Afghanistan: Latest UN report claims security incidents increased by 23%
Between mid-August and mid-November, 1,587 security incidents were recorded across the country, a marked increase against the same period last year...
Afghanistan: Historical Bala Hisar Fort in Ghazni on verge of collapse
The fortress dates back over 1,000 years and was home to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni who reigned from 971 to 1030 AD....
Elon Musk reinstates Twitter accounts of suspended journalists
After 59% of Twitter poll respondents called for the ban to be lifted, the social media platform’s CEO agreed to reinstate the accounts....
Afghanistan’s ex-president Karzai in Turkey for talks with exiled politicians
Hamid Karzai is meeting with exiled politicians including former jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf and ex-vice president Karim Khalili...
UN experts seek ‘immediate end’ to public floggings, executions by Taliban
Public floggings and public executions violate universal principles prohibiting torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, UN expert...
Journalist ‘tortured’ by Taliban in Takhar
In a video a copy of which was obtained by Amu, Noori says he was arrested by the Taliban “on charges of being a journalist” on Friday, Dec. 9....
Eight wounded in explosion in southeast Turkey
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Kurdish, leftist and Islamist militants have all carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past....
Multiple casualties reported in another Afghan-Pakistan border clash
Reports indicate 5 wounded on Afghanistan side and at least 15 wounded on Pakistan side after machine guns and mortars were fired by both sides...