By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 29, 2022 Afghan women have found a strong supporter as they protest against the Taliban banning women from universities — men. Hundreds of male professors and students, as well as husbands and fathers, are publicly airing their opposition to the latest restriction imposed by the Taliban against their “sisters.” While women
8am: Two Taliban fighters have been killed by unidentified gunmen in two separate incidents in Kapisa. In the first incident, the driver of the chief of the Taliban’s appeals prosecutor’s office was killed and his wife was wounded after being shot by unknown gunmen. The incident took place on Tuesday in the village of Rig-e
VOA News December 28, 2022 Nazrana Ghaffar Yousufzai Roshan Noorzai Twenty-one-year-old Zamzama Ghazal was at her sister’s graduation ceremony when she heard about the Taliban’s ban on women’s university education. “It was a painful sight,” said Ghazal, a fourth-year medical student at Shifa University in Kabul. “Instead of celebration, there were tears and grieving. All
Tolo News: The deputy minister of interior Noor Jalal Jalali said on Wednesday that 27 new districts have been formed at the people’s will and based on the order of the Islamic Emirate’s leader. Analysts said that the current government should think about solving the country’s key issues instead of creating new districts. Afghanistan now
8am: Local sources say that this incident happened on Wednesday morning, following a gas cylinder explosion in a bakery near the central intersection of Taloqan city. But the Taliban in Takhar said that this incident was caused by the explosion of a mine embedded in a computer table on the road. Click here to read
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that at least 75,000 cases of measles have been recorded in the country in 2022. The ministry said that more than 300 children have died from the disease illness over the past year. Doctors said that lack of vaccination among children is one of the
Fox News: If I could prevent one teenage girl from choosing to jump from a rooftop rather than suffer rape and abuse at the hands of the Taliban, my time in Afghanistan, however long that might be, would be worthwhile. If I could prevent one family from being forced to watch their father shoved off
8am: The leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) said in a statement issued on Monday that they will avenge the death of two commanders and their men who lost their lives in battles against the Taliban in Andarab, Baghlan. Khair Mohammad Khairkhah and Ghazi Muradi, two top NRF commanders, were killed along with their