Afghanistan International: Sources in Khost province told Afghanistan International that 73 members of the former “Khost Protection Force (KPF),” who were trained by the US intelligence, are currently imprisoned by the Taliban intelligence. According to the sources, they had travelled from the United States to Khost to visit their families. The sources confirmed to the
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that on Tuesday evening, it attacked an outpost of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior in the Karte Naw area of Kabul. The AFF claims that a Taliban commander had been killed and three other Taliban members were injured in the attack. Click here to read more (external
Ariana: White House spokesman John Kirby defended Israel amid international outrage after an airstrike reportedly killed dozens of civilians in the Gaza Strip — saying the US military “did the same thing.” “We have conducted airstrikes in places like Iraq and Afghanistan where, tragically, we caused civilian casualties,” he said — adding that the US
Khaama: The Turkish presidency announced in a statement that the diplomatic visa exemption agreement between Turkey and Afghanistan has been revoked. According to the statement from the Turkish Presidency, published on Wednesday, May 28th, this decision, signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will be implemented starting from June 1. The decree signed by the
8am: Firoz Jawed, a resident of Mazar-i-Sharif, also believes that the Taliban only oppose the celebration of festivals that are more prevalent among non-Pashtun ethnic groups. He adds, “The Taliban oppose Nowruz because they do not consider it a festival of their ethnic group. The Gul-e Narinj (Orange Blossom) Festival in Nangarhar was celebrated with
Akmal Dawi VOA News May 28, 2024 In coming weeks, tens of thousands of students in Afghanistan are set to sit for university entrance examinations. Notably absent from the list of candidates will be females. The upcoming exams are expected to determine the admission of about 70,000 students to public academic and professional institutions this
Ariana: An estimated 6.5 million children in Afghanistan – or nearly three out of ten – will face crisis or emergency levels of hunger this year as the country feels the immediate impacts of floods, the long term effects of drought and the return of Afghans from Pakistan and Iran, said Save the Children in
8am: The Taliban propaganda machine continuously talks about corruption in the previous government and portrays officials of the republic era as hedonistic, extravagant individuals indifferent to the suffering of the people. The reality is that the Taliban do not differ much from the officials of the previous regime in this regard. Perhaps the only difference