KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut Wednesday just hours after they reopened, an official confirmed, sparking confusion and heartbreak over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group. Girls arrive at their school in Panjshir on March 23,...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban Friday welcomed a UN Security Council resolution formally extending the world body's presence in Afghanistan, although the government of the hardline Islamist group remains unrecognised by the international community. Thursday's resolution -- which avoids using the...
KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban forces on Sunday fired pepper spray at a group of women protesters in Afghanistan's capital demanding rights to work and education, three demonstrators told AFP. Since seizing control of the country by force in August, the Taliban authorities have imposed...
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan -- Eight commuters were injured following a traffic accident in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan, a local source confirmed on Sunday. "The incident occurred when two sedans collided head-on along a highway in Dushi district late on Saturday. The affected people...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Two women have lost their lives and a teenage girl was seriously wounded by an unexploded ordnance blast in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official confirmed on Wednesday. "The incident occurred in a house in Warsak village, Lal Pur district, on...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- One assailant was shot dead by security personnel outside a government office building in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday, an official of the Ministry of Interior Affairs said. "An assailant was shot and killed by security personnel as he tried to enter the office...
KABUL -- Afghan police have arrested 250 persons related to criminal activities in and around the capital city of Kabul over the past two weeks, Interior Ministry spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti said Sunday. The arrested people were involved in illegal activities such as robbery, theft, mobile...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has imposed a total ban on the deployment of Filipino migrant workers to Ethiopia due to the current conflict there. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) POEA Administrator Bernard P. Olalia said the suspension came after the Department...
London, United Kingdom - Members of the Afghanistan women's youth development football team have been airlifted to the UK in an evacuation flight funded by US celebrity Kim Kardashian. The 35 female footballers and their families, a total of 130 people, arrived at Stansted Airport, east of London,...
WASHINGTON -- Discussions between the U.S. and Afghan Taliban officials in Doha, Qatar were "candid and professional," the U.S. State Department said on Sunday. A U.S. interagency delegation met with senior Taliban representatives in Doha over the weekend, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned...
HOWZ-E-MADAD, Afghanistan -- While the economy teeters on the brink of collapse, vendors at an opium market in southern Afghanistan say prices for their goods have skyrocketed since the Taliban takeover. Opium vendors and buyers chat over green tea around sacks of opium and hashish (AFP) Plunging...
President Duterte highlighted in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the Philippines' "longstanding humanitarian tradition" in the government's decision to welcome refugees coming from Afghanistan. OPEN DOOR--President Rodrigo Duterte reports the Philippines' acceptance of...
