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12,000 people in Afghanistan afflicted with AIDS
Khaama: According to statistics provided by the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, currently, approximately 12,000 people in the country are afflicted with the “HIV” disease. On Monday, the Ministry stated during a session in observance of World AIDS Day that, based on World Health Organization statistics, 1.0 per cent of the population in Afghanistan
Tribal Elder Succumbs to Taliban Torture in Khost Province
8am: Local sources in Khost have reported the tragic demise of an elderly and influential tribal figure due to Taliban torture in the province. The late tribal leader, identified as Haji Mirwolak, breathed his last on Tuesday, December 5, succumbing to the brutal treatment inflicted by the Taliban in the Ali Sher district of Khost.
Pakistan Blast Injures 7, Including Children
Sarah Zaman VOA News December 5, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A roadside blast caused by a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, or IED, wounded seven people Tuesday, including four children in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to area police, a preliminary investigation of the site found that 4 kilograms of explosives were
Leader of Pakistan Ethnic Rights Group Detained
VOA News December 5, 2023 The leader of a Pakistan ethnic group has been detained after authorities said armed men in his vehicle opened fire on police. Raja Athar Abbas, the deputy commissioner of the northcentral city of Chaman, which sits on the border with Afghanistan, said that Manzoor Pashteen was arrested in connection with
Hazara Community under Taliban Rule: 13 Lives Lost in One Month in Herat Province
8am: In the last two years, the Taliban have consistently asserted the establishment of comprehensive security across Afghanistan. Despite this claim, the group has not only carried out targeted killings of former government security forces and political opponents but has also orchestrated numerous attacks against Hazara Shia positions, resulting in hundreds of casualties. Recently, Herat
Defiant in betrayal, Afghanistan’s pro-democracy leaders still see a future without the Taliban
The Independent (UK): Ex-warlords, resistance fighters, diplomats and politicians gather together united by a single cause: how to oust the ultra-fundamentalist group that threatens regional stability and treats women as a subservient class. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghan Opposition Leaders Meet for 2nd Day in Vienna The Vienna Conference: Amplifying Anti-Taliban
Tolo News in Dari – December 4, 2023
Afghans Banned From 16 Provinces In Iran As Forced Exodus Continues
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 4, 2023 Iran has banned millions of Afghan refugees and migrants in the country from living in, traveling to, or seeking employment in just over half of the country’s 31 provinces. On December 3, Hamzeh Soleimani, the director-general of citizenship and foreign nationals affairs of the western Kermanshah Province, confirmed the
Iran warns of global threat from Afghanistan’s drug production
Khaama: The Secretary-General of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters has rejected the Taliban’s claim about a reduction in poppy cultivation, stating that the statistics indicate an increase in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. Following the dissemination of this report and the Taliban’s claim of a significant reduction in poppy cultivation, Iranian authorities have repeatedly rejected this claim.