Ayaz Gul VOA News February 2, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Public universities in warmer provinces of Afghanistan reopened Wednesday to both female and male students for the first time since the Islamist Taliban took control of the war-torn country last August. Witnesses said university administrations enforced gender segregation in line with directives from the Taliban government, including
Asim Kashgarian VOA News February 1, 2022 WASHINGTON — It’s approaching six months since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, Kabul, on August 15. And in the months since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, neighboring China has taken a keen interest in the fate of the Central Asian country. The interest, in fact, predated the
Akmal Dawi VOA News February 1, 2022 A former senior Afghan official says he has answered questions in a U.S. inquiry into allegations that former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani took $150 million in cash with him when he abruptly left Kabul last year as the Taliban took control. Hamdullah Mohib, who served as Ghani’s national
The Times (UK): The fighters have banned women from government jobs and many schools have closed to girls. Now a more sinister picture is emerging, writes Charlie Faulkner. Click here to read more (external link).
Al Jazeera: Qatar has reached an agreement with the Taliban to resume chartered evacuation flights from Afghanistan, ending a dispute that resulted in a months-long pause, according to a report. Axios news agency, citing an interview with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, reported on Monday that Qatar and the Taliban had
Washington Post: By all accounts, Makhdoom Alam was a Taliban stalwart. The 45-year-old ethnic Uzbek commander fought U.S. and Afghan forces for two decades and was held for five years in a U.S.-run prison. Last summer, his fighters seized three northern provinces, helping pave the way for the Taliban to take over the nation. With
Ariana: Pneumonia cases have spiked in Afghanistan, leaving an untold number of children dead due to the lack of healthcare facilities in the country, Save the Children, a leading humanitarian organization for children, said on Monday. Click here to read more (external link). Other Health News 629 Covid-19 Cases Recorded in 24 Hours in 17
Tolo News: The Russian envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that his country is ready to receive delegates of both Afghanistan’s authorities and opposition forces, in case they are interested. Recently Norway hosted meetings between a delegation of the Islamic Emirate and Afghan women and as well as representatives of several countries in Oslo, and
A mother said she considered selling her child amid the humanitarian and economic crisis that has gripped Afghanistan — she had already sold her kidney. Many others say they have done the same. Elsewhere, a long, dusty line of people waited patiently for cash handouts from the UN’s refugee agency. A UN official said, “Twenty-three