Equal Times: The Jogi camp, located on the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif, a large city in the north of the country, is home to some 15 families and none of the children go to school. “What’s the point of going to school if you don’t have anything to eat?” asks Aisha, a neighbour who is
8am: The Taliban have ordered that the 12th-grade exams of female students must be held in one day. All 12th-grade girls are going to appear in the exams today without having preparation as they have only been asked to contact their schools on Monday to register for the exam along with a photograph, ID card,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 6, 2022 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned on December 6 that it could stop working with Afghanistan if women are not allowed to play sports under Taliban rule. The IOC said its support for Afghanistan’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) will depend on conditions, including women being allowed to play
8am: Save the Children reports that girls are doing manual labor instead of learning in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. In a piece that appeared online on Monday (December 5th), Save the Children said that female students in Afghanistan have lost hope for the future after being banned from attending school since the Taliban regained control in August
Khaama: An explosion took place near the money exchange market in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Tuesday security officials said. According to the governor’s office in the province of Nangarhar, the explosion took place on Tuesday, December 6, at around 2:00 local time at the money exchange market,
8am: Taliban fighters arrested at least 6 residents of Dara district in Panjshir and Kabul provinces on the accusations of collaborating with NRF forces and took them to an unknown location, sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh on late Monday (December 5th). According to reports, a high school teacher in Rokha district of Panjshir Province has
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 6, 2022 At least five people were killed on December 6 in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying oil workers in northern Afghanistan, police said. “Today at around 7 a.m. a blast took place in…Balkh on a bus that belonged to Hairatan oil employees,” said Asif Wazeri, spokesman
The Spectator: Fighting has continued against the Taliban in Afghanistan while the world has not been watching. The commander of the main opposition force, Ahmad Massoud, began with 643 fighters after the fall of Kabul in August 2021, and now claims to have a force of 5,000 across six provinces in a belt in the