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Nearly 2,000 Addicts Gradually Dying in One Area of the Capital Kabul
Ariana: Nearly 2,000 addicts are spending their day and night in a cemetery in Saray Shamali area of the capital Kabul. Surprisingly, some of the dogs in the area have also been addicted to drugs. People are narrating thousands of stories from the cemetery, even one claims the addicts have taken a dead body out of
Photo Gallery: Severe Drought Grips Afghanistan
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Ghani Says Kabul Attack ‘Against Values Of Islam,’ Backs Suicide Bomb Fatwa
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 5, 2018 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned a deadly suicide bombing outside a gathering of the country’s top religious body in Kabul, and backed its religious order, or fatwa, against such attacks. “The attack that targeted the large gathering of clerics and religious scholars from across the country was
Summary Trials Cause Concern in Afghanistan
Mohammad Habibzada VOA News June 4, 2018 WASHINGTON — Human rights organizations have voiced “grave concerns” over the rise in summary court convictions in Afghanistan after a video of one such trial was posted on social media last week. In the video, which was filmed outside the capital, Kabul, a group of four men and a
Peace March Reflects Grass-Roots Demand for End to Afghan War
Akmal Dawi VOA News June 4, 2018 At the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, a group of eight young men set off in Helmand province for a 600-kilometer march to the capital, Kabul, to press for peace. Like other Muslims observing Ramadan around the world, the men abstained from food and drink from
Tolo News in Dari – June 4, 2018
Afghans fleeing conflict face worsening hunger
Norwegian Refugee Council: Drought has affected two out of three provinces in Afghanistan, with displaced families in the North and West regions particularly at risk. “We are concerned that the poorest cohort of Afghan society, particularly those already displaced by conflict, will be worst affected. Displaced people affected by the drought are prevented from reaching markets
America’s Iran Deal Exit Could Wreck the Afghanistan-Pakistan Relationship
The National Interest: Some South Asia observers have argued that the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal will hurt U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. Their reasoning: it reduces the viability of the Iranian port of Chabahar, which India aims to use as an alternate gateway to Afghanistan, bypassing the land corridor through Pakistan.
Calls to rethink German refugee policy on Afghanistan
DW: A German appraisal that Afghanistan remains “volatile” has rekindled a row over whether to reject asylum-seekers. Bavarian CSU conservatives want more expulsions. Asylum advocates want returns fully stopped. Click here to read more (external link).