BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — A young man was killed in central Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province while successfully intervening to protect his sister from an attempted abduction, local security officials confirmed on Saturday. The incident took place in the Sarternok village of Yakawlang district, where an armed assailant identified as “Ali” attempted to forcibly abduct a young local…
DOHA, Qatar — The foreign ministers of Qatar and Kuwait have formally welcomed substantial breakthroughs in the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran, expressing optimism that a comprehensive peace accord to resolve their months-long security standoff could be signed within days. The high-level diplomatic endorsement came during a telephone conversation on Saturday between…
GHAZNI, Afghanistan — A severe traffic collision involving a passenger bus and a commercial cargo trailer has left two people dead and 29 others injured in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, local authorities confirmed Sunday. The incident occurred at approximately 10:00 p.m. on Saturday night along the Rawza Pass (Rawza Kotal), a critical transport corridor situated…
PARIS — Members of the Afghan diaspora gathered in Paris on Saturday to stage a demonstration protesting the Taliban’s recent mass detention of women and girls in Herat, characterising the crackdown as a systematic campaign to erase women from public life. The demonstration, held on June 13, follows reports from the United Nations and human rights…
