8am: The Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian tweeted on Tuesday that 51 thousand of civilians have been killed in the US war over the past 20 years in Afghanistan. According to Lijian, 69,000 security forces of the Afghan government and 2,448 American soldiers have also been killed in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external
Indian Express: A year after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Ahmad Massoud — the founder and leader of National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, the key opposition to the Taliban — says the country has moved several steps back on all fronts. In an exclusive interview to The Indian Express from an undisclosed location, the 33-year-old
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 6, 2022 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned of repeated attacks on religious minorities in Afghanistan by a local affiliate of the militant group Islamic State and the ruling Taliban’s failure to protect those communities. It points to “numerous brutal attacks against members of the Hazara community” by fighters loyal
Tolo News: The acting minister of education, Noorullah Munir, held a meeting with Ron Mac Cammon, chief of the United States Educational Development Program, and said in a tweet that the US group is considering making an online education program for Afghan children and young people in remote areas. However, some lecturers at the university
8am: Sources said to Hasht-e Subh on Tuesday (September 6th) that this library was established by Najm Organization in Abdullahkhel valley, Dara district, Panjshir province. At least 10,000 books, 30 computer bases, printers and televisions were said to be looted from this library. Previously, the Taliban looted the property of a health clinic in Panjshir
VOA News September 5, 2022 At least six people have been killed by an earthquake that has hit northeastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday. Authorities say the death toll could rise. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Jalalabad, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In June, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan, killing more than1,000 people. Some information
Sportsamaze: As far as Afghanistan are concerned, they were looking like a very strong unit in the group round of Asia Cup 2022 where they absolutely cruised past Sri Lanka and Bangladesh without breaking a sweat, but sloppy bowling in their first super 4 games against Sri Lanka has now put them in a do-or-die
8am: Taliban members collect ransom from the local residents in Ghazni province on the pretext of having illegal weapons and force them to pay money for not harassing them. On Monday, 14 September, a source told Hasht-e-Subh that the Taliban with the cooperation of their community colleagues in Loman of Jaghuri district are torturing and
Kearney Hub: Sikhs and Hindus make up only a tiny fraction of the population of Afghanistan, which is almost entirely Muslim. Under the Taliban in the late 1990s, they were asked to identify themselves by wearing yellow armbands or badges, reminiscent of Nazi Germany, and in recent years they have been repeatedly targeted by extremists.
