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July 31, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Khaama Press: A group of the Taliban militants have reportedly gang raped a woman in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, a local security official has claimed. The official speaking on the condition of anonymity said the incident took place four days ago in Balo Jan village in Nahr-e-Saraj district. Full news...
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July 29, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: Police in Ghor province on Friday reported that security forces have arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly marrying a six-year-old girl, whose family claims she was abducted by the man. The man, named Mohammad Karim, has claimed that the girl was offered to him as a gift by her father while he was teaching her. Full news...
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July 28, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Khaama Press: A 22-year-old woman was shot dead dead by unknown gunmen in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan for having relations with a man over the telephone. The woman has been identified as Gul Jan and has allegedly been killed by the family of her husband in Pashtunkot district. Full news...
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July 27, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
VOA Dari (Translated by RAWA): According to official statistics of the Afghan government, out of 7.2 million Afghans who have jobs, only 19 percent have job security, leaving 81 percent of them without job security. The statistics show that more than 26 percent of the youth qualified for work are unemployed and 400,000-500,000 qualified Afghans enter the job market every year. Full news...
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July 25, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
UN News Centre: In the first six months of this year, 5,166 civilians were either killed or maimed in Afghanistan, a half-year record since counting began in 2009, a United Nations report published today shows. Between January and June this year, the human rights team of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documented 1,601 civilian deaths and 3,565 injured civilians... Full news...
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July 23, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
RT: At least 80 people were killed and 231 injured when a huge blast rocked a mass demonstration in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the Interior Ministry has announced. The attack was claimed by terrorist group Islamic State. The numbers were confirmed to Afghan TOLOnews network and Pajhwok agency, as well as to Reuters. Full news...
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July 19, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
RAWA.org: On July 13, 2016, the people of Rostaq district of Takhar province protested against the crimes and savagery of warlords under the leadership of Pirum Qul (supported by Abdul Rashid Dostum) once more. Pirum Qul’s gunmen opened fire on the peaceful protest and injured a number of people, but the people are fed up and have sworn to continue their struggle against the current situation. Full news...
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July 18, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: Nearly four children were killed and three others wounded after a rocket tip exploded while they were playing with in Baghlan province, local officials said Sunday. The incident took place in the capital city of Baghlan, Pul-e-Khumri on Saturday while children were playing with the rocket. Full news...
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July 17, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: A Pregnant 14-year-old girl, Zahra, who was set alight by her husband's family, has died in Isteqlal Hospital, Kabul. The incident in Ghor followed after Zahra’s father got a new wife two years ago. At the time, he gave his daughter to a member of his new spouse’s family in order to settle the matter. Full news...
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July 14, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: Documents uncovered by Rahmatullah Nabil, former chief of Afghan Spy Agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS) – shows that the money provided by the U.S government to the Pakistani military for fighting terrorism is in fact spent by Pakistan’s Inter-service Intelligence (ISI) for promoting and supporting terrorism. Full news...
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July 13, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Khaama Press (Translated by RAWA): A man in Kabul beat his sister severely and then set her on fire because her fiancé had not given her enough money during the Eid celebrations. The girl, who used the fake name Humaira, told the media that her fiancé had given her some money before Eid and when her brother found out about the small amount of money he had given her, he first beat her, then poured petrol on her and set her on fire. Full news...
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July 12, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: A study by TOLOnews reveals that the High Peace Council (HPC) spends more than 530,000 USD per month on the salaries of its employees. The highest salary in this organization is 18,000 USD. The report also reveals a number of rifts within the HPC leadership, saying that some members of the council have not attended official meetings for a long time. Full news...
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July 11, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Khaama Press: At least six people were wounded after an explosive device went off inside a classroom in a school located in the southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan. According to the local education officials, at least five students and a teacher were wounded in the blast. Full news...
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July 8, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Global Research: The long delayed Iraq Inquiry Committee Chilcot report took seven years to complete, filled 12 volumes, yet excluded what’s most important – declaring the 2003 Iraq war illegal, flagrantly violating international law, destroying the cradle of civilization, raping it for control and profit, and demanding accountability for those responsible. Full news...
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July 6, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Fiscal Times: During the long, sorry history of U.S. construction projects in war-torn Afghanistan, Congress has showered tens of billions of dollars on a broad range of projects to assist the beleaguered population, upgrade health care facilities and try to rebuild the country’s devastated economy. Full news...
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July 5, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IWPR: Human rights organisations and local officials say that they are powerless to act against a tradition in a west-central Afghan province that means women are being sold into marriage in return for cows and sheep. Ghor, with a population of nearly 300,000, is one of Afghanistan’s most underdeveloped provinces. Some remote areas are ruled by armed groups and entirely out of government control. Full news...
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July 2, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Christian Science Monitor: The Obama administration released a report Friday detailing the number of civilian deaths from US counterterrorism strikes in countries other than its three primary “areas of active hostilities,” namely Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Most of these fatalities came about as a result of the controversial drones program, initiated under President George W. Bush but expanded under President Obama. Full news...
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July 1, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Killid Group: Take Sakina. Daily abuse and violence at the hands of her mother- and sisters-in-law nearly destroyed her marriage. After three years of living in their midst, she and her husband Ekram are now living separately in a rented house. Sakina says trouble started immediately after her wedding. “My mother-in-law misbehaved with me from the start. She and my sisters-in-law treated me like I was a servant. They would order me around, tell me when to sit, when to stand; shout at me at every meal, ‘there’s less salt’, or they’d say there was too much salt,” she recalls. Full news...