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CNN  —  New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last week, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The incident was a gruesome coda to America’s longest war, leaving dead 13 United States military

This article is also available in Dari, translated by Said Najib Asil. Hamed Latifee launched the YouTube channel Afghanistan Streets in 2023 to portray daily life in the country under Taliban rule. His videos often featured tours of construction sites, shops, or trips to Afghanistan’s provinces, where locals would showcase traditional foods or handicrafts. A

(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024) The absence of GDP growth coupled with declining external financing avenues for off-budget expenditures paint a bleak picture of Afghanistan’s economic prospects, the World Bank said. After a severe 20.7 percent GDP contraction in 2021, the Afghan economy contracted further by 6.2 percent in 2022, the bank said in

The human rights record of Afghanistan will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Monday, 29 April 2024, in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live. Afghanistan is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group

In a display of their commitment to fighting narcotics trafficking, Afghan authorities burned over three tons of solid narcotics and 22,000 liters of liquid narcotics on Wednesday in Deh Sabz, Kabul. Ahmadullah Ahmadi, the General Director of the Police for Combating Narcotics, stated that these narcotics were seized from provinces around Kabul since the Taliban’s

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): A senior Afghan business leader has called for the elimination of tariffs and taxes on agricultural products by Kabul and Islamabad to boost bilateral trade. Khan Jan Alokozai, a member of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) and co-chairman of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), issued the

KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Russia’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov have discussed political and economic ties between Kabul and . . . You need to subscribe to view the full article. Please login or register a new account.

The United States has expressed concern about the human rights situation in Afghanistan, noting significant deterioration in women’s rights in 2023 due to edicts . . . You need to subscribe to view the full article. Please login or register a new account.

Zuhal Akbari has opened a new pastry factory in the western Afghan city of Herat, recruiting women “so that they can do something for themselves, their families and their health.” Akbari told VOA that most of the 11 women who work with her are university graduates who lost their jobs after the Taliban’s return to

Russia has continued to show blatant disregard for human rights both in its unprovoked war against Ukraine and in the treatment of its own citizens over the past year, the U.S. State Department has said in its latest annual report on human rights around the globe, which also highlights the abuses committed by Iran’s theocratic