8am: The Taliban in Badghis confirmed this incident, announcing the arrest of the victim’s wife. The Taliban have said that the lady of this Taliban member wanted to commit suicide after learning of her husband’s decision to marry for the second time. But the bullet hit her husband by mistake. Click here to read more
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal August 22, 2022 Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said August 22, a move that is likely to further escalate political tensions in the country. The terrorism charges follow a speech made by Khan in Islamabad, during which he vowed to sue police officers as
NYP: As the first anniversary of the disastrous US pullout from Afghanistan approaches, a victim of one of its most gruesome tragedies finally has a name. Zabi Rezayee, 17, was one of the desperate civilians who clung to the landing gear and wheel covers of a US Air Force C-17 as it taxied down the
Ariana: More than 50 homes have been destroyed by mysterious fires in a village in Afghanistan’s northern Jowzjan province, officials said this week. The fires have happened in Bala Mardian village of Faizabad district. Sirajuddin Ahmadi, police chief of Jowzjan, said that the fires are increasing day by day. There are no reports of deaths
The Washington Times: Afghanistan’s former president didn’t make off with millions of dollars of American money last year, but other people likely did, a U.S. inspector general said Tuesday in a report detailing his yearlong effort to track down what happened. John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said former President Ashraf Ghani
Ariana: Afghanistan will have a seven-member chess team in India this week for the 44th World Team Chess Tournament. According to the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan (GDoPESA), the tournament will start on Wednesday and run through until August 10. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: A child trapped in a well for three days in the capital of Zabul province has died, officials said on Friday. Haidar, 6, fell into a well in Jaldak village in Qalat city. The photos and videos of the scene in which Haidar was crying went viral on social media. Several rescue teams
Ariana: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) cabinet led by Mullah Mohammed Hasan Akhund, the prime minister of the caretaker government, on Monday approved a plan to change the start of the fiscal year from the West’s Gregorian calendar to the Hijri Shamsi, or Persian calendar. Based on the cabinet decision the new fiscal year
Ariana: According to the latest report from the World Population Survey on the happiest countries in the world, Afghanistan was ranked the saddest country in the world for the second year in a row. The survey includes 146 countries, with Afghanistan at the bottom of the list. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Dozens of Afghans who are stranded in India called for help on Wednesday saying they have run out of money and are unable to get home as there are no commercial flights. The stranded Afghans have been in India for at least two months after having gone there either for medical treatment or to