Massive Earthquake Kills over 2,400 in Northwest Afghanistan
Afghanistan was struck by its deadliest earthquake in years on Sunday, with over 2,400 casualties reported at last count from the northwestern city of Herat and its surrounding province.
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Reports: Taliban Stops Issuing Drivers Licenses for Women
Jan Agha Achakzai, the director of an institute overseeing driving schools in Herat, Afghanistan, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) in a report published on Tuesday the Taliban recently ordered his subordinates to stop issuing driving licenses to women.
GRAPHIC WARNING: Video Allegedly Shows Taliban Executing Police Chief
Afghan armed forces veteran and Badghis provincial police chief Haji Mullah Achakzai was allegedly executed by the Taliban in a gruesome video posted on social media. The police chief was bound, blindfolded, forced to kneel, murdered by Taliban gunmen, and left lying in the sand.
Afghan Girls Return to School Wearing Hijabs and Sanitary Masks
Photos published by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday show schoolgirls in the Afghan city of Herat returning to school this week wearing sanitary masks in lieu of the niqab, a full-face covering the Taliban traditionally required women and girls to wear in public under sharia, or Islamic law.
Four More Cities Fall to the Taliban in 12 Hours
Taliban insurgents claim they added the capitals of Herat, Kandahar, Badghis, and Helmand provinces to their string of conquests in about 12 hours on Thursday, moving on to attack government forces in the heart of two more provinces, Ghor and Zabul.
Afghan President: ‘Sudden’ U.S. Pullout (After 20 Years) Fueling Taliban Wins
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Monday blamed the “sudden” withdrawal of U.S. troops for his country’s deteriorating security situation, as Taliban insurgents closed in on three provincial capitals and hit the Kandahar airport with rocket artillery.
Report: Afghan District Bordering Iran Embracing Crystal Meth Production
Nearly 80 percent of all households in the Afghan district of Ghoryan, located in Herat province along the Iranian border, are involved in some stage of the crystal methamphetamine-making process that is currently fueling addiction epidemics plaguing Afghanistan and Iran, TRT World reported this week.
Ramadan Carnage: Terrorists Kill 10, Injure 15 Outside Ancient Mosque in Afghanistan
Unknown terrorists detonated a suspected bomb in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, which sits along the country’s border with Iran, as people made their way to an ancient mosque for prayers Tuesday, killing up to ten people and wounding at least 15 others.
Afghanistan’s Green Gold: Taliban Terrorists Earn $15 Million a Year Selling Pistachios
Taliban jihadists generated $15 million for terrorist activities in 2016 from harvesting Afghanistan’s “green gold,” pistachios, over 32,000 hectares in the Kushki Kuhna district of the country’s western Herat province.
Report: USAID Provided Faulty GPS Data for Hospitals in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided inaccurate location data for nearly two dozen health facilities in the western Afghan province of Herat, placing the hospitals at risk of suffering the same deadly fate as the Doctors Without Borders medical center, a watchdog agency appointed by Congress found.
Poisoned Female Afghan Students in Suspected Taliban Attack Now Nearly 300
Nearly 300 schoolgirls, including kindergarteners, and female teachers have reportedly been poisoned this week in the western Afghan province of Herat and the Taliban, which is opposed to women’s access to education, is suspected to be behind the three gas poisoning incidents.
Afghanistan: Taliban May Have Poisoned 126 Schoolgirls, Female Teachers
The Taliban is suspected of poisoning as many as 126 schoolgirls and female teachers at a private school in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, according to various news outlets.
Men Throw Acid on Three Afghan Girls for Attending School
Attackers on a motorcycle threw acid into the faces of three teenage girls on their way to school in western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, according to officials.
