Afghanistan

Taliban Releases American Woman After Months in Custody

30 Mar 2025

An American woman, Faye Hall, has been released by the Taliban in Afghanistan after being held for months. Washington's former ambassador to Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad, confirmed her release on Saturday. "American citizen Faye Hall, just released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends, the Qataris in...

Taliban Frees 2,500 Prisoners For Eid As Afghan Jails Struggle With Overcrowding

29 Mar 2025

Afghanistan's Taliban regime has freed close to 2,500 prisoners in advance of Eid al-Fitr festivities commemorating the end of Ramadan, the nation's Supreme Court declared on Saturday. The large-scale release comes as the United Nations sounds the alarm about a rising prison population throughout the nation. In a tweet statement...

Afghan Women Under The Taliban: A Nation’s Half-Population Erased From Public Life | TDG Explainer

27 Mar 2025

Taliban Regime and the Eradication of Women's Rights Systematically Ever since the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan in August 2021, the rights of women have been greatly eroded. The past three years have seen the group put in place a succession of oppressive restrictions, reversing two decades of advances. Girls and women...

Donald Trump Thanks Pakistan for Help in Arrest of Abbey Gate Bombing Terrorist

05 Mar 2025

US President Donald Trump, speaking to a joint session of the Congress, confirmed that the terror suspect behind the 2021 Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan was arrested. Trump thanked the government of Pakistan for helping in making the arrest. "Tonight, I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended...

Torkham Border Tensions Escalate as Pakistan, Afghanistan Trade Fire

04 Mar 2025

Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged gunfire across the border last night at the Torkham border in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, fanning tensions over a trade row. Officials reported on Monday (March 3) that the firefight killed at least one Afghan security official and injured another. The Torkham border, a vital commerce route, has...

Taliban Detains Elderly British Couple in Afghanistan, Family Appeals for Release

25 Feb 2025

A British couple in their 70s, who have been conducting education programs in Afghanistan for almost two decades, have been held captive by the Taliban since last month. Their four children, eager to hear some news, have appealed to the Taliban to free them, saying that their parents had spent...

Trump Urges Taliban to Return US Military Equipment Left in Afghanistan

24 Feb 2025

US President Donald Trump has once again called for the return of billions of dollars worth of US military hardware. This happened when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and US soldiers departed Afghanistan in 2021. Trump voiced his anger at the current state of affairs during his speech at...

Afghanistan: Suicide Bomber Kills Five Outside Bank, Reports Police

11 Feb 2025

A suicide bomber targeted a bank in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing five people, including Taliban security personnel, according to police. "A suicide bomber, who had improvised explosive devices, detonated himself near the Bank of Kabul," said Jumadin Khaksar, police spokesman for Kunduz province. He confirmed that the explosion claimed...

Afghanistan Hit by 4.1 Magnitude Earthquake

09 Feb 2025

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Sunday, according to a statement from the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The tremor occurred at a depth of 10 km, making it prone to aftershocks. In a post on X, the NCS stated, "EQ of M: 4.1, On: 09/02/2025 00:05:07 IST, Lat:...

Polio Returns to Pakistan, Afghanistan Amidst Slowed Vaccination

25 Jan 2025

Poliomyelitis, once responsible for paralyzing and killing up to half a million people annually, nearly vanished after the development of the poliovirus vaccine in 1955. Mass vaccination campaigns, particularly the oral polio vaccine, had all but eradicated the disease by the turn of the century, with only a few regions...

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