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Tajikistan Detains Several People In Connection With Deadly Moscow Attack
By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service March 29, 2024 DUSHANBE — Tajik authorities detained nine people this week in connection with the March 22 deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, local media reported on March 29, citing a security source. All nine were reportedly detained by the state security service in the Vahdat district in Dushanbe outskirts on
Amnesty International Calls On Pakistan To Stop Expelling Afghan Girls And Women
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 28, 2024 Amnesty International has urged Pakistan to halt expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghan girls and women to neighboring Afghanistan. “The deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan will put women and girls at unique risk,” Amnesty’s South Asia Office wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on March 27. The global rights watchdog’s plea
US Unfazed as India Engages Taliban
By Akmal Dawi VOA News March 28, 2024 Just two weeks after senior Indian diplomat J.P. Singh visited Kabul to meet with Taliban officials, a senior U.S. official landed in New Delhi to discuss Afghanistan. Thomas West, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, urged Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra to develop “a unified diplomatic approach in
Forced Marriage: Taliban Abduct Young Girl in Pasaband District, Ghor Province
8am: Local sources in Ghor have reported a distressing incident involving Taliban fighters forcibly abducting a young girl from her home at gunpoint. Reports suggest that Khairullah Khairkhah, the district governor, Abdul Hamid Khalid, the security commander, Mohammad Moshfeq, the intelligence deputy, and Tawhidi, the intelligence officer of Pasaband district, were involved in the raid
Ministry of Public Health claims Polio eradication in Afghanistan
Khaama: With concerns rising over the spread of infectious diseases and viruses in Afghanistan, the Taliban government officials have claimed that they have eradicated polio in the country. Abdul Salam Hanafi, the administrative deputy of the Acting Prime Minister’s office, asserted in a virtual meeting with the head of the World Health Organization that polio
Tolo News in Dari – March 28, 2024
Traffic incidents kill 949 in past 6 months across Afghanistan
Khaama: The Ministry of Interior of the Taliban administration recently announced in a press conference that in the past six months, 949 people have lost their lives due to traffic accidents across the country. Traffic incidents are considered one of the main causes of death in Afghanistan, with at least one or several incidents being
Qosh Tepa Tournament to be Held in Kandahar: Cricket Board Officials
Tolo News: Officials at the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said today (Thursday) in a press conference that the T20 cricket cup named “Qosh Tepa” is scheduled to begin on the 16th of April this year, hosted by Kandahar. This cup is organized to elevate the level of players’ experience and prepare them more extensively for
Can Afghan Taliban Fight Pakistani Military?
By Sarah Zaman VOA News March 27, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Two and a half years into their reign, the Afghan Taliban have cemented their ultra-conservative rule across the war-torn country but have yet to turn their fighting force into a traditional military. VOA spoke to analysts who say the former insurgent force does not need to pattern