Kabul, Afghanistan – AFP Three foreign tourists and an Afghan were killed on Friday in a shooting in the popular tourism destination of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, the interior ministry said. “One Afghan and three foreign nationals were killed,” in gunfire Friday evening in Bamiyan city, interior ministry spokesman Abdul ...
Sydney, Australia – AFP An Australian judge has sentenced a former army lawyer to more than five years in jail for stealing secret defence files on the Afghanistan war and leaking them to the media. David McBride, who pleaded guilty in November to three charges of stealing and sharing military information, was given five years […]
Fulool, Afghanistan — AFP Survivors of flash floods in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province are still searching for their missing people, days after torrents of water ripped through villages, killing hundreds. Heavy rains sparked flash flooding in multiple Afghan provinces on Friday, killing more than 300 people in Baghlan alone...
In Afghanistan, Eid al-Fitr celebrations were marked by tight security measures nationwide as people gathered for prayers amidst concerns of attacks. Significant turnout was observed, especially in prominent places such as the capital Kabul, as well as Herat, and Kandahar, with mosques serving as focal points for the Eid prayers. At the Abdul...
Kabul, Afghanistan — AFP In a frenzy of needlework, a den of Afghan tailors fashion customized suits for Eid-al-Fitr, with bejewelled outfits adding vital sparkle to muted celebrations of the Muslim holiday. At the Crystal Siddiqui shop in northern Kabul, tailors have worked 19-hour days in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, creating 5,0...
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan — AFP American traveller Oscar Wells is in Afghanistan for sight-seeing promoted by the Taliban. “It is a unique place, it touches my heart,” the 65-year-old Indiana farmer shared, praising “its magnificent mountains” with “people living in the old way”. Marvelling at the 15...
Congress has approved an additional 12,000 Special Immigrant Visas for nationals of Afghanistan who helped the US during its two-decades-long war there. But advocates say more visas are needed, noting that the current number falls short by 20,000 through this program. Called Operation Allies Welcome, it offers these Afghans a path to permane...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A suicide bombing in Afghanistan killed three people and injured 12 others on Thursday, according to police. Police official Asadullah Jamshid told Kabul-based Tolo News that the bomber exploded near a branch of Kabul Bank in the southern Kandahar city. Many people were gathered outside the bank building when the incident happe...
Kabul, Afghanistan – – AFP Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, with girls still remaining out of secondary-level classes for a third year in a row. Taliban authorities barred girls from secondary school in March 2022, after surging back to power in 2021 following the end of decades long US [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kabul summoned the top Pakistani diplomat in the country on Monday after Pakistan launched pre-dawn air strikes inside Afghanistan that killed at least eight people, an official statement said. Interim Afghan Foreign Ministry said Kabul lodged a protest with Islamabad over the attacks. Earlier on Monday, interim Afghan ad...
