This start-up aims to provide both food and economic opportunity to Afghan women. But success means first overcoming economic crises, cultural taboos and Taliban interference. (Image credit: Nava Jamshidi ) Source link
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5 people were killed in an explosion near the foreign ministry in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — An explosion near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital on Wednesday killed five people and wounded several others, a Taliban police spokesman said, the second prominent attack in Kabul so far in 2023. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the regional
For Biden, the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul was a turning point in his presidency
The Kabul airport was a chaotic mess in the weeks leading up the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as Afghans tried to flee the country. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images The Kabul airport was a chaotic mess in the weeks leading up
A prominent Taliban cleric is killed in an explosion in Kabul
Afghan cleric and senior Taliban leader Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed in an apparent suicide attack in Kabul on Thursday. Source link
Afghanistan gurdwara attack: Sikhs say ‘We don’t feel safe’
Militants opened fire outside the fortified doors leading to the compound housing a Sikh gurdwara, as well as the homes of members of the community. The assailants killed the security guard, and armed with grenades they managed to make their way inside, whilst Taliban members stationed at nearby checkpoints rushed
Afghanistan: Life under Taliban rule one month on
At Afghanistan’s border with Uzbekistan a cargo train rolls over a bridge and into the newly created “Islamic Emirate”. The Taliban’s white and black flag flutters next to the Uzbek one. Some traders have welcomed the group’s return to power. The driver of a truck being loaded with wheat tells
Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban government’s new higher education minister said Sunday. The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, laid out the new policies at a news conference,
Was faulty intelligence to blame for the Afghan fiasco?
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was the considered assessment of spies that Afghanistan would start deteriorating steadily after the allied withdrawal, but Kabul would not fall until next year. Was faulty intelligence to blame for the Afghan fiasco? And more than that, American intelligence? That seemed to be the
Over and out: US completes withdrawal from Afghanistan
The US government will now conduct diplomacy with the Taliban administration and consular operations out of Doha, Qatar By Yashwant Raj I Edited by Nadim Siraj The United States on Monday announced the end of its military mission in Afghanistan, bringing to an end a 20-year presence that had started
US embassy warns of ‘specific, credible threat’ at Kabul airport as Biden says terror attack ‘highly likely in next 24-36 hours’
Reports and video circulating on social media, appear to indicate that the blast was the result of a rocket hitting a house close to the airport. Whether there have been any casualties remains unclear. BBC Pakistan and Afghanistan correspondent, Secunder Kermani cites the Afghan Health Ministry saying there’s been another