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US Drone Strike Kills Al Qaeda Leader Zawahiri In Afghanistan
The United States has killed an al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the terrorist group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who had a $25 million bounty on his head, helped coordinate the Sept. 11, 2001, […]
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At Least 250 Killed And Scores Wounded As Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
An earthquake has killed at least 250 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan. The earthquake – which hit during the early hours of Wednesday, June 22 as many people slept – was a magnitude 6.1 quake at a depth of some 51km, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck about 44km (27 […]
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Finland Is Named The World’s Happiest Country For The Fifth Year Running With Afghanistan Named Unhappiest
Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored index that Afghanistan as the unhappiest. The latest list was completed before Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine. In the list, Denmark is ranked second happiest followed by Iceland, Switzerland and Netherlands. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, a co-author of the index, said: ‘This […]
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Afghanistan’s Ex-President Ashraf Ghani Reveals Why He Fled The Country As The Taliban Approached Kabul
Afghanistan’s former president , Ashraf Ghani has given an insight into his final days in office before the Taliban took over government in a stunning military sweep of the war-torn country. According to Ghani, he had just few minutes to decide to flee in the hours before the Taliban took control of the capital in […]
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Two Afghan Brothers Strangle, Dismember And Put Their Sisters Body Into Suitcase Then Bury It Because Of Her Western Way Of Life
Two brothers from Afghanistan have been charged by the German government for murdering their sister ‘because of her Western way of life’. The men, identified only as Sayed H., 26, and Seyed H., 22, due to Germany’s privacy laws, allegedly lured their 34-year-old sister Maryam H. to a meeting in Berlin on July 13, before […]
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Taliban Warn US, EU Of Economic Refugees If Afghanistan Sanctions Continue
Afghanistan’s new Taliban government has warned US and European envoys that the ongoing sanctions will jeopardize security and could trigger a wave of economic refugees. In a statement published late Tuesday, October 13, acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told Western diplomats at talks in Doha that “weakening the Afghan government is not in the interest of anyone […]
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Afghanistan’s Capital Kabul Faces Electricity Blackout As Taliban Fails To Pay Its Electrical Bills
Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul could be put into darkness as the winter sets in because the country’s new Taliban rulers haven’t paid countries that supply it with electricity or resumed collecting money from citizens who use it. Electricity imports from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan provide half of Afghanistan’s power consumption nationwide, with Iran providing additional supplies […]
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Afghanistan: Taliban Officially Declare Islamic Emirates And Name New Prime Minister And Government Officials
The Taliban have announced a new interim government in Afghanistan, naming Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund as the country’s interim prime minister as they officially declared the country an “Islamic Emirate”. Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund (pictured above), is one of the movement’s founders. According to Taliban Spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid who made the announcement on Tuesday, September […]
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Afghanistan: Heavy Clashes Erupt Between Taliban And Anti-Taliban Group In The Last Province Not Controlled By Taliban
On Thursday night, September 2, heavy clashes occured around Afghanistan’s northern Panjshir Valley between Taliban fighters and an anti-Taliban group, according to a source within the group. Panjshir Valley, a mountainous, inaccessible region north of Kabul, is the last major stronghold holding out against Taliban rule, and has a long history of resisting the insurgent […]
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Bin Laden Security Chief And Arms Suppliers, Amin Ul-Haq Returns To Afghanistan After 20-years Following Taliban Takeover (Photos)
A close aide of Osama bin Laden has returned to his home in Afghanistan after 20 years following the Taliban takeover. Amin ul-Haq, a top Al Qaeda arms supplier, returned to his hometown in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Monday August 30, just over two weeks after the Taliban took over nearly all of the country. Ul-Haq headed […]