Source: Guardian
At least three people have been killed and more than 18 people injured in three explosions in Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province.
It is reported that the intended target may have been a passing convoy of the Taliban in the provincial capital. It is the first attack in the province since the Taliban came into power in mid-August.
Continue reading Three killed in explosions in Jalalabad, eastern AfghanistanSource: Guardian
The US mistakenly targeted and killed an innocent aid worker for an American company in a drone strike in Afghanistan, the New York Times suggested in an investigation into the country’s final military action of the recently concluded 20-year war.
Continue reading US drone strike mistakenly targeted Afghan aid worker, investigation findsSource: The Hill
Nearly 30 more Americans were evacuated from Afghanistan via a charter flight, the State Department announced Saturday.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement on Saturday that a Qatar Airways charter flight departed Kabul on Friday with 28 U.S. citizens and seven lawful permanent residents.
Continue reading Nearly 30 more Americans evacuated from AfghanistanSource: CNN
Wakil’s eyes fill with tears. He has no idea whether he and his family will get out of Afghanistan, and fears that if they don’t the Taliban will hunt him down and kill him. A former US government employee, Wakil is not his real name; he spoke to CNN on the condition that his identify would not be revealed
Continue reading ‘They didn’t betray us yet,’ says stranded Afghan ally with enduring hope of US rescueSource: The Independent
Boris Johnson’s government has been accused of quietly slashing the number of Afghan refugees to be admitted to the UK by 10 per cent under a scheme set up to protect those fleeing the country following the pullout of international troops last month.
Continue reading Government accused of lowering cap on Afghan refugees by 10 per centSource: BBC
The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, with only boys and male teachers allowed back into classrooms.
Schoolgirls told the BBC they were devastated not to be returning. “Everything looks very dark,” one said.
Taliban officials who seized power last month said they were working to reach a decision on the matter.
Many fear a return of the regime of the 1990s when the Taliban severely restricted girls’ and women’s rights.
Source: Tolo News
Activists said the removal of the ministry is against the Taliban’s promises on women’s rights to work and gain an education.
The announcement of the caretaker cabinet by the Taliban did not include the Ministry of Women Affairs, which operated during the former government. Now its building has been given to the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.
Afghan American author Nadia Hashimi recommends books that illuminate the history and conflicts of Afghanistan
Continue reading A Literary Guide to Understanding Afghanistan, Past and PresentUNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council extended a U.N. political mission in Afghanistan on Friday for six months to allow for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to work out what changes might be needed after the Taliban seized control of the country.
The Dutch defence minister has became the second cabinet member to resign over the Afghan evacuation debacle.
Ank Bijleveld resigned on Friday, following the foreign minister, Sigrid Kaag, out of the door after parliament formally censured them over a crisis that has left dozens of interpreters stranded in Afghanistan.