Topic: Afghanistan
250 killed as earthquake shakes Afghanistan, Pakistan
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 has killed at least 250 people in Afghanistan, the country’s disaster management authority says.
Afghanistan: Almost half the population going hungry
Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan – almost half the population – are facing acute hunger, humanitarians warned in a UN-backed report, published on Monday.
Afghanistan: 10 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque
The United Nations has condemned a deadly explosion at a Sufi mosque in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Friday, which reportedly killed at least 10 people and injured up to 15 more, many of them seriously.Â
Afghanistan: UN condemns deadly blasts at two schools in Kabul
The United Nations has condemned the deadly bomb blasts at two educational institutions in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, which killed at least six people and wounded nearly 20 others.
“I see my students crying;” Taliban closes girls’ schools hours after reopening
The Taliban in Afghanistan has announced that girls’ high schools will be closed, hours after they reopened for the first time in nearly seven months.
Biden urged to revoke seizure of Afghan funds, prevent ‘catastrophe’
A coalition of more than 80 humanitarian groups implored U.S. President Joe Biden this week to revoke his executive order that would permanently seize $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets and split the money between the families of 9/11 victims and an ill-defined trust fund ostensibly formed to benefit the people of Afghanistan.
