Khaama: Afghanistan reported the third case of the poliovirus of 2023 as the health authorities detected it in Nangarhar province. A new polio case from the Nazyan district of Nangarhar province has also been reported, affecting a 30-month-old male child. With this, there have been three confirmed polio cases in the nation so far this
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 13, 2023 Afghanistan on May 13 reported its first polio case this year after a 4-year-old child was diagnosed with the crippling disease. Kamal Shah, the head of the communications department of the UNICEF Polio Eradication Program in Afghanistan, told RFE/RL the case was recorded in the Bati-Kot district of the
Ariana: Heavy rains killed four people and injured 25 others in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Friday night, authorities said on Saturday. The tragedy happened in Kama district. Three hundred houses were damaged as a result of the heavy rains in the district. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: After an examination, a sixteen-year-old compelled to publicly identify as a girl in Nangarhar’s Chaparhar district would like to proceed as a boy in the future, but the family said that they cannot afford the cost of the treatment. Doctors said that an operation will cost 600,000 Afghani. Obaid Rahman Stanikzai, a doctor,
8am: According to local sources in Balkh province, a young man in the Dawlat Abad district of the province ended his life with a gunshot to his head. The incident took place on Thursday, April 20, in Dahr-Abad village of Dowlat Abad district. The incidence of suicide, mostly attributed to mental health issues, has increased
Khaama: An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 jolted the eastern province of Afghanistan, Nangarhar, including Kabul, on Saturday afternoon. According to Pakistan’s National Seismic Monitoring Center, the tremor occurred at around 1:37 pm local time, and its epicentre was in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Nangarhar is one of the country’s provinces prone to
8am: The brother of Haji Rajveli has called for the Taliban intelligence group to be held accountable for his death. On Monday, Rahmatwali released a video in which he declared that he had no affiliation with ex soldiers or anyone else, and that the Taliban must answer for their actions or face consequences on the
8am: A satirist by the name of Haji Deedan, who is also known as Haji Kaka, was arrested by the Taliban in Nangarhar province. Sources within the locality have confirmed that the Taliban detained the satirist on Wednesday. As of now, the Taliban in Nangarhar province has not issued any statements regarding the satirist’s arrest.
Minute Mirror (Pakistan): In Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, the education department has instructed male employees to keep beards and female employees to wear hijab. The Directorate of Education warned employees that employees who do not follow the order can be dismissed from service. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Source added armed men had ambushed this local Taliban official in Khogyani district. Taliban officials in Nangarhar do not comment on this incident. The Freedom Front, an anti-Taliban militant group, has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the head of counter-terrorism of the Taliban police in Khogyani, Nangarhar, and his two bodyguards. Click here