Disturbing figures emerge as over 8,000 journalists in Afghanistan have ceased their professional engagements, according to a statement by Reporters Without Borders. In a recent report, the organization highlighted that the toll of departing media practitioners surpasses two-thirds of the total 12,000-strong journalist community in the nation.
Thursday, 24 August , 2023Turkish law enforcement authorities in the Canakkale province have apprehended 55 Afghan citizens who were reportedly involved in illegal plans to travel abroad.
Wednesday, 2 August , 2023The Taliban Prison Affairs Department announced that there are more than 17,000 prisoners in all the country’s prisons for committing various crimes, including over 500 female prisoners.
Monday, 24 July , 2023British special forces are at the heart of an inquiry into allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, the United Kingdom’s defense ministry has confirmed.
Thursday, 20 July , 2023Ben Roberts Smith, a member of the Australian Air Force and a recipient of outstanding military honors, has said that he is proud of what he has accomplished in Afghanistan.
Friday, 16 June , 2023Pakistani media, quoting some Afghan refugees in Islamabad, announced that the police have once again started arresting Afghan refugees in different areas of the city.
Sunday, 11 June , 2023The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced that 140,000 children with severe acute malnutrition have been treated in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, 6 June , 2023In a new report, the World Food Program has expressed concern about the increase in acute food insecurity in 22 world countries, including Afghanistan.
Sunday, 4 June , 2023Families of victims of a deadly raid conducted by Australian forces in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province have called for compensation.
Thursday, 1 June , 2023Indira Gandhi Children’s Specialized Hospital in Kabul announced that 1,125 malnourished children were brought to this hospital in the past year, and 80 died.
Thursday, 25 May , 2023Researchers, legal experts, and human rights activists at Brown University in the United States announced in a report titled “The Costs of War Project” that after the attacks of September 11, at least 4.5 to 4.6 million people are in war zones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemenis have been killed.
Saturday, 20 May , 2023The US Department of the Interior announced that Afghans who entered the country illegally are not eligible for asylum.
Tuesday, 16 May , 2023The Directorate of Migration Affairs in Kandahar Province stated that the government of Pakistan has forcibly deported 236 Afghan refugees from this country.
Thursday, 11 May , 2023The lawyer defending Afghan refugees in Pakistan has announced the release of 56 Afghan refugees from Karachi prison.
Friday, 5 May , 2023After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the number of people below the poverty line has reached 34 million, the United Nations said.
Wednesday, 26 April , 2023Several Afghan refugees in America have filed complaints against the federal government of this country.
Monday, 24 April , 2023The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) tweeted that 8 children died while playing with unexploded ordnance and collecting metal scraps for sale in Afghanistan last week.
Saturday, 1 April , 2023Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy of the Russian Security Council, released a message saying that the US military presence in Afghanistan, Iraq and African countries led to a disaster and that the US and NATO support for Ukraine also caused the disaster.
Sunday, 26 March , 2023The Russian diplomat stated that no legal assessment of the crimes committed by US and NATO forces in Afghanistan has been carried out, and these crimes remain unpunished.
Tuesday, 14 March , 2023The Office of the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) quoted a former Afghan army officer as saying: “The Taliban search the homes of former soldiers, and if they cannot find someone, they look for their family members. I had moved four times since the fall of the previous Afghan government. If they […]
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