Amu: In the statement, Taliban described the violence as stemming from a “family and honor dispute.” They said the incident was linked to an earlier case in which a member of one family — currently in Taliban custody — had allegedly helped a married woman flee her home. Relatives of the woman, including her father
AP: Nestled in a high-altitude valley of the Hindu Kush mountains, Kabul is rapidly running out of water. Its population relies mostly on groundwater extracted from wells. But the groundwater has been receding at an alarming rate, and some wells have to be dug as deep as 150 meters (nearly 500 feet) to reach it.
Amu: Hundreds of people gathered in the western city of Herat on Tuesday to protest a deadly attack on civilians, but Taliban restricted the scale of the demonstrations, according to local sources. The rally followed a shooting on Friday, April 10, in Injil district, where gunmen opened fire on civilians near a shrine, killing at
8am: Several citizens of Afghanistan have complained about negligence and disorder in offices under Taliban control. They say that improper, arbitrary, and unprofessional conduct are among the serious problems in these offices. According to them, in many cases, visitors who are not proficient in Pashto are not treated properly by Taliban staff. These citizens further
Amu: Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s cricket star, has been appointed to the players’ advisory board of the World Cricketers’ Association, the organization said in a statement. The appointment is part of a broader effort by the association to strengthen the role of players in shaping decisions across the global game. Rashid joins a group of newly
8am: AFF said on Monday, April 13, that it had released a video showing the attack and claimed that the Taliban district building in Tala wa Barfak district of Baghlan province was targeted overnight. According to the Front, the attack lasted 12 minutes, and two other Taliban fighters were wounded. The Afghanistan Freedom Front also
8am: Several former military personnel who fled to neighboring countries, particularly Pakistan and Iran, due to security threats from the Taliban, say they fear being deported back to Afghanistan under the group’s rule. They report facing serious economic, security, and social hardships, with their children also being denied access to education. According to them, the
By Malali Bashir and Freshta Negah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 12, 2026 Mahmood Shah Habibi’s parents don’t get much sleep, and his daughter hasn’t seen her father since she was 11 months old. That was in 2022, when Habibi was abducted in Kabul and detained by the ruling Taliban’s intelligence agency, US officials say.