Nazrana Ghaffar Yousufzai VOA News January 23, 2023 WASHINGTON — Malala Yousafzai says that the world should come together to support the fundamental rights of Afghan women. The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said in an interview with VOA that the people of Afghanistan, Muslim countries and the international community should stand with Afghan women in their
DW: The inexhorable rise of the Afghanistan men’s cricket team since 2000 has been lauded as a heartwarming story of triumph amid war, occupation, poverty, repression and regime change. However, following the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 and the subsequent ban on female participation in sport or exercise, as well as the loss
BBC News: “I call on fathers to take the hands of their daughters and walk them to school, even if the gates are shut.” Professor Ismail Mashal, who runs a private university in Kabul, says he has had enough of the restrictions women face in Afghanistan. Slender and well dressed, he is a mixture of
8am: Sources in Afghanistan’s western Nimroz province told Hasht-e Subh on Monday, January 23, the bodies of 46 refugees were transferred to Afghanistan through the Silk Bridge crossing between Iran and Afghanistan last month. According to sources, these bodies belong to immigrants and refugees who visited Iran to work and have been killed in various
Ariana: Many residents of Kabul and some other major cities in Afghanistan complain about longer and more frequent power outages, saying that they have electricity for about two hours a day. Kabul, with a population of more than five million, needs more than 700 megawatts of electricity. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, the country’s national power
8am: This incident took place around 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 22, in Kish Katan village, second district of Kohistan, Kapisa province. Dozens of Salafi practitioners were mysteriously assassinated throughout Afghanistan since the Taliban’s rise to power in August 2021. Click here to read more (external link).
Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 22, 2023 Few Taliban members can reach him, and even fewer Afghans have seen him. He refuses to meet foreigners, including the most distinguished religious scholars from the Muslim world. Despite the Taliban’s promises of moderation upon seizing power in August 2021, its man behind the curtain, supreme
ANI: The move comes as unstable and volatile Afghanistan threatens Chinese interests and could be a hurdle to the success of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Moreover, Chinese sources have expressed concern that uncertainty and unrest could lead to Afghanistan becoming a hotbed for terrorists “targeting China’s Xinjiang and its interests overseas, such as