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The death toll from heavy rains and storms in Afghanstan's eastern Nangarhar Province has risen to 40, with 347 people injured, officials said.
Thirty-five people have died and more than 230 others have been injured in heavy rains and storms in Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan, the provincial administration of the Taliban-led government in Nangarhar said on July 15 in a statement.
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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said at a July 3 press conference in Kabul that the Taliban will not remove restrictions on women and women’s education in Afghanistan.
Women's rights were not on the agenda and women were excluded, as members of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban took part in UN-organized international talks in Doha on June 30-July 1, prompting criticism from human rights groups.
Two days of UN-organized talks on international relations with Taliban-led Afghanistan were getting under way in the Qatari capital, Doha, on June 30, with the Taliban present for the first time.
Celebrations of Afghanistan's historic progress to the T20 cricket World Cup semifinals took place across the country, although residents in Taliban-stronghold Kandahar said they were prevented from joining in. One happy fan told RFE/RL that the cricket victory over Bangladesh was "our only joy."
Afghan women’s rights activists have voiced their concerns ahead of a major international event on Afghanistan that will include the Taliban. Rights campaigners have accused the UN of legitimizing the Taliban by inviting the extremist group to the June 30-July 1 meeting.
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has drastically cut the salaries of female government employees, including doctors, nurses, and teachers. Afghan and international rights activists have condemned the move.
The Taliban has publicly flogged dozens of people in a sports stadium in northern Afghanistan after their convictions for crimes involving “immoral relations.”
Tens of thousands of impoverished retirees, who have not received their pensions since the Taliban seized power in 2021, have been forced to work again to feed their families. Many of the pensioners work as street vendors.
At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on June 1, a Taliban official said.
A growing number of Afghans are taking what little money they have in the bank and closing their accounts. Experts say trust in the formal banking system has collapsed.
Flooding from heavy rainfall swept through a remote village in northeast Afghanistan, killing 10 members of a single family.
An Afghan refugee in Bishkek says he fears for his safety after violent mobs attacked foreigners in the Kyrgyz capital. The assault was allegedly directed at international students and migrants. Victims have said Pakistani and Indian students were targeted.
At least four people were killed in an armed attack on a group of foreign tourists at a market in Bamiyan Province in central Afghanistan on May 17, according to government and security sources.
At least one Taliban border guard and one Pakistani soldier have been killed and several more injured in the latest border clash between them.
Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan has witnessed several bouts of deadly protests in recent weeks. The Taliban’s forceful enforcement of its drug ban triggered the rare demonstrations.
Victims of flash floods in northern Afghanistan say they have lost family and homes since heavy rains first struck on May 10. Thousands are homeless and hundreds are dead with just as many still missing, according to authorities. Many survivors are still awaiting tents, food aid, and medical care.
Emergency crews continue scrambling to rescue victims of massive flash floods in remote areas of northern Afghanistan, where hundreds have died. Torrents caused by heavy rainfall have struck communities in Baghlan Province, the worst-hit area, and thousands of homes have been destroyed.
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