She said that Afghan women need to recognize that the Taliban is not their only or worst problem. Deep-seated cultural values and traditions, such as the so-called Pashtun “honor code,” are far more devastating to women’s lives, and most of these are clearly un-Islamic or even anti-Islamic, she said.
The Afghanistan National Security Advisor (NSA) on Saturday asked the country’s security forces to take urgent step to rescue the recently worst natural disasters affected people all over the country.
Flash floods have swept away dozens of homes and inundated handreds of acres of farmland in western Farah province, an official said on Sunday.
The first trilateral meeting between Afghanistan, India, and China headed by Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Mr.
Maj. Gen. Massoud Andarabi, the acting minister of interior affairs, Maj. Gen. Massoud Andarabi warned senior police officers to “strictly” act against crimes in Kabul and other provinces or resign from their posts.
Saudi Arabia says it has revoked the citizenship of Hamza bin Laden, a son of deceased Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
The newly-appointed governor of Kandahar Hayatullah Hayat has endorsed ongoing efforts but in the meantime has called for the elimination of the enemies refusing the pleas for reconciliation.
Heavy snowfall has closed roads connecting districts to provincial capital in Afghanistan’s central-eastern province of Ghazni.
17 possible candidates for the upcoming presidential elections voted in favor of new electoral commissioners on Friday.
Peace in Afghanistan is in the best interests of all countries in the region and beyond. The ongoing conflict serves no one’s interests and destabilizes the entire region. A peaceful Afghanistan would offer economic opportunities for neighboring countries in the form of business, trade and serving as an energy corridor between Central and South Asia.