Young man shot dead in Kapisa ‘over PUBG game’
The incident happened Wednesday, August 6, in the village of Dirstan, near the provincial capital, the sources said.
Security
Afghanistan
Sources: Pakistani visa applicants, including patients, face repeated rejections
Pakistani visa applicants in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province — including patients seeking medical treatment — are repeatedly being denied despite.
Women
Beauticians say Taliban shut down dozens of home salons in Kabul
Some of the women also reported that the agents inspected their mobile phones during the raids.
Human Rights
Sources: Taliban forcing Herat shopkeepers to grow long beards
Sources said Taliban morality police have recently entered shops in central Herat, threatening those with short beards.
Human Rights
Sources: Taliban ban women from traveling without burqa in Panjshir
Taliban morality enforcers have established multiple checkpoints throughout Panjshir to monitor women's clothing, sources said.
Immigration
UN: Over 4 million Afghan migrants returned from Iran and Pakistan in two years
At the Islam Qala border crossing in western Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans continue to return daily from Iran.
Afghanistan
Iran renews call to find those behind 1998 diplomat killings in Afghanistan
The attack occurred in 1998, when the Taliban first seized control of Mazar-i-Sharif during their first rule over Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Trump calls Qassem Soleimani ‘father of roadside bombs’ in tribute to US veterans
"They say 92% of the people who got either killed or badly hurt, it was Sulaimani," Trump said.
Women
Exclusive: Kabul beauticians claim some Taliban personnel make ‘immoral proposals’
The women said that these men contacted them with inappropriate requests for “personal, immoral meetings.”
Afghanistan
Taliban leader says people have grown unfamiliar with Sharia
Akhundzada further claimed that previous regimes made significant financial investments to undermine Islamic values.