カテゴリー: Afghanistan
A Taliban health ministry spokesperson appealed for international assistance to support victims of a powerful earthquake that has killed more than 800 and injured at least 2,500. ‘We urgently call on humanitarian organizations to step in and provide im…
Taliban appeal for aid, with casualties expected to increase as rescue teams struggle to reach isolated areas The Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands m…
People tell of losing children and other relatives and of digging their way out of the rubble after the disasterAfghanistan earthquake – latest updatesIt was almost midnight when Hameed Jan was jolted awake in his bed by a deep rumble. Powerful tremors…
Several villages in Kunar province ‘completely destroyed’, says public health ministry, as rescue operations take place. This live blog is closedMagnitude 6 earthquake hits eastern AfghanistanHow have you been affected by the earthquake?One resident in…
A magnitude-6 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan at about midnight on Sunday, triggering landslides and flooding. Searches for survivors were hampered as roads to affected areas were destroyed or blocked by rubble in a region where the terrain is steep…
If you’ve been affected by the earthquake that struck the Afghanistan province of Kunar late on Sunday, we’d like to hear from youA least 622 people have been killed and more than 1,500 others injured in the an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.The mag…
Rescue efforts hampered by steep terrain after shallow quake that was felt more than 100 miles away in KabulAfghanistan earthquake – latest updatesA powerful earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan has left more than 800 people dead and injured about …
The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operationsThe Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them th…
The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operationsThe Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them th…
Seventy-eight people have died in western Afghanistan in a collision between a bus carrying Afghans who had recently been deported from Iran and two other vehicles At least 78 people killed as bus collides with fuel truck in western Afghanistan Continu…
Children among dead after bus carrying Afghans deported from Iran crashed and caught fire in Herat province Seventy-eight people have died in western Afghanistan in a collision between a bus carrying Afghans who had recently been deported from Iran and…
Thousands gathered for Kabul ‘flower showers’ while women, banned from the events, staged protestsThousands of men gathered across Kabul on Friday to watch flowers being scattered from helicopters to mark the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return …
Esteemed foreign correspondent Jon Lee Anderson’s new book offers a full accounting of life in Afghanistan from before 9/11 to nowJon Lee Anderson is “not done with Afghanistan”, despite having reported on it for more than 40 years, through invasions, …
Those who fled Afghanistan fearing gender apartheid have been forced back to live in a society in which, without a male ‘guardian’, they cannot work or rent a home, leaving them in poverty and open to abuseSafia* thought she had finally found safety …
The British government’s secret scheme to bring those at risk to the UK has dominated headlines, but, worldwide, many times more are losing protectionThe British public discovered only very belatedly that an enormous accidental data breach by an offici…