THE Taliban administration in Afghanistan has imposed a sweeping internet ban across large parts of the northern region, citing the need “to prevent immoral activities”, officials said. This marks the first such initiative of the Taliban government since coming back to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of the …
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A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border has destroyed numerous villages and caused extensive damage, killing more than 800 people and injuring at least 2,800 others. The earthquake late Sunday hit a series of towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad in neighbouring …
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Afghanistan has launched another polio vaccination campaign aimed at protecting around 8 million children under the age of 5, the Taliban Health Ministry announced on Monday. The four-day campaign is the third this year and will cover 23 of the country’s 34 provinces, the ministry said in a statement. The …
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Afghanistan is grappling with a devastating flood crisis that has escalated over the past week, with the National Disaster Authority reporting a significant rise in casualties. Newsextra24 reports that as of Wednesday, the confirmed death toll has reached 70, while injuries have climbed to 56, according to Mullah Janan Saeq, the spokesman …
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A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists, as well as several children, police and a witness said.The blast came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of northern Balkh province in an …
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The Taliban has ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burka in public. The blue burka became a global symbol of the Taliban’s previous regime in Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, and the decision to make it mandatory again marks an escalation of growing restrictions on women in public. …
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