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April 30, 2024

Gunman shoots six worshippers dead at Afghan mosque

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Afghanistan
April 15, 2024

Afghanistan: 50 killed, 185 injured in road accidents during Eid-el-Fitr holiday

The country’s general directorate of traffic police said on Monday that 102 road accidents occurred across Afghanistan in the period.

Photo from an accident scene used to illustrate this story
January 12, 2023

3,500 drug addicts sent to rehabilitation center in Afghanistan

The Taliban-led caretaker government issued a decree in April last year banning poppy cultivation and its processing.

Afghanistan drug addicts smoking heroin
August 29, 2022

Taliban bans crypto in Afghanistan, arrests 13

Taliban’s ban on crypto trading mirrors the sentiment of Indonesia’s National Religious Council, which forbids cryptocurrency for Muslims.

TALIBAN; CRYPTO
September 13, 2021

Taliban killing Afghans, banning girls from school: UN

Members of the previous government are being arbitrarily detained and sometimes found dead after being released.