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Taliban Turns Ex-Military Bases into Special Economic Zones

Web News 20 February 2023 373 0

Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it will turn some former foreign military bases into economic zones for businesses. Afghanistan has faced a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis since the Taliban regained control of the country in August 2021. Foreign military forces had been Continue Reading

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Gunmen Murder Afghan Former MP Mursal Nabizada

Web News 16 January 2023 548 0

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 power in August 2021. Her brother and a second security guard were wounded in the […]Continue Reading

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Taliban Claims Suicide Blast

Web News 30 November 2022 275 0

Three people were killed and 23 injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan, an attack claimed by the domestic chapter of the Taliban. Tehreek–e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), separate from the Afghan Taliban but sharing a common hardline Islamist ideology, earlier this week called off a shaky months-long ceasefire agreed upon […]Continue Reading

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Taliban Appeal for International Aid over Afghanistan Quake 

Web News 22 June 2022 632 0

The Taliban in Afghanistan have appealed for international support, as the country deals with the aftermath of a devastating 6.1 magnitude earthquake. More than 1,000 people have died and at least 1,500 were injured, a local official said. Paktika province in the south-east has been the most affected. The UN is scrambling to provide emergency […]Continue Reading

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Afghan Quake Update: Death Toll Hits 1000

Web News 22 June 2022 352 0

A powerful earthquake has killed one thousand people and left hundreds more injured in Afghanistan. Pictures show landslides and ruined mud-built homes in eastern Paktika province, where rescuers have been scrambling to treat the injured. Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said hundreds of houses were destroyed and the death toll was likely to rise. It is […]Continue Reading

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Blasts Kill Dozens In Afghanistan

Web News 21 April 2022 495 0

Dozens of people have been killed or injured in four explosions across Afghanistan on Thursday, local officials and journalists have said. The first explosion tore through a Shia mosque in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. At least 31 people were killed, and 87 were wounded, the BBC has been told. The Islamic State group (IS) admitted […]Continue Reading