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An Afghan poet and historian has been tortured and shot dead by the Taliban in the country’s south, a local official said.
Police in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh say the Taliban killed a young woman for wearing tight clothing and not being accompanied by a male relative.
Thousands of Afghans have gathered in the streets and on rooftops in major cities for several nights to chant Allahu Akbar, or "God is the greatest." The demonstrations are a spontaneous show of support for the nation's security forces and an expression of defiance toward the Taliban.
The Taliban has intensified its attacks on Afghan cities in recent days, targeting the capitals of Kandahar, Herat, and Helmand provinces. As government forces battle to defend the city centers, thousands of civilians are being driven from their homes.
The United States and Britain have said the Taliban may have committed “war crimes” and accused the militant group of “massacring” Afghan civilians when it captured the southern town of Spin Boldak in July.
Residents of Afghanistan's second-largest city expressed fear of further Taliban advances on August 1 after at least three rockets struck and disabled Kandahar airport overnight.
Afghan security forces and Taliban militants clashed again on the outskirts of the western Afghan city of Herat on July 31 -- a day after the militant group attempted to storm into the city.
At least 20 people have been killed and 18 others injured in two separate traffic accidents, local officials told RFE/RL's Radio Azadi.
Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces was reported July 30 on the outskirts of the western city of Herat, the capital of Herat Province.
As two districts in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan fell to Taliban extremists, families fled to the city of Asadabad. Some describe escaping through a desert without decent shoes or clothing -- and they say those who couldn't endure the tough journey were left behind.
Civilians and traders in Kandahar complain of mounting insecurity and double taxation amid the conflict between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
As Afghanistan faces a resurgence of the Taliban, the hard-won rights of Afghan women hang in the balance. One young female reporter for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi says it's her mission to tell women's stories as they fight to defend their rights.
At least 40 people have been killed and 150 more are missing after flash floods hit the northeastern Afghan province of Nuristan.
Taliban advances across Afghanistan are forcing women journalists to give up their jobs, go underground, or even flee their country. Press freedom and journalist security are in a free fall after the Taliban overran large swathes of Afghanistan this year.
Thousands of Afghans are escaping abroad every day as the Taliban wages a blistering military offensive amid the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country.
As the Taliban expands its reach across Afghanistan, the militants have taken control of nearly all of Farah Province, which borders Iran in the country's southwest. Families who have fled the fighting describe seeing their homes destroyed by bombs or being forced to give up the last of their food.
Traders near the so-called Durand Line that separates Afghanistan and Pakistan are severely impacted by escalating fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces. But there also are many other major obstacles to a full resumption of cross-border traffic.
Homaira Nawrozi, 23, is a teacher in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan's embattled Helmand Province. She wanted to give other Afghans a chance to learn outside of the classroom, so she opened her own small library where anyone can visit, read, and learn.
With Afghanistan facing a wave of coronavirus infections, oxygen is in short supply at the country's underfunded hospitals. To help meet the demand, faculty and students at Kabul Medical University have built an oxygen-concentrating machine that pulls the vital gas from the air.
For many Afghans, doubts about the peace process with the Taliban are growing as Islamist militants capture more territory across the country. And anxieties in the capital, Kabul, rose as at least three rockets exploded near the presidential palace on July 20.
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