GAYAN, Afghanistan—Villagers rushed to bury the dead Thursday and dug by hand through the rubble of their homes in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that state media reported killed 1,000 people. Residents appeared to be largely on their own to deal with the aftermath as their new Taliban-led government and…
UK Lawmakers Slam Government Role in Afghan Withdrawal ‘Disaster’
Britain’s withdrawal from Afghanistan last year was a “disaster” in which British soldiers and their Afghan allies were “utterly let down by deep failures of leadership” in the UK government, a Parliamentary committee has said. In a damning report (pdf) published on May 24, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons said the…
Heartbreaking for Military Who Served in Afghanistan to See Taliban in Power: Anand
Defence Minister Anita Anand has said it is “heartbreaking” for members of Canada’s armed forces who served in Afghanistan to see the Taliban back in power. But Anand told a special Parliamentary committee on Afghanistan on Monday that Canada’s armed forces helped give a generation of Afghans access to school, university and health care. She…
Taliban Orders Afghan Women to Cover Faces Again
KABUL—Afghanistan’s Taliban terrorist group ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule. A decree from the group’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, said that if a woman did not cover her face outside home, her father or closest male relative would be visited…
Worshippers Targeted in Blast at Kabul Mosque on Last Friday of Ramadan
Worshippers gathering after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque have been targeted in a suspected terrorist bombing. The blast occurred at the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the Darulaman area in the city’s west where hundreds congregated on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Besmullah Habib, deputy spokesman for the interior ministry,…
Blasts Near Kabul Schools Kill at Least 6 Civilians, Hurt 17
KABUL, Afghanistan—Explosions targeting educational institutions killed at least six people, including students, and injured 17 Tuesday in a mostly Shiite neighborhood of Afghanistan’s capital city, police said. The blasts, which occurred in rapid succession, were being investigated and more casualties were feared, according to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran and the city’s Emergency Hospital. Several…
Taliban Bans Drug Cultivation, Including Lucrative Opium
The Taliban terrorist group announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest opium producer. “As per the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, cultivation of poppy has been strictly prohibited across the country,” according to…
BBC, VOA Taken Off Air in Afghanistan as Taliban Bans Foreign Media Programmes
BBC news bulletins have been taken off air in Afghanistan as part of the Taliban’s suspension of foreign TV programmes, the British public broadcaster said on Sunday. U.S. and German public broadcasters Voice of America (VOA) and Deutsche Welle (DW) also said their programmes have been removed after local TV stations are barred from airing…
UN Calls on Taliban to Respect Afghan Girls’ Right to Education
The U.N. Security Council called on the Taliban on March 27 to “respect the right to education” of all female students in Afghanistan, expressing “deep concern” over the armed group’s decision to close schools for girls above the sixth grade. The Security Council “reaffirmed the right to education for all Afghans, including girls, and called…
Taliban Cancels Girls’ Higher Education Despite Pledges
KABUL, Afghanistan—Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers decided against opening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a previous promise and opting to appease their hardline base at the expense of further alienating the international community. The unexpected decision, confirmed by a Taliban official Wednesday, came at the start of the new school year in Afghanistan….
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