Aline Barros VOA News August 23, 2022 Abdul is the father of four children aged 3 to 10. His wife, Jamila, is learning English. “I’m teaching my wife. I need her mind to stay busy,” he said. Abdul and Jamila are not their real names. They head an Afghan family hiding from the Taliban in
8am: Local sources in Takhar province report that following an ambush by the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces in this province, four Taliban fighters are killed. The attack was carried out in Dasht Balai village of Farkhar district of the province on Monday night. Sources added that this number of Taliban rebels were killed after
Carla Babb VOA News August 23, 2022 WASHINGTON — The United States is not safer following the pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and President Donald Trump’s and President Joe Biden’s determination to withdraw all U.S. forces from there led to Kabul’s fall, according to the last commanders to oversee a U.S. military presence in
Ariana: Japan has granted refugee status to 98 people who fled Afghanistan in the past year, Kydo News reported. According to the Japanese news agency, the newly recognized refugees comprise staff who worked at the Japanese Embassy in Kabul. They were among more than 800 Afghans who fled to Japan. Click here to read more
8am: Sources in Balkh province report that the Taliban fighters and Uzbekistan border guards have clashed in the Shortepa district of the province. The clashes reportedly took place between the two sides on Monday, August 22. The conflict has had casualties on both sides, but the exact number is not yet reported. According to the
Akmal Dawi VOA News August 22, 2022 Ahmad Nazir sent $600 (53,100 Afghani) to Afghanistan almost a week ago, but the cash, urgently needed to pay for his mother’s medical expenses, has been stuck in a crippling financial system that is being pummeled under international financial sanctions. “It was easy to make the payment from
8am: Local sources told Hasht-e Subh on Monday (August 22nd) that the Taliban are moving the nomads who have just arrived in Takhar province from Pakistan and southern provinces to lands belonging to the local people. Sources indicate that around 100 nomadic families have come from Pakistan and southern provinces to the Khwaja Bahauddin district
Ariana: The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice has ordered shopkeepers in some areas in the Afghan capital Kabul to attend congregational prayers in mosques five times a day. Officials of the ministry confirmed the move during a press conference as part of government’s accountability program. Authorities have also warned