8am: Families in Zabul province say the Taliban are interfering extensively in the distribution of humanitarian aid and channeling it to their own relatives and affiliates. According to residents of Qalat, the capital of Zabul, the people responsible for distributing aid are forced to coordinate with the group out of fear of the Taliban, and
Khaama: Clashes have resumed along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border in Zabul Province after the end of a four-day unilateral ceasefire by Pakistan, according to local sources. The fighting began late in the Shamulzai district after Pakistani border forces carried out artillery shelling on residential areas, prompting a response from Afghan Taliban forces. The clashes lasted around
Ariana: Devastating floods that swept through a number of districts in Zabul province on Sunday night have left at least ten people dead, officials confirmed Monday. According to Zabihullah Jawohar, Zabul Police Command spokesman, heavy rain caused the floods in the city of Qalat and districts in the province. Afghanistan has been particularly hard hit
8am: Officials of this directorate said on Saturday, May 13, that more than 50 people, including children, have visited health centers in the province during the past week due to being bitten by rabid dogs. Among those affected by the rabies, seven children are included, two of whom are reported to be in critical condition.
8am: According to the Directorate of Public Health of Taliban in Zabul province, an outbreak of measles in this province has resulted in the death of two children and the infection of 17 others. It is worth noting that several days ago, another 10 children in Zabul died due to the measles disease. This comes
8am: Local sources confirmed that the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Agents in Zabul warned shopkeepers in Qalat city, the capital city of Zabul province, to avoid displaying any kind of photos in their shops, in a virtue promotion campaign on Friday, December 6. Based on the new order, it is forbidden to even hang photos
8am: The outbreak of an idiopathic disease in Zabul left at least 2 people dead. The Taliban’s Head for Public Health Department in Zabul, Abdul Hakim Hakimi, says that in the last few weeks, people suffering from an illness with an unidentified cause have been admitted to medical centers. It should be noted that severe
Xinhua: A total of 300 people mostly children have been affected by pertussis, or whooping cough, in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province, and two children have died of the disease, Abdul Hakim Hakimi, the provincial public health director, said Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: During a ceremony in Zabul province to mark the revealing of Mullah Omar’s burial on Monday, November 7, [Sirajuddin] Haqqani stated that he was chosen to defend the Islamic way of life and system. “Amir al-Mu’minin Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid was chosen to protect the religion and the system,” he said. The title Mullah
AFP: The Taliban on Sunday revealed the final resting place of the movement’s founder, Mullah Omar, whose death and burial they kept secret for years. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Agence France-Presse Sunday that senior leaders of the movement attended a ceremony at his gravesite earlier in the day near Omarzo, in Suri district of