The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Afghanistan horror one year on as children sold into marriage while families starve

One year after the disastrous withdrawal which saw desperate people clinging to the outside of planes to escape, Afghanistan is facing a food crisis with girls getting less food than boys

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Taliban offer security to Indian mission

Taliban dispensation hopes to get ‘unfinished projects‘ completed

The Hindu · Aug 13, 2022

One year of Taliban rule has devastated Afghanistan, but there are glimmers of hope within 'secret schools'

In Afghanistan, a whisper network of teachers, parents and community leaders is funnelling girls to secret schools, defying the rule of the Taliban.

ABC News · Aug 13, 2022

Taliban disperses Afghan women’s march for ‘work and freedom’

Demonstrators carrying a banner that read ‘August 15 is a black day’ demanded rights to work, political participation.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2022

Taliban Fighters Fire in Air to Disperse Women's Protest

Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital. Since seizing power on August 15 last year, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during the two decades of US intervention in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 13, 2022

The suspect in the killings of 4 Muslim men in New Mexico left a trail of violence

The lengthy pattern of violence — which began not long after Muhammad Syed arrived in the U.S. in 2016 — has shocked members of Albuquerque's small, close-knit Muslim community.

WEKU · Aug 13, 2022

‘She asked me, will they kill you if they discover you?’: Afghan girls defy education ban at secret schools

Girls forced to stop attending school under Taliban are taking huge risks to keep studying – as are the teachers helping them

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

Suspect in 4 New Mexico killings left trail of violence

Police and court records show the main suspect in the slaying of four Muslim men in Albuquerque has committed regular acts of violence in the six years since he resettled in the United States

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022

A year since fleeing Kabul: ‘Now my children can grow up in peace’

The withdrawal of allied troops from Afghanistan a year ago led to desperate scenes as refugees tried to escape the Taliban. One man tells his family’s story

The Guardian - AU · Aug 12, 2022

Timeline of Events in Afghanistan since Taliban Takeover

The Taliban's capture of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021 brought the hardline movement back into power in Afghanistan nearly 20 years after they were toppled by the US invasion following the 9/11 attacks. The year since has been disastrous for the country. After the world cut off funding, Afghanistan’s already…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 12, 2022