Tag: Afghanistan
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Humanitarian situation in Afghanistan deteriorating, aid groups warn
Aid organisations are warning of a dramatic deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan in the coming winter.
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Bomb blast kills mother, 5 children
Official on Monday reported that five children along with their mother were killed in a grenade bomb blast in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghor. Abdulhai Zaeem, the provincial director of information and culture, told dpa that the incident happened on Sunday in the provincial capital Firozkoh city, when the children were playing with a hand…
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BREAKING: Controversial cleric killed in suicide bombing
A controversial cleric has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, officials said on Friday.
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Explosion heard in western Kabul, Afghanistan
An eyewitness has disclosed to newsmen that an explosion was heard in western Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, The eyewitnesses who declined to be named said that the blast took place close to students’ class in the Dasht-e-Barchi area, a suburb of Police District 18 around noon. Meanwhile, Kabul Police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed the blast…
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Ukraine War: “We must stand in solidarity with the Afghan people” – UN official
Achim Steine, a senior United Nations official on Wednesday called on the international community not to forget the situation in Afghanistan amid a global focus on the war in Ukraine. “While the world’s attention is turned to Ukraine and the ripple effect from that war, we must also stand in solidarity with the Afghan people,”…
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Suicide bomber kills 55 at Shiite mosque in Afghanistan
A suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz has killed at least 55 people in the bloodiest assault since US forces left the country in August. Scores more victims from the minority community were wounded in Friday’s blast, which was claimed by the Islamic State group and…
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Afghanistan crisis: Putin blasts US over ‘Irresponsible attempts to impose democracy’
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has blamed the United States and its allies for the crisis in Afghanistan. According to Putin, the roles played in Afghanistan by America and its associates have caused destabilization and chaos in the South Asian country and for the rest of the world. Putin made the remark during the BRICS…
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Taliban clears air on social media ban in Afghanistan
Taliban Spokesman Suhail Shaheen on Tuesday said the Taliban movement had no plans to introduce any restrictions on social media in Afghanistan.
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Taliban calls for peaceful solution of Panjshir standoff
Taliban calls for peaceful solution of Panjshir standoff
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Afghanistan exit is ‘best decision for America’ – Biden
President Joe Biden on Tuesday mounted a fierce defense of his exit from Afghanistan as the “best decision for America,” the day after the US military