AP: In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge on Thursday voided a U.S. Marine’s [Joshua Mast] adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her. But her future remains uncertain. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: The United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, (UNODC) say it will support the rehabilitation program of drug addicts in Afghanistan, by covering 24 addicts’ treatment centers, state-run Bakhtar agency reported. The UNODC will provide food, heating equipment, health materials, and medicine for these centers. Currently, 3.5 million, which
Khaama: Taliban have shut down Radio Sadai-e- Banowan in northeastern Badakhshan province over an alleged violation of the ruling regime’s broadcasting policy, according to the officials of the local radio station. According to the Taliban’s Director of Information and Culture in Badakhshan province, Moezuddin Ahmadi, the women-run radio station was forced to cease its operation
8am: The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claims that in an attack on the Taliban security command in Kabul, two fighters were killed and another was injured. AFF announced through a video posted on its Twitter page that the attack took place at 6:10 pm on Friday night, 30 March, at the entrance to the Taliban
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 30, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Human rights defenders have alleged that Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are increasingly targeting civil society activists and media workers critical of their curbs on women’s access to education and most areas of public life. Afghan civil society sources, who did not want to be named due to
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 30, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in northwestern Pakistan said Thursday that a predawn militant assault on a police outpost and subsequent roadside bomb blast had killed four police officers and wounded six others. The deadly violence occurred in Lakki Marwat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan. A provincial police
Khaama: Amnesty International expressed concerns in its annual report about restrictions on women’s rights, media freedom and freedom of expression in Afghanistan. “Restrictions on women’s rights, freedom of the media and freedom of expression increased exponentially,” the report said. “Institutions designed to support human rights were severely limited or shut down completely. Peaceful protesters faced
Ariana: The Islamic Emirate’s [Taliban] ministry of defense says it plans to increase the number of the country’s national army soldiers from 150,000 to between 170,000 and 200,000 in the current solar year. Qari Fasihuddin Fetrat, the army chief of staff, said in an interview that the IEA has all the military equipment from the