November 14, 2022

No information about fate of activists detained by Taliban in Kabul

No one knows the fate of two female activists and four male colleagues arrested by the Taliban in the past two weeks, seven female activists and protesters in Kabul tell Zan Times.  In the most high profile case, Zarifa Yaqoubi, a prominent women’s rights activist, and four male colleagues were arrested by the Taliban on …

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150 travellers trapped by snow on the Ghor-Kabul highway and plead for immediate help

Heavy snowfall near Bakak Kotel has left around 150 travellers stranded on the Ghor-Kabul highway since Sunday. And they say conditions are worsening as they ask for immediate help.    “We left Ghor for Kabul yesterday morning. Eight vehicles,  vans, and cars, are stuck near Bakak Kotel due to heavy snow and a storm,” explains Khair …

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18.9 million face ‘potentially life-threatening levels of hunger’: SIGAR

Around 18.9 million Afghans out of a total population of around 40 million face “potentially life-threatening levels of hunger—including nearly six million facing near-famine conditions—from June to November 2022,” says the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), in its latest report.   The SIGAR report – which is published quarterly for the …

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Two children, two deaths a day apart in one district in Kapisa

Two children died in the same district of Kapisa province on the weekend and while their deaths occurred a day apart, they serve to highlight the capricious nature of life and death that is ever-present in Afghanistan.   Both deaths occurred in Tagab district. On Sunday, a Taliban gunman was speeding on his motorcycle when he …

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