8am: One person was killed and 14 others were injured in an explosion at the Qala-e-Naw mosque in Badghis province, security sources confirm. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. It is worth mentioning that the increase in criminal crimes and such attacks in recent days has worried the citizens of the country.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 11, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that will free up some $7 billion in Afghan reserves that were frozen after the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August. The United States will set up a trust fund in the coming months to administer half
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 11, 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says two journalists working for the agency have been detained along with several Afghan workers. “Two journalists on assignment with the UNHCR and Afghan nationals working with them have been detained in Kabul. We are doing our utmost to resolve
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 10, 2022 Afghan refugees have staged a protest at a facility in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), demanding that they be sent to the United States. Thousands of Afghans were evacuated to the U.A.E. and have been housed at tightly controlled sites in the Persian
Friends and relatives of Afghan female activist Tamana Paryani say she and her three sisters Shafiqa, Zarghona, and Karima were arrested on January 19 by the Taliban after they took part in a Kabul protest. Before disappearing, Paryani posted a video on social media asking for help and said Taliban militants had showed up at
8am: The Pentagon has rejected CNN reports that US forces fired on civilians at Kabul airport, saying its investigation has found no definitive evidence that anyone was killed by gunfire in the Kabul airport attack. Click here to read more (external link).
Katherine Gypson VOA News February 9, 2022 WASHINGTON — Six months after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, lawmakers have few good options for sending aid to prop up the struggling Afghan economy without enabling the Taliban. In the almost 20 years the U.S. was involved in Afghanistan, the country depended on foreign aid for more than
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 9, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Observers saw the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan last year as a strategic victory for neighboring Pakistan after years of frosty relations between Islamabad and the Western-backed government in Kabul that collapsed last August. Security concerns along the two nations’ border have since complicated the picture. Many Pakistanis
The Guardian (UK): Five Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban-led Afghanistan resists cooperation with Islamabad “In the beginning, Pakistani authorities believed the Taliban would serve Pakistan’s interests and [not] allow militants to use its soil against Pakistan. But it does not seem to be the case any more,” he said, adding that the extremists were emboldened