Tolo News: The Ministry of Energy and Water said that Kabul city is facing a water shortage crisis and the level of groundwater has dropped to three and a half meters this year. Officials of the ministry asked the private sector and aid agencies to help the ministry in this regard. “Due to budget problems,
CNN: There are tens of thousands of Afghans who have applied for Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) whose applications are still being processed nearly a year after the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan, a senior administration official said Monday, adding that the process will now be entirely overseen by the State Department. Click here to read
8am: Local sources in Panjshir have confirmed that Qari Abdurrahman Omari, a Red Corps commander of the Taliban, is killed along with his four fighters under his command in Shutal district of the province in clashes with the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces. According to sources, the clashes took place on Sunday, adding that the
8am: Reliable sources told Hasht-e Subh Tuesday that in the past week, many children under age have been kidnapped from different parts of Ghazni city and then raped. Since the Taliban group has seized power, abduction, abuse, torture, and killings have been the daily routine that the people have been encountering. Usually, the cases are
Tolo News: Two earthquakes today hit southeastern and northeastern Afghanistan respectively. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shocked the southeastern provinces of Afghanistan on Monday evening and was preceded by an earthquake in the northeast around an hour earlier, the United States Geological Survey reported. Click here to read more (external link). Related Third earthquake shakes Afghanistan
The Guardian (UK): As economy collapses, women from Afghanistan’s finance ministry say they have been asked to suggest male relatives to replace them – The Taliban have asked female employees at Afghanistan’s finance ministry to send a male relative to do their job a year after female public-sector workers were barred from government work and
8am: Reliable sources in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) of Afghanistan have confirmed that in the last eleven months, 26 prosecutors of the former government have been killed in different parts of the country. Sources in the AGO told Hasht-e Subh Monday that these prosecutors have been killed since August last year. Click here to
8am: Local sources in Kunduz province told Hasht-e Subh on Monday (July 18th) that the Taliban commander’s name was Amanullah Haqyar and he was the commander of a Taliban outpost in Mamakhil village, Chahardara district. In the last few days, this is the third attack on Taliban commanders in Kunduz province. Click here to read
Ariana: The Shpageeza Cricket League 2022 got underway in Kabul on Monday with eight teams scheduled to battle it out for this year’s title. The 8th season of this year’s tournament will run through until August 5 with 32 matches scheduled to take place. All matches will be held at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium.