Ayaz Gul VOA News May 5, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A weeklong special U.N. mission on human rights in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has found an unprecedented level of “systemic gender-based” discrimination that severely threatens the impoverished country’s future. The United Nations released preliminary findings of the two-member mission Friday, saying the study concluded Thursday and took place amid
AFP: In Afghanistan, Corollas are virtually ubiquitous. Corollas flooded Afghanistan after the withdrawal of Soviet forces in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of the USSR — before which Moscow’s state-owned Lada brand dominated the market. They have had a background role in national history ever since. Click here to read more (external link).
The National Interest: Left with a weak economy, the Taliban have become dependent on coal mining to sustain their coffers. This bodes ill for the country’s long-term economic future. In an exclusive interview on a state-owned TV in 2022, Shahabuddin Dilawar, the acting minister of mines and petroleum, explained that Afghanistan has millions of tons
8am: Mawlawi Abdul Ghani Haqbeen, Director of Counter-Terrorism of Spin Boldak Security Command in Spin-Boldak, Qandahar, and a close associate of Mawlawi Mohammad Yosuf, the former governor of Qandahar and current acting governor of Balkh province, was released on Thursday, May 4. Haqbeen, due to his familial relationship with the former governor of Qandahar, was
Ariana: The World Health Organization announced that last year (2022), two children were left disabled due to polio in Afghanistan. This figure is the lowest number of polio cases recorded in Afghanistan. The World Health Organization in a tweet on Thursday said that “with vaccination, polio cases will reach zero and Afghanistan will be free
8am: According to sources speaking to Hasht-e Subh, the incident occurred on Wednesday, May 3, near the market in the Jund district of Badghis province. The Ranger vehicle was reportedly affiliated with the security forces under Taliban command in the Jund district. The victim of the incident was a boy between the ages of 8
Farmers in southern Afghanistan say they are dismayed at the destruction of their poppy farms by the Taliban government since it assumed control of Afghanistan in 2021. Once a lucrative crop, farmers made a fortune under the former government backed by the West, but the Taliban enforced a strict ban in 2023 to avoid
Tolo News: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said that there were 133 access incident reports in January 2023. The report said that the US State Department told SIGAR, “Taliban interference in aid operations—including attempts to influence beneficiary selection and staff recruitment, and pressuring organizations to share sensitive data, such as beneficiary information—has
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 4, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan said Thursday that clashes with militants and a suspected sectarian-based shooting incident in areas abutting Afghanistan had killed at least 13 people, including six soldiers. A military statement said Pakistani troops had engaged a “terrorists’ location” in the North Waziristan border district, killing three