The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says about 800 cases of violence have been recorded against individuals affiliated with the former government. In its report released today, UANMA said after the Taliban’s takeover on 15th of August 2021, at least 800 instances of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture and ill-treatment and enforced More
Saudi security forces have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants seeking to enter the kingdom from Yemen, Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed in a report. HRW said in its annual report on August 21 the killings took place between June 2022 and June of 2023. It slammed the killings as a crime against humanity. HRW requested More
US Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan Karen B. Decker has welcomed 200 inspiring young Afghans students to the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) new campus in Doha, the capital of Qatar. In a tweet, Decker said Afghans needed access to a modern education to help build a modern Afghanistan. She said the US was proud to More
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen has threatened to raise their voice for independence from Pakistan if the rights of Pashtuns are not protected and atrocities against them not stopped. Addressing a big rally in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, Pashteen severely criticized the Pakistan Army for what he said usurping the mineral assets of Pashtuns More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the international community not to forget the people of Afghanistan. On his X handle, Guterres wrote: “It is now two years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan & the situation in the country remains deeply troubling.” The UN chief referred to what he called the severe restrictions imposed on More
Foreign-based female Afghan journalist, Zarghona Mangal, has written two books on the past and current situation in Afghanistan during her trip to the country last year. Zarghona Mangal, a former audio media who is currently journalist living in Sweden, says she wanted to gather information to prepare a proposal for her studies last year during More
A dozen people were killed and 66 others injured in a blaze at a filling station in the southeastern Russian region of Dagestan. The explosion occurred at a filling station in Makhachkala, with initial reports putting the death toll at 27. Interfax said the fatalities included children. But hours later, the region’s health minister told More
Instead of unlawful migration to Iran and different European countries, Afghan youth want employment opportunities at home. On a sizzling summer day, some youth were seen the Company area of Kabul, planning to go to western Nimroz province and then cross into Iran illegally. They gathered in Kabul from different provinces in a desperate attempt More
A number of female beauticians say they are struggling with economic problems after the closure of beauty parlors in Kabul and urge the caretaker government to provide them with work or a salary. The Vice and Virtue and Complaints Ministry on June 26 gave one month to all salons in Afghanistan to wind down their More
Afghan athlete Ali Akbar Amiri has won a gold medal in a global taekwondo event in South Korea. Zabihullah Shahzad, spokesman for the Afghanistan Taekwondo Federation, wrote on his Facebook page that Amiri outplayed rivals from Canada, Kazakhstan, South Korea and Nigeria. Amiri earned created history by winning the gold medal and for Afghanistan in More
