US sanctions dozens of people worldwide over human rights abuses
Washington DC, USReuters The United States on Friday slapped sanctions on dozens of people over human rights abuses, including Iranian officers it accused of being involved in the targeting of US officials, ahead of Human Rights Day on Sunday. The US Treasury and State Departments imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on 37 people in 13 […]
Water management: Afghans fight drought with small dams as Taliban shut out of COP28
Afghanistan is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change, but has been excluded from the COP28 global climate summit. ROHULLAH TALAASH and EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Taliban defends record on women as UN looks at path forward
United NationsReuters Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration is “obligated” to consider religious values and will not allow interference in internal affairs, it has told the United Nations in response to an assessment on how the world could deal with the Islamists. The UN Security Council asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the independent assessment, which was submitted this […]
Mass expulsion: Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million
ARIBA SHAHID and CHARLOTTE GREENFIELD, of Reuters, reports on Pakistan’s crackdown on undocumented migrants…
Afghan earthquakes death toll revised to “over 1,000” from over 2,400 by Taliban-run ministry
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Afghanistan’s disaster management ministry on Friday revised downward the death toll from multiple earthquakes to around 1,000 from an earlier figure of over 2,400, a spokesman said. Multiple earthquakes struck in the western province of Herat on Saturday and Wednesday, destroying entire villages in the war-battered country, many of which were scattered in […]
Aid agencies call for urgent funds in aftermath of deadly Afghan earthquakes; US announces it will provide $US12 million
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Aid agencies launched fresh appeals for funds to deal with the fallout of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan as local authorities called on Thursday for urgent help for thousands of people left homeless in the aftermath of the tremors. Multiple earthquakes struck in the western province of Herat on Saturday and Wednesday, destroying […]
Rescuers search for survivors days after deadly quakes hit north-west Afghanistan
Herat, AfghanistanReuters Rescue workers on Monday scrambled to pull out survivors, and the dead, from beneath the rubble two days after the northwestern city of Herat and its surroundings were struck by the deadliest earthquakes to rattle Afghanistan in years. The Taliban administration said at least 2,400 people were killed and many more injured in […]
Afghan earthquakes kill 2,445, Taliban say, as deaths mount
Updated: 7:30am, 9th October (AEST)Kabul, AfghanistanReuters More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years. The Saturday quakes in the west of the country hit 35 kilometres north-west of the city of Herat, with one of […]
UN says over 200 former Afghan military, officials killed since Taliban takeover
Reuters More than 200 members of Afghanistan’s former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the Taliban took over, the UN mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday, despite a “general amnesty” for old enemies. The mission said in a report it had recorded at least 218 extrajudicial killings with links to the Taliban […]
Afghanistan: Women set up secret businesses to escape Taliban bans
Women in Afghanistan are turning to home-based jobs and set up clandestine businesses to get around Taliban curbs on their freedom. BAHAAR JOYA and EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…