(Xinhua) — Afghanistan received a fresh batch of 40 million U.S. dollars in cash humanitarian aid and deposited to one of the country’s commercial banks, the central bank said in a statement on Monday. The last tranche of cash provided to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid was 32 million U.S. dollars, which helped the war-torn country
Ariana: Amir Khan Muttaqi, [Taliban] Afghanistan’s acting minister of Foreign Affairs, says that the outcome of the international conference in Tashkent indicates progress in diplomatic relations between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and the region and the world. Muttaqi said that the process of placing IEA diplomats at Afghanistan’s embassies continues and many nations
8am: Local sources in Sar-e Pol province confirm that the Taliban intelligence has arrested a young man named Rahim Ughlo in the center of the province for connection with General Abdul Rashid Dostum. In recent months, arbitrary arrests of citizens by the Taliban have increased in the northern provinces of the country. Click here to
Tolo News: “In the past, the number of students attending universities reached 10 to 11,000, but after the political change in the country the number dropped to 4 to 5,000,” said Samiullah Danishyar, head of the Union. Meanwhile, officials at private universities in Kunduz said that the number of female students had dropped by 70%.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 31, 2022 Taliban and Iranian border guards have been engaged in gun battles along the Iran-Afghan frontier, leaving at least one person dead on the Afghan side, police officials said. “We have one killed and one wounded; the cause of the clash is not clear yet,” Bahram Haqmal, the police
Ariana: A 17-member delegation of tribal elders arrived in Kabul on Saturday to resume peace talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This comes after a team of senior religious scholars returned to Pakistan this week after negotiations in Afghanistan with the TTP leadership, Dawn News reported. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: A number of residents in Panjshir province are complaining about the continued harassment of civilians by the Taliban group in this province. According to residents, the Taliban have seized more than ten residential houses, a technical and vocational high school and a girls’ school in Astana village and are using these private properties as
Tolo News: The State Ministry for Disaster Management said that in addition to human losses, the flood caused heavy financial damage to citizens by affecting thousands of acres of agricultural land. “120 people have been martyred and 152 others were wounded in these floods,” said Mohammad Naseem Haqqani, a spokesman for the State Ministry for