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…
TEHRAN — Iranian authorities executed two men on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, who were accused of orchestrating and participating in widespread anti-government demonstrations earlier this year. The executions mark a significant escalation in the state’s judicial crackdown on political dissent and civil unrest. The Mizan News Agency, the official media wing of Iran’s judiciary, identified…
GENEVA — Bektash Siawash, a prominent former member of the Parliament of Afghanistan, has officially launched his second protest sit-in outside the United Nations Office in Geneva. The demonstration tent was erected on Thursday, June 18 (28 Jawza). The sit-in aims to seek justice for Afghan women and push an explicit demand to the international…
GHAZNI — A child was killed and two others were injured on Monday, June 15, 2026, when an unexploded ordnance shell detonated in the Kewan area of Ghazni city’s third police district. Khalid Sarhadi, spokesperson for the local police command, confirmed that the explosion occurred when a group of nomadic (Kuchi) children discovered and attempted…
WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Defense has officially released the identities and photographs of two American service members killed following a series of Iranian drone and ballistic missile strikes on a military installation in Jordan. The Pentagon confirmed on Monday that the fallen active-duty soldiers are Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas,…
KABUL — The Taliban leadership has issued a series of sweeping decrees strictly banning the use of smartphones by all government employees and members of their own security apparatus, introducing severe penalties including device destruction and court-martial for violators. The strict directive, attributed to Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, officially went into effect this week following…
