The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports 292 civilians have fallen victim to landmines and explosive remnants of war in Afghanistan in the first six months of the current year. In a statement on X, OCHA wrote: “Since 1989, 45,000 Afghans have been casualties of landmines and explosive remnants of More
Iran executed eight prisoners condemned to death, including an Afghan and a woman, a human rights group Hangao said on Monday. In a statement, Hingao said these on death row people were executed in prisons of Karaj and Shiraz on Sunday. Mahdi Ali Akbari, Daood Barahawi and Sayeed Mohammadpur an Afghan, were sent the gallows More
US Embassy Chargé d’affaires Karen Decker has said during the third UN meeting on Afghanistan envoys reiterated demands for human rights, women rights and an effective counterterrorism strategy. Addressing roundtable with Afghan media representative on July 22, she said that UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peace building Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo welcomed the independent assessment on More
Canberra is looking for ways of compensating the families who were unlawfully killed or abused by Australian forces in Afghanistan, a media report said on Sunday. Compensation was one of the recommendations from the damning 2020 Brereton report, which found “credible information” that Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel were involved in serious crimes. The crimes More
Former member of Afghanistan’s peace negotiation team Nader Nadery has called for the review of the war in Afghanistan and how the war had affected public aspiration for a better future. In his testimony to the Afghan War Commission to examine roots of Afghanistan war Nadery said for two decades, Afghanistan’s political, social, and economic More
Pakistan has summoned the deputy head of the Afghan mission in Islamabad over a suicide attack on the Bannu Cantonment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The current interim government in Kabul has repeatedly denied Afghanistan’s involvement in fuelling instability in Pakistan. On Monday, militants attacked the Bannu Cantonment and killed eight military personnel, according to ISPR. More
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) says two bureaus have failed to provide enough documents to determine that Afghanistan programmes complied with States vetting guidance. In a report on Wednesday, the US federal watchdog said three of the five State bureaus that had active awards in Afghanistan from March 1, 2022, through November More
Centres for the distribution of electronic identity cards will be set up in several foreign countries, says the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA). An NSIA team recently set in motion the process of issuing electronic ID cards to Afghans in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said Mohammad Haleem Rafi, spokesman for the authority. NSIA More
People-to-people contacts are the foundation of its historical relationship with Afghanistan, says India. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India was supporting Afghans with humanitarian assistance, including food, essential medicines and pesticides. He told Kazinform News Agency in Astana: “I think some of the concerns raised at the SCO summit are very valid. And we More
At least 17 people were killed, and 35 others wounded as a passenger bus overturned in the Khanjan district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. Qari Mohammad Nazir Abid, head of the traffic department, said the accident took place when a passenger-bus fell into a ditch in the Mulkhan area of north More
