By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 2, 2025 GHAZI ABAD VILLAGE, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan — More than 1,400 people are reported dead and thousands of others injured as aid workers continue to battle to get to a remote mountainous region of Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that flattened villages. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban government’s chief spokesman, said on September
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and Ray Furlong September 1, 2025 Aid workers are racing to a remote area of Afghanistan with emergency, food, and medical supplies following an earthquake that flattened villages and killed hundreds of people. Taliban authorities have reported at least 800 people were killed and 2,500 injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake
Khaama: A powerful magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, killing over 500 people, injuring thousands, and flattening villages in Kunar and Nangarhar, as rescue operations face difficult conditions. On the night of August 31, 2025, a powerful magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, shaking the provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar at around 11:47 p.m. local time. The
Tolo News: Pakistani drones once again carried out airstrikes on parts of Nangarhar and Khost provinces last night (Wednesday). According to reports, in the Pakistani airstrike on the Spera district of Khost, three children lost their lives and five others were wounded. In a similar attack on the Ghanikhel district of Nangarhar, six people were
Afghanistan International: Residents of eastern Nangarhar province who were displaced by Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) fighting under the former Afghan republic say the Taliban have failed to deliver on promises to rebuild their destroyed homes, and infrastructure. Civilians from Haska Mina, Achin, Spin Ghar, Kot, Naziyan and Dur Baba districts told Afghanistan International that clashes during
8am: In Nangarhar’s Khogyani district, a tragic incident occurred when a vehicle belonging to the Taliban intelligence service ran over and killed two women, according to local sources. The incident took place on the evening of Saturday, 26 July 2025, in the Chamtali area. A local source reported that the Hilux vehicle was traveling at
Khaama: In a rare incident in Nangarhar province, three members of the Taliban forces were killed at a security post by the cook. The Nangarhar provincial police confirmed the incident, which took place on Tuesday, April 29, at a security post in Patlu, Shirzad district. Authorities reported that the cook, who was responsible for the
Khaama: According to Bakhtar News Agency on Monday, January 13, the hyena had been captured in the Kashkot area of Khogyani district, Nangarhar, by local nomads to prevent potential harm. After being handed over to the department, it was set free in its natural habitat. Hyenas are rare in Afghanistan and are primarily found in
Khaama: Local sources in Nangarhar province say that the families of members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are being relocated from districts such as “Shinwar,” “Ghani Khel,” “Kot,” “Beti Kot,” “Momand Dara,” and “Goshta” to Kabul and northern provinces of Afghanistan. In recent days, several commanders and members of the Pakistani Taliban have been killed
Afghanistan International: Local sources in Nangarhar informed Afghanistan International on Sunday, 24 November, that Muqtada had coerced a young woman, who was imprisoned on charges of “running away from home,” into marriage. The woman had allegedly fled from Pakistan to Afghanistan with an unrelated man, for which she was detained by the Taliban. Click here