投稿者: Agence France-Presse in Kabul
Death toll may rise as search continues for victims under mud and rubble and as more rain approachesAt least 50 people, mainly women and children, have been killed in flash flooding in the northern Afghanistan province of Baghlan.The number was confirm…
Matiullah Wesa, head of Pen Path, beaten and arrested outside a mosque after prayersThe founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the UN have said.The Tal…
Public executions and amputations some of the punishments for crimes including adultery and theftAfghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully implement aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings, floggings and the amput…
Women ‘bored and fed-up’ at being forced to stay home after latest edict which has hit business hardThe Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital’s public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to be segregated by gender…
Moscow says two embassy staff killed and several people injured, as Afghan official says attacker was shot deadA suicide bomber struck near the Russian embassy in Kabul, killing two staff from the diplomatic mission and wounding several other people, t…
Shots fired into air and rifle butts used to attack dozens of women protesting outside Afghan education ministryTaliban fighters beat female protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, d…
At least two people killed and seven wounded, officials say after attack in capital claimed by Islamic StateGunmen have stormed a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital, killing at least two people and wounding seven more, officials say.The interior ministr…
Two dozen girls and women react to Taliban’s decision to shut secondary schools to girls across AfghanistanWomen and girls staged a protest near the Taliban’s ministry of education in Kabul on Saturday, calling on the group to reopen girls’ secondary s…
One woman reportedly taken to hospital after protest calling for right to work and education is stoppedTaliban forces have fired pepper spray at a group of women protesting in Afghanistan’s capital to demand rights to work and education.Since seizing c…
Liquor destroyed after barrels seized and three arrested in capital as Taliban government increases raids over alcohol and drugsA team of Afghan intelligence agents poured about 3,000 litres of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country’s spy agency has…
Journalists asked to wear a hijab and broadcasters told to stop showing dramas featuring female actorsAfghan journalists and rights activists have condemned “religious guidelines” issued by the Taliban that restrict the role of women in television, as …
Militants capture Islam Qala on border with Iran amid sweeping offensive launched as US withdrawsThe Taliban have claimed to be in control of 85% of Afghanistan, including a key border crossing with Iran, following a sweeping offensive launched as US t…
Taliban deny responsibility after secondary school targeted in bloody attack in KabulDozens of young girls were buried on Sunday at a desolate hilltop cemetery in Kabul, a day after a secondary school was targeted in the bloodiest attack in Afghanistan…
Assault highlights insecurity in Afghan capital in run-up to scheduled US withdrawalAt least 27 people have been killed in an attack on a political rally in Kabul in the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Ta…
Blasts at election rally and in central Kabul follow collapse of US-Taliban peace talksTaliban suicide bombers killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in two blasts Tuesday – one at a campaign rally for the president and the other in Kabul – …