Taliban prohibits girls from wearing make-up, short clothes at Herat University

Mar 14, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 : In another clampdown on Afghan women, the Taliban have ordered girl students at the Herat University not to wear...

Retired Kabul University professor sells clothes on streets to survive amid unpaid pensions

Sep 29, 2023

Amid the surge in unemployment and poverty in Afghanistan, a retired professor from Kabul University was found selling second-hand goods at the roadside in...

13 police officials killed by Taliban in Afghanistan's Herat

Jan 16, 2021

Herat [Afghanistan], January 16 : Thirteen members of Afghan Local Police were killed in an attack by Taliban "infiltrators" in their outpost in Ghorian...

Afghans sell Kidneys as they face starvation

Jan 28, 2022

Herat [Afghanistan], January 28 : Families in Afghanistan's western province of Herat are being forced to sell their kidneys amid dire poverty and starvation.

Bomb blast in Afghanistan's Herat kills 6 railway personnel

May 31, 2021

Herat [Afghanistan], May 31 : Six railway personnel were killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan's Herat province, Khaama Press said quoting an official.

Child among 3 killed in west Afghanistan shooting

Jun 16, 2021

Herat [Afghanistan], June 16 : Two women and a child were killed in a shooting in the western Afghan province of Herat on Tuesday...