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Taliban security officials in Logar province reported that a woman in her sixties and a 12-year-old girl were killed overnight in the provincial capital.
According to the authorities, two individuals have been detained in connection with the killings.
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Kabul, Afghanistan – A shipment of humanitarian assistance from Turkmenistan has arrived in Balkh province to support victims of last week’s powerful earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan.
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The body of a young man was discovered in western Farah province on Friday, local sources said, the latest in a series of mysterious killings reported across Afghanistan.
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Japan and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have delivered emergency relief supplies to survivors of the earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan earlier this week.
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The latest round of peace talks between Pakistan and the Taliban in Istanbul ended without an agreement, both sides confirmed, marking the second failed attempt to reach a breakthrough since last month’s deadly border clashes.
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At least five people were killed in a traffic accident on the Kandahar–Herat highway in southern Afghanistan on Friday morning, local sources told KabulNow.
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The Taliban has publicly flogged 17 people in Kabul on drug-related charges, the group’s supreme court announced, as corporal punishment continues across Afghanistan.
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Opium production in Afghanistan has continued to decline, while the manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs is rapidly increasing, according to a new report released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a high risk of measles outbreaks in Afghanistan during the cold season, urging parents to vaccinate children under five to protect them against the highly contagious disease.
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UNICEF said ADB’s support will continue until December 2026 and will also provide targeted cash assistance to help families cover health-related costs.
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The Taliban have barred women without burqas from entering shopping malls and government offices in Herat province, local sources said, further tightening restrictions on women’s access to public spaces.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says recent devastating earthquakes in northern Afghanistan have further deepened the country’s already dire humanitarian crisis, compounding the effects of economic hardship, drought, and ongoing instability.
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A child was killed and his mother and brother were injured after an unexploded shell from past conflicts detonated in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, local sources reported.
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the Taliban for forcing detained journalist Mahdi Ansari to publicly confess, describing it as “a new phase of ruthless repression” of journalists in Afghanistan.
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The bodies of six workers from Afghanistan who died in a coal mine explosion in Tajikistan were returned home for burial, local sources said, marking the second deadly mining incident involving Afghan workers in the country this year.
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The death toll from a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan has risen to 27, with at least 956 people injured, the Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health said on Tuesday.
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Nearly 3,000 Afghan families were forced to return from Pakistan and Iran in a single day, according to Taliban authorities, as both countries continue mass deportations of Afghan refugees.
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The aid delivery follows a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan on Sunday night, leaving many families in urgent need of food, shelter, and medical care.
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