Former Afghan Lawmaker Mursal Nabizada Shot Dead in Kabul
A former Afghan lawmaker and one of her bodyguards were killed in their home in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, police said. Mursal Nabizada had been a member of parliament in the US-backed government that was deposed by the Taliban in August 2021. She was one of the few parliamentarians who remained in Kabul after the Taliban […]
UN Envoy Calls For Pressure on Taliban Over Women’s College Ban
The United Nations special envoy for global education has called on Islamic countries to condemn a Taliban move banning female students from universities, the latest in a series of restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan. “This is one of the saddest days for those who are concerned about the rights of women and girls,” Gordon […]
Suicide bomber kills at least 19 people in School Explosion in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber attacked an educational institute in the Afghan capital, killing at least 19 people. As many as 27 other people were injured in the early Friday blast, which occurred in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite-Muslim area that is home to the minority Hazara community, according to police spokesman Khalid […]