カテゴリー: Afghanistan
Alleged evidence implicates UK troops in murder of children in Afghanistan and IraqThe UK government and the British army have been accused of covering up the killing of children in Afghanistan and Iraq.Leaked documents allegedly contain evidence impli…
Militant group says prisoner exchange with Afghan government has not happenedAn Australian and an American professor in Taliban custody who were supposed to be freed in a prisoner exchange this week are still yet to be released, according to a spokesma…
Militant group says prisoner exchange with Afghan government has not happenedAn Australian and an American professor in Taliban custody who were supposed to be freed in a prisoner exchange this week are still yet to be released, according to a spokesma…
Separated from her family after an attempt to flee failed, Tahira is among a growing number of women left struggling and vulnerable in a country where lone mothers are harshly judgedOn a bitterly cold day, Tahira* sits in her rented room in Kabul. She …
Separated from her family after an attempt to flee failed, Tahira is among a growing number of women left struggling and vulnerable in a country where lone mothers are harshly judgedOn a bitterly cold day, Tahira* sits in her rented room in Kabul. She …
Social workers claim teachers and local officials are implicated, and believe thousands more children may have been targetedA paedophile ring involved in the abuse of at least 546 boys from six schools has been discovered in Afghanistan’s Logar provinc…
Afghan president Ghani hopes move will help secure release of American and AustralianAfghanistan’s president says he has ordered the release of three Taliban fighters in an effort to persuade the insurgent group to free a kidnapped American and Austral…
Victims who were aged between 10 and 15 were killed on their way to school official saysNine children have been killed by a roadside bomb near their school in the north-eastern Takhar province, an Afghan official said.Sayed Mehraj Sadat, the provincial…
Document details 14 deadly raids by pro-government units with support of US intelligence The Afghan soldiers who swept through Kulalgo village one late August night shot three of Dr Ulfatullah’s relatives carefully, a single bullet through their left e…
In a deeply conservative society ravaged by years of war, Afghan women still want to be free to wear clothes with stylePhotography by Ivan Armando FloresThere’s a steady stream of customers coming through the doors of Rahiba Rahimi’s fashion studio. Th…
State blames Taliban for blasts targeting worshippers during Friday prayersPolice and local residents were searching for bodies in the rubble of a mosque in the eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, after bomb blaststhat killed at least 69 people …
Militant attack caused roof to collapse as worshippers met for Friday prayersSixty-two people have died after an explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan caused the roof to collapse on worshippers gathered for Friday prayers. The attack underscored…
In a country where decades of conflict have taken a profound toll on mental health, professional support is scarceHuman Rights Watch has raised alarms over the lack of mental health support in wartorn Afghanistan, where more than half of the population…
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 – …
Insurgent group visits Moscow days after after Donald Trump declares US negotiations with Afghan group ‘dead’A Taliban delegation has held talks with Russian officials in Moscow after US negotiations with the Afghan insurgents collapsed, the Russian f…