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Lebanon and Afghanistan named unhappiest countries in the world

21st March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: According to the annual World Happiness Report, Afghanistan (ranked 137) and Lebanon (ranked 136) are the two unhappiest countries. According to the survey, Finland remained in the top position for the sixth year, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Israel, and the Netherlands. In contrast, Afghanistan and Lebanon remained the unhappiest countries, preceded by Sierra Leone,

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Grenade Blast Kills Mother, Five Children In Central Afghanistan

20th March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

dpa: Five children along with their mother were killed when a grenade exploded in Afghanistan’s central Ghor Province, local officials said on March 20. Abdulhai Zaeem, the provincial director of information and culture, told the dpa news agency that the incident happened on March 19 in the provincial capital Firozkoh, while the children were playing

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Posted in Other News | Tags: Ghor |
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Third Anniversary of Doha Agreement

1st March, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: Three years ago today, on Hoot 10 (Solar calendar), the United States of America and the Islamic Emirate signed the Doha Agreement. This agreement was signed in Doha, the capital of Qatar, after 18 months of talks between Zalmay Khalilzad, a former US special envoy for the reconciliation of Afghanistan, and Mullah Abdul

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U.S. Marine couple at center of custody battle over Afghanistan war orphan tells their story

26th January, 2023 · admin

CBS News: A 3-year-old girl who was recovered as a baby after being injured in a military raid in Afghanistan is now at the center of court battles in the United States as two families say they want to care for her. An Afghan couple, now in the U.S., says they are the child’s rightful

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Posted in Other News, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Fire Breaks Out in Library Building in Panjshir: Taliban Prevent the Fire From Being Extinguished

13th January, 2023 · admin

8am: Sources detailed that the five-story library building has an estimated 4,000 books, and belongs to the former Justice Minister, Fazel Ahmad Manawi. The Taliban had turned this library building into their military base in Rukha district. Although the cause of this fire is not determined yet, local sources accused the Taliban of setting fire

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Posted in Other News, Taliban | Tags: Fazal Ahmad Manawi, Fazel Ahmad Manawi, Panjshir |
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Gunmen Kill Taliban’s Top Security Official in Nangarhar and His Two Bodyguards

1st January, 2023 · admin

8am: Source added armed men had ambushed this local Taliban official in Khogyani district. Taliban officials in Nangarhar do not comment on this incident. The Freedom Front, an anti-Taliban militant group, has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the head of counter-terrorism of the Taliban police in Khogyani, Nangarhar, and his two bodyguards. Click here

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Posted in Other News | Tags: Afghan resistance against Taliban, Afghanistan Freedom Front - AFF, Nangarhar |
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Afghan war orphan remains with Marine accused of abduction

31st December, 2022 · admin

AP: Yet two months after an AP report on the high-stakes legal fight over the child raised alarms at the highest levels of government, from the White House to the Taliban, the baby remains with U.S. Marine Corps Major Joshua Mast and his family. The Masts claim in court documents that they legally adopted the

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Posted in Other News, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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At Least 19 Killed After Fuel Tanker Explodes In Afghan Tunnel

18th December, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 18, 2022 An Afghan official says at least 19 people were killed when a truck carrying fuel exploded in a tunnel north of the capital, Kabul. Said Shamim, a spokesman for the Parwan provincial governor, said in a statement that the blast on December 17 injured at least 35 people and

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Posted in Other News | Tags: Parwan, Salang, Salang Highway |
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Motorcycle of Taliban’s Provincial Chief Judge in Ghor Stolen While He Was Busy Flogging Thieves

16th December, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources in Ghor confirmed that the motorbike of the Taliban’s Chief Judge for Ghor province was stolen when he was busy flogging people suspected of robbery. The incident took place on Thursday (December 15th) in Firozkoh, in central Afghanistan, which serves as the capital city of Ghor Province. Sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh

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Posted in Other News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ghor, Taliban Security Failure |
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Parwan capital’s name changed from Charikar to Imam Azam

16th December, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Local [Taliban] officials in central Parwan province have changed the name of the provincial capital from Charikar to Imam Azam. Imam Azam (The Great Imam) refers to Imam Abu Hanifa, who was a Muslim theologian and jurist who became the eponymous founder of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence. Click here to read more

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Posted in Other News, Political News | Tags: Abu Hanifa, Parwan |
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