Afghanistan
Do not seek revenge on previous officials: Sarajudin Haqqani to Taliban commanders
Anyone who seeks revenge spoils the current system which is not acceptable, said Haqqani while speaking at a capacity-building conference of Kabul police districts commanders, The Khaama Press News Agency reported. He further said that he met the previous leaders and officials who have assured him that no one will harm them unless they commit a crime.
Presidential palace under Ashraf Ghani saw multiple cases of sexual assault, corruption
Nargis Nehan, a former female Afghan cabinet member, claimed she noticed several cases of corruption and sexual assault while working for the government of Afghanistan since 2008. Nehan, former Afghan Minister of Mines and Petroleum who was speaking in a Twitter space on Sunday, said she has noticed multiple cases of corruption and sexual assault at the very top levels within the Afghan cabinet members and the Presidential Palace, the report said.
Taliban trying to 'erase' women From public life: UN experts
The experts on Monday said that large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing since the fall of the country to the Taliban last August, reports TOLO News.
Former IS-K chief killed in Afghanistan shootout
The militant leader, who hailed from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Orakzai district, was killed during an investigation against organized kidnappers and criminal mafia.
At least 12 killed in Afghan earthquake, says official
"The worst-hit areas were Badruk, Darband-e-Safed and Khak Polak localities in Qadis district, east of the provincial capital Qala-e-Naw," Xinhua news agency quoted district chief Mohammad Saleh Purdil. Multiple houses were affected by the quake which occurred at 4:10 p.m., and the number of casualties may rise, the source said.
Concerns raised after Pak central bank refuses to open Afghanistan Relief Fund
The Pakistan government recently announced that it would be opening an account titled Afghanistan Relief Fund to keep a record of donations from Pakistan and abroad to help the people of Afghanistan meet their humanitarian needs. Following the announcement, the Finance Ministry had directed the State Bank of Pakistan to open the account with immediate effect for the Afghanistan Relief Fund.
Displaced Afghans selling kidneys, children to survive
The displaced families escaped heavy conflict between the Islamic Emirate and former government forces before the fall of the republican government in the northern provinces of Balkh, Sar-e-Pul, Faryab and Jawzjan. A charity committee is helping displaced families with food and cash aid in order to dissuade them from selling their children and kidneys.
There's no need for foreign manpower in Afghanistan: Karzai
On Friday while attending the third meeting of the Apex Committee on Afghanistan, Khan said the reason behind sending manpower to the country is to prevent a humanitarian crisis, TOLO News reported.
Blackout in Kabul as Uzbekistan power supply goes down
Spokesperson of DABS Hekmatullah Maiwandi in a video clip said that Uzbekistan has made the decision unilaterally and they have not been informed. Maiwandi said that Uzbekistan has cited technical problems for the decrease and added that the issue will be resolved in two or three days.
Afghan women demand govt jobs, representation
Some women who participated in Wednesday's protest were former employees of the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission, who lost their jobs following the Taliban takeover last August, TOLO News reported.
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