police said that the accident occurred due to the excessive speed and negligence […]
[ad_1] Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities are reportedly diverting international aid through coercion and other methods, denying assistance to minority communities, and may be working with UN officials to solicit kickbacks, a US watchdog reported on Tuesday. The findings, from the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), are based on accounts from nearly 90 current […]
[ad_1] Afghan girl children walk to school (AFP file photo) Four years after Taliban took over Afghanistan and banned education for girl children, Unicef has announced vocational training for 200 girls in Herat province.The programme, organised in partnership with Japan and extending over six months, is intended for girls aged between 15 and 25 from […]
[ad_1] Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (AP) The United States blocked Afghanistan’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to Pakistan, Dawn reported. Muttaqi was scheduled to visit Pakistan on August 4 as part of recent efforts to improve ties between Kabul and Islamabad. The initiative followed Pakistani deputy PM and foreign minister Ishaq Dar’s […]
[ad_1] Afghanistan was rocked by two more earthquakes early Saturday with a magnitude of around 4.0 on Richter scale, marking fifth such seismic event in the past week, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).The first tremor, recorded at 1.26 am IST, measured 4.2 on the Richter scale with a depth of 190 km. […]
[ad_1] More than 1.4 million Afghans have been forced out of Iran since January amid a governmental crackdown. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent at The New York Times, reports from the Afghanistan-Iran border. There, he met with Afghans grappling with an uncertain future, as they return to a country with widespread poverty and severe restrictions […]
[ad_1] 6-year-old girl sold into marriage with 45-year-old in Afghanistan (AI-generated representative image) A harrowing case from Afghanistan’s Helmand province has sparked international condemnation after a six-year-old girl was forced into marriage with a 45-year-old man in exchange for money.The incident, first reported by US-based Afghan news outlet Amu.tv on June 28, took place in […]
