BBC News: Every day, 167 children die in Afghanistan from preventable diseases, according to the UN children’s fund Unicef – illnesses that could and should be cured with the right medication. It is a staggering number. But it’s an estimate. Click here to read more (external link).
Daily Mail (UK): Afghanistan’s first female airline pilot who fled the country when the Taliban came to power has managed to regain a place in the skies after starting a new life in Europe. Mohadese Mirzaee, 24, made history in 2020 when she became the first woman to fly a commercial airliner in her native
8am: Saied Khosti, the former spokesperson of the Taliban’s Interior Ministry, has threatened to kill opponents of this group both inside and outside of Afghanistan with knives. The former Interior Ministry spokesperson, who apparently does not hold an official position at present, made the threat in a tweet on Tuesday, May 2. Khosti wrote, “Kill
Khaama: An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude hit 39 Km northeast of Gardez, Paktia province of Afghanistan, on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The quake of 4.6 magnitudes occurred at 5:24 am local time, 5 km depth on Tuesday with the epicentre of Sayed Karam district of Paktia province of Afghanistan, reported by the Indian National Center
8am: The attack took place at around 3:00 AM on Monday, May 1, in the Du-saraka area of the Bagram district, as per the source who spoke with Hasht-e Subh. The Resistance Front forces reportedly first targeted the Taliban outpost with rockets before engaging in a firefight with them. As the weather gets warmer, it
8am: The attack took place around 9:00 pm on Sunday night, April 30, above a Taliban outpost in the Khairkhana area of Kabul’s 11th security district. The group announced the attack through a newsletter and a video on its Twitter page but did not mention any potential casualties among its own forces. Residents of the
Al Jazeera: The Taliban has not been invited to a United Nations-organised conference on Afghanistan in Doha, with the Afghan group governing the South Asian country saying that the two-day meeting would be “ineffective” without its participation. Envoys from the United States, China and Russia, as well as major European aid donors and key neighbours
8am: Local sources told Hasht-e Subh that officials of the Taliban’s virtue and vice department in Bamiyan on Sunday, 30 April, blocked the stadium after deeming the futsal players’ uniforms as inappropriate. One of the witnesses, who wished to remain anonymous, said that the officials insulted and humiliated the athletes with “aggressiveness and profanity” about