September 7, 2017: Hundreds gathered in Kabul to protest the recent killing and persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma, the country also known as Myanmar. (RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan) Copyright (c) 2017. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036. Related Some 164,000
KABUL, June 9 (Xinhua) — Businesses have suffered as a demonstration-turned sit-in entered its eighth day on Friday in Afghan capital Kabul as many shops have remained closed over the past few days. “I am in lose over the past few days as few people dare to come to the market and go shopping,” a
VOA News / June 3, 2017 At least 10 people were killed Saturday in Kabul when three explosions hit the funeral of a senator’s son who was killed during protests Friday in Afghanistan’s capital city. Several government officials and members of parliament, including Afghan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, were in attendance at the funeral for
Press TV June 2, 2017 Afghan riot police have reportedly shot dead eight protesters amid clashes during an anti-government demonstration in Kabul two days after a huge truck bomb claimed 90 lives in a high security diplomatic area in the heart of the capital. Some 1,000 demonstrators marched on Friday towards the site of Wednesday’s bombing
Press TV April 17, 2017 Afghan people have staged a demonstration in the capital, Kabul, to protest the recent move by the United States to drop its largest bomb, known as the mother of all bombs, in the country. On Thursday evening, Washington dropped its biggest non-nuclear bomb, the so-called GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast
Khaama Press: The Kabul Garrison has prohibited the Enlightenment Movement to organize further demonstrations in Kabul following a deadly attack that left at least 85 people dead. General Gul Nabi Ahmadzai, the commander of Kabul Garrison, told reporters in Kabul today that the decision to ban the movement from organizing further demonstrations was taken in line with
Press TV / January 23, 2016 Afghan people have staged a protest outside the US embassy in Kabul, urging Washington to immediately close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, PressTV reports. During their gathering on Saturday, the Afghan protesters also condemned the torture of inmates at the military detention camp, describing Guantanamo prison