Tag : Afghanistan
1 dead, 100 injured as fresh earthquake hits Afghanistan
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Western Afghanistan has been hit by a new earthquake just few days...
Taliban bans women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan
A beauty Salon. Photo: Twitter@grac_grace1 The Taliban is banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan, says a government spokesman, aimed at curbing on the rights and...
Afghan women protest inequality
About 20 women have held a demonstration in a street in the Afghan capital, Kabul, calling on the international community to protect Afghans. Afghanistan under...
UN Security Council: Plans private meeting to discuss Taliban’s ban on female aid workers
The United Nations Security Council is scheduling a private meeting next week to discuss Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration ban on female humanitarian aid workers. The closed-door...
Bomb blast kills 17 students in Afghanistan
A bomb blast has killed 17 students and injured another 26 in a religious school in northern Afghanistan. The blast was said have detonated when...
Flood kills at least 20 within 48hrs in Afghanistan
Displaced Afghan families spend time together after the heavy flood in the Khushi district of Logar, Afghanistan, August 21, 2022. Photo: Reuters At least 20...
Afghanistan: Blasts near Kabul school kills 6, injures 11
A suspected twin suicide bombing outside a boys’ school in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least six people and wounded 11. BBC reports...
Gunman shot dead, 2 teens arrested in New York synagogue siege
Police continued their investigation at the scene of hostage incident in Colleyville, Texas, on 16 January 2022. Photo: BBC Two teenagers have been arrested in...
Over 30 killed in Afghan mosque explosion
More than 30 people are dead and 90 injured after three explosions tore through a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan city of...