A former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead at her home in the capital Kabul, Afghan police have said. Mursal Nabizada, 32, was one of the few female MPs who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized…
Afghan police destroy drug processing lab, arrest 2 in Badakhshan province
The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province. This is according to the report by the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA)…
Major aid groups suspend work in desperately poor Afghanistan after Taliban bar women
Four major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country’s Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations. Save the Children, the International Rescue Committee, the Norwegian Refugee Council and…
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from working for NGOs
An order by the Taliban banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has been condemned by the United Nations, which said the move violated fundamental rights. The Islamist rulers justified the move by saying female NGO staff had broken…
Protests break out in Afghanistan’s capital after Taliban ban women from universities
Dozens of women gathered outside Kabul University on Thursday to protest in the first major public demonstration in the capital since the Taliban’s decision to close universities to female students. Female university students were turned away the previous day from…
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from universities amid condemnation
The Taliban have banned women from universities in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and despair among young people in the country. The higher education minister announced the regression on Tuesday, saying it would take immediate effect. The ban further restricts women’s…
3 gunmen killed, 2 foreigners injured in Kabul hotel attack
Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run administration said. Two foreigners were injured while…
Murderer publicly executed by his victim’s father, Taliban say
A man convicted of murder was shot by his victim’s father in the Taliban’s first public execution since their return to power in Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesperson said the man was killed at a crowded sports stadium in south-western Farah…
Pertussis affects 300, kills 2 children in Afghanistan
Abdul Hakim Hakimi, the provincial public health director in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province said a total of 300 people mostly children have been affected by pertussis or whooping cough. Hakimi said two children have died of the disease. “The disease…
Afghan products welcomed into Chinese market, bringing new hope to poor Afghans
Eying China’s vast market, Afghan craftsman Bustan Barati has decided to increase the capacity of his small carpet-weaving workshop in a slum on the outskirts of his country’s capital of Kabul. Barati’s workshop started exporting carpets to China in 2013.…
