The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has condemned the bombing in Kabul city during a khanaqah which resulted in dozens of casualties on Friday afternoon. Official reports have put the death toll at 10 with 30 wounded but eyewitnesses said dozens more were killed and wounded. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the IEA, condemned the explosion and said in a […]

Kabul police confirmed Friday night that at least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in PD6 in Kabul city late afternoon. According to officials, the explosion happened in a Khanqah adjacent to a mosque in the Alauddin area of PD6. Khalid Zadran, Kabul police spokesman, said security agencies are investigating the incident. He […]

The serial blasts, the revival of Islamic radicalism and the Pak-Taliban military standoff will affect Indian interests When the ruthless, militarily powerful and ideologically-driven Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, the expectation was that peace ( even if it was only the peace of the graveyard) would return to the hapless country. But contrary to expectations, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is […]

With the onset of the “fighting season” in Afghanistan, small pockets of anti-Taliban resistance appear to be forming across much of the country. The development, coupled with a spike in deadly attacks by the Islamic State terrorist group, could threaten the Taliban’s hold on power eight months after their takeover of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan should join a list of the “worst of the worst” violators of religious freedom, a U.S. advisory body is recommending to the State Department. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, said in its annual report issued Monday, that religious minorities have “faced harassment, detention and even death due to their faith or beliefs” since the Islamic Emirate of […]

Beijing-Nangarhar Construction and Manufacturing Company on Thursday signed a contract with Afghan authorities to develop an industrial complex on the outskirts of Kabul at a cost of $216 million. The complex is expected to be constructed across 650 acres of land in Perozi Township in Deh Sabz district of Kabul. According to officials, the complex will feature 150 factories, a […]

Despite the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) decision to suspend schooling for teenage girls, Human Rights Watch found that a number of girls’ schools, mostly in Balkh province, are still open but have strict dress codes in place. According to the watchdog, many girls’ secondary schools have remained open in the province since the IEA took power but that they […]

Two explosions went off in Afghanistan’s northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, on Thursday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding 13 others, police said. Asif Waziri, a spokesman for provincial police, said that the explosions happened in PD3 and PD10 of the city. Witnesses of one of the blasts said that a magnetic IED, attached […]

A new Pentagon report has revealed that the US left $7 billion of military gear – including 78 aircraft, 12,000 Humvees and thousands of air-to-ground weapons – in Afghanistan after President Joe Biden’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal. The US handed the equipment to the previous Afghan government over the course of 16 years, CNN reported. According to the report, seen by […]

The election of neighborhood representatives in Kabul suggests that the Taliban are in some aspects pragmatic, but this experiment will likely remain limited. This spring, Afghans living in various neighborhoods in the capital Kabul elected their wakilon guzar, or neighborhood representatives, casting their votes in ballot boxes or by raising their hands in gatherings in mosques. While this might be […]