Eid Mohammad Sultani was living in Kabul with his family when the Taliban seized power two years ago today.
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the north, and Tajikistan and China to the northeast.
The Capital of Afghanistan is Kabul. The country has high levels of terrorism, poverty, and child malnutrition.
The Taliban were removed from power after the US invasion in 2001 but still controlled a significant portion of the country. The twenty-year-long war between the government and the Taliban reached a conclusion with the 2021 Taliban offensive and the resulting fall of Kabul which returned the Taliban to power.
The severity of my injuries included nine broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a shattered clavicle.
The Tories’ ‘dog whistle politics’ on immigration mean she can no longer bring people to safety in the UK.
Taliban governor killed in his Afghanistan office blast – Mohammad Dawood Muzammil dead Mohammad Dawood Muzammil – the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, has been…
We felt we had no other option because people have seemingly forgotten about our situation.
Former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada shot dead at home in Kabul Mursal Nabizada, 32 – a former Afghan MP – has been shot dead at…
Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan Aljazeera says Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry has said that female students would not be allowed access…
The Taliban returned to power last year – but have since failed to live up to their promises when it comes to women’s rights.
UK military Afghan operations killed at least 64 children The UK government has paid out for the deaths of at least 64 children – four…
The Independent says INDIA on Thursday said it has sent a “technical team” to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian aid after a powerful earthquake killed over 1000 people in eastern Afghanistan.
Aljazeera says AID has started to arrive in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed at least 1,000 people, as Taliban officials said the rescue operation was almost complete.
Aljazeera says THE DEATH TOLL from a powerful earthquake in Afghanistan has climbed to 1,000, with more than 1,500 others wounded, according to the Taliban.
Afghanistan earthquake latest as more than 1500 feared dead as the Taliban emergency services race against time to find more survivors. Afghanistan and Pakistan were…
The Guardian says A 6.1 MAGNITUDE earthquake has struck south-east Afghanistan killing at least 255 people, according to the country’s official news agency.
Aljazeera says AN EARTHQUAKE of magnitude 6.1 has killed at least 150 people in Afghanistan, the country’s disaster management authority says.
In a scathing report headed by The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, MPs have strongly criticised the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, labelling it as a ‘disaster’.
France24 says four bombs ripped through minibuses and a mosque in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, with at least some of the attacks claimed by the IS group.
The Independent says the Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone.
The Metro says The BBC has urged the Taliban to ‘reverse their decision’ after the corporation’s news bulletins were pulled from air in Afghanistan.
The Guardian says the Taliban are facing international condemnation after they announced on Wednesday that girls would not be allowed to attend secondary school.
Aljazeera says the Taliban is conducting a huge security sweep of Kabul and other Afghan cities, their spokesman has said.
The Guardian says The west has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan and its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the country, according to David Miliband.
The Metro says A team of rescuers are scrambling to save a nine-year-old Afghan boy who has been stuck down a well for two days.
Arab News says the UN has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials have been killed since the Taliban took over.
An email has been leaked that suggests PM Boris Johnson authorised the evacuation of animals from Afghanistan during the fall of Kabul.