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2 dead, 12 injured after blast near Afghan foreign ministry

Guwahati: An extensive blast close to the Afghan Foreign Ministry in the city centre of Kabul wounded 12 people and claimed at least two lives on Monday. Several patients from the blast have been treated at a surgical facility run by an NGO in the heart of Kabul that specialises in caring for war victims. […]

4.0 magnitude quake hits Afghanistan’s Fayzabad

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale hit Afghanistan’s Fayzabad on Tuesday, as per the National Center for Seismology (NCS).“Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.0, Occurred on 26-04-2022, 22:11:55 IST, Lat: 36.56 & Long: 71.37, Depth: 150 Km, Location: 94km SE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan,” NCS tweeted.There are no reports of casualties or loss of properties […]

UAE provides 30 tons of food supplies to Afghanistan

Amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the UAE has provided 30 tons of food supplies to the troubled country.The aircraft carrying the food materials arrived in Kabul on Monday.Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said the aid will be distributed to vulnerable people through government institutions, TOLOnews reported.Mujahid also called on donors to not make the […]

Man in Kabul sets himself on fire over financial stress

man set himself on fire in Dehmazang Square in Afghanistan’s Kabul on Monday with the media reports stating that he had been facing financial difficulties.“A man set himself on fire in Dehmazang Square in the west of Kabul on Monday morning. Eyewitnesses said the man was hospitalized after the incident. It is claimed that he […]

Act quickly to protect Afghan journalists, RSF tells new UN special rapporteur

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have written to Richard Bennett, the UN’s new special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, calling for urgent action to defend journalists and press freedom in Afghanistan, where arbitrary arrests are on the rise and a climate of fear has taken hold in all media outlets.(TNL)The appointment of Bennett, […]