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Mother had ‘no other choice’ but to sell her 6-year-old daughter

Mother had ‘no other choice’ but to sell her 6-year-old daughter

An unprecedented drought in Afghanistan has led to families selling their children just to be able to feed their households. Families around the western city of Herat who have been forced from their homes because of a record dry spell that, according to the United Nations, has forced more people from their homes in 2018 […]

November 22, 2018 | By | Reply More
Official- Gunmen kill 4 civilians in mosque in Afghanistan

Official- Gunmen kill 4 civilians in mosque in Afghanistan

An Afghan official says gunmen opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province, killing four people. Attahullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokesman, says three people, including the mosque’s religious leader, were wounded in the attack, which took place on Sunday evening in the district of Surkh Rod. No one immediately claimed responsibility […]

July 23, 2018 | By | Reply More
US military drops largest non-nuclear bomb on Isis target in Afghanistan

US military drops largest non-nuclear bomb on Isis target in Afghanistan

The United States dropped its largest non-nuclear weapon on Thursday after it targeted an ISIS network of caves and tunnels in eastern Afghanistan. The blast killed 36 militants as it destroyed three underground tunnels as well as weapons and ammunition, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defense said. No civilians were hurt, he added. U.S. […]

April 14, 2017 | By | Reply More
More children dying from conflict in Afghanistan- UN report

More children dying from conflict in Afghanistan- UN report

Oct 19, – The U.N.’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said it has documented a total of 2,461 casualties among children in 2016 — 639 deaths and 1,822 wounded. That’s a 15 percent increase, compared to the January-September period in 2015. The number of children killed and wounded in Afghanistan’s conflict increased in the first nine […]

October 19, 2016 | By | Reply More
Living like ghosts in the ruins of Syria’s besieged Aleppo

Living like ghosts in the ruins of Syria’s besieged Aleppo

Sep 10, – Even if it were somehow possible to escape eastern Aleppo, Abdullah Shiyani, a 10-year-old boy who dreams of being a doctor, says he wouldn’t leave. It would mean leaving behind too many people who need help. “We have a lot of injured people here,” he told Reuters over the Internet. “Maybe we […]

September 10, 2016 | By | Reply More
IS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed in US strike

IS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed in US strike

Aug 13, – Saeed was named head of IS’s “Khorasan province,” which includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of neighboring countries, early last year when a group of Pakistani Taliban switched allegiance to the jihadist group. The Islamic State group’s leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, was killed last month in an airstrike in Nangarhar […]

August 13, 2016 | By | Reply More
U.S. says 300 Islamic State fighters killed in Afghan operation

U.S. says 300 Islamic State fighters killed in Afghan operation

Aug  10, – General John Nicholson said the offensive in the eastern province of Nangarhar was part of U.S. operations to degrade the capabilities of Islamic State wherever it raised its head, whether in Iraq and Syria or in Afghanistan. Afghan forces, backed by the United States, have killed an estimated 300 Islamic State fighters […]

August 10, 2016 | By | Reply More
Thousands of children detained in security clampdown- HRW

Thousands of children detained in security clampdown- HRW

July 28, – In a new report, the US-based rights group documented an increase in the detention of children in six conflict-affected countries: Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Nigeria and Syria. Thousands of children have been detained and many tortured during security operations carried out in response to […]

July 28, 2016 | By | Reply More
Bomb attacks kill at least 22 in Afghanistan

Bomb attacks kill at least 22 in Afghanistan

Jun 20, – A Reuters witness saw several apparently dead victims and at least two wounded being carried out of the remains of a yellow bus after the suicide bomber struck the vehicle in the capital. More than 20 people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, including at least 14 who […]

June 20, 2016 | By | Reply More
Afghan official says Taliban attacks killed 12 policemen

Afghan official says Taliban attacks killed 12 policemen

May 30, – Also, seven police officers were wounded in the attacks and seven others were missing, presumably abducted by the Taliban. The attacks, which took place in the province’s Gereshk district, were launched Sunday night and lasted for many hours, said Hismatullah Daulatzai, head of police for the greater Helmand zone. A string of […]

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