8am: The residents of Logar province have reported that an internal aid organization has distributed empty envelopes to the flood victims of this province, instead of cash. A number of residents of Logar province told Hasht-e Subh that a foundation under the name of “Cash Aid” has distributed empty envelopes to the victims of the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 23, 2022 UN representatives for Afghanistan have visited the country’s southeast to discuss the “speedy delivery of humanitarian assistance” to the region where hundreds of people were killed in a powerful earthquake last month. Markus Potzel and Ramiz Alakbarov, deputy special representatives of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan met with
8am: As a result of heavy floods on Sunday in Maidan Wardak’s Jaghatu district, huge financial losses have been caused to farmers in the district, local sources reported Monday. According to the sources, at least 1,500 acres of wheat and potato fields and apple orchards with their crops have been destroyed due to this natural
8am: In a newsletter, the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan has claimed that the movement’s forces have killed the Deputy District Governor of the Taliban, Mawlawi Mohammad Omar, for the Chak district of Maidan Wardak. The Islamic Movement claims its forces have killed four other Taliban members along with this deputy governor in a trap…
8am: After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, armed nomads from eastern and southern provinces and even Pakistan have entered parts of the Hazarajat. The nomads, who have the full support of the Taliban and are fully armed, claim ownership of the people’s lands and are destroying farms. Residents of some areas in Maidan Wardak and
8am: For the past two weeks, the Taliban have been harassing the residents of Behsud of Maidan Wardak province on charges of vague and baseless pretexts. Local sources claim that the Taliban have recently arrested, tortured and extorted a large sum of money from the residents of Hesa-i-Awal and Markazi Bihsud districts. According to the
8am: Disputes between Kuchis (Pashtun nomads) and the sedentary population living in central Afghanistan have been one of the most critical and complicated issues in the last twenty years. The issue has usually led to armed conflicts and widespread protests in the past. Governments, however, have never been able or willing to address it. Click
Tolo News: Zarifa Ghafari, the former mayor of Maidan Shahr in Maidan Wardak province, has returned to the country. Ghafari was appointed mayor of Maidan Wardak by former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in 2018. She has worked in many government positions. “I came here to help—and, if I am able, to build trust between
Radio Free Afghanistan June 27, 2021 Taliban forces have captured more than 50 members of the country’s security forces in the central province of Maidan Wardak , a senior police commander told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan. Colonel Mustafa Mayar, the chief police commander in Maidan Wardak, said on June 27 that the Afghan security officers
Radio Free Afghanistan May 21, 2021 Taliban fighters have overrun another district in Afghanistan’s central province of Maidan Wardak after heavy fighting with government forces. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on May 21 that control of the Jalrez district was now in the hands of the group’s fighters. Some 25 government soldiers surrendered to the