Ayaz Gul VOA News November 30, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Wednesday that at least 15 students were killed and 27 others wounded when a bomb ripped through a religious school, or madras, in northern Samangan province. Imdadullah Mahajer, the head of provincial information and culture directorate, confirmed the casualties to VOA by
Tolo News: Mazar-e-Sharif residents expressed concerns about Islamic Emirate’s [Taliban] security forces members not wearing uniforms, saying that civilians have a problem distinguishing security forces from criminal imposters. Residents said that recently crime has increased in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 17, 2022 The lives lost when a bomb tore through the Kaaj Higher Education Center in Kabul, killing scores of students and educators, can never be replaced. But the victims’ desire for learning lives on thanks to book drives to establish libraries in their honor. Fifty-eight people were killed and 126
The Tribune (India): Weapons and other military equipment left behind by US forces when exiting Afghanistan last year are now being used by militants in attacks against law enforcement and security forces in Pakistan, the media reported. This was claimed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Inspector General of Police Moazzam Jah Ansari while talking to the
8am: Top US national security agencies have testified that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has contributed to violence and poor humanitarian conditions, posing a possible national security threat to the United States. Nearly 15 months after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the final US withdrawal from the country, the leaders of the FBI, Department
8am: Two men were mysteriously killed in Parwan and Kapisa provinces. So far, the motive behind the murder of these two people is not known. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, mysterious murders and criminal incidents have increased throughout Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has claimed in a statement that the attack on the Shah Cheragh Shrine in Shiraz was carried out with the support of agents from Afghanistan. The announcement of the ministry, which was published on Monday, November 7, states that 26 foreign nationals, including Afghan nationals, have been arrested in connection
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 2, 2022 An explosion hit a bus carrying Taliban administration employees in Kabul early on November 2, police said, wounding seven people. “Due to a blast on a minibus from the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, seven have been injured,” said Khalid Zadran, Kabul’s police spokesman. Zadran said the blast
Tolo News: Criminal activity, particularly of armed robbery, has recently surged in Kabul, residents said. “They are drug-addicted people. They bring a pistol and put it on the people and tell them to ‘pull out your phone and money,’” said Taj Mohammad Faqiri, a resident of Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The increase in cases of kidnapping and murder, especially of doctors, is causing alarm among residents of Balkh province. They asked the security officials to arrest and punish the perpetrators. “We ask the authorities and the military departments to pay serious attention so that our doctors can work comfortably,” said Fazel Rahim Houshmand,