208 Afghan women left in limbo after US-funded scholarship program is cut: Report
The decision was part of a wider series of funding terminations announced that day, amid what the report described as.
Women
Amu Region, Politics
Russian official says Moscow is welcome in Afghanistan despite ongoing challenges
In an interview with the Russian daily Izvestia, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said that Afghanistan remains a complex environment.
Human Rights
Taliban minister calls non-Muslims ‘worse than four-legged animals’
In his speech urging ideological training for public employees, Hanafi said that while non-Muslims might perform administrative duties, their beliefs.
Afghanistan
US lawmakers to consider bill aimed at blocking funds from reaching Taliban
The proposed legislation follows recent reports that U.S. cash shipments of $40 million per week have been sent to Afghanistan’s.
Afghanistan
Donor nations meet in Istanbul to coordinate future aid for Afghanistan
The summit brings together representatives from donor countries, international financial institutions, and UN agencies.
Afghanistan
Taliban publicly flog five people in two provinces
According to a statement from the Taliban’s Supreme Court, four men in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak.
Afghanistan
Taliban remove university lecturers over ideological differences, sources say
The dismissals took place in the provinces of Ghazni, Bamiyan, Logar, Panjshir, and Paktika.
Immigration
UNAMA: Over 8,000 Afghan migrants expelled from Pakistan in two days
UNAMA said many of the deportees were holding Afghan Citizen Cards or other documentation.
Politics
Trump says Afghanistan disaster should have never happened
Trump tied the withdrawal to a broader series of crises he claimed were avoidable.
Afghanistan
Lightning strikes kill two in eastern Afghanistan, sources say
The incidents happened in the provincial capital of Khost and the the Zazi Maidan district.