Afghanistan: Former minister, bodyguard shot dead in Kabul
World | Jan 16, 2023, 12:45 PM ISTAfghanistan: This is the first time that a lawmaker from the previous government has been killed since the Taliban's take-over in 2021.
Afghanistan: This is the first time that a lawmaker from the previous government has been killed since the Taliban's take-over in 2021.
Earlier on January 13th, 11 countries had urged the group to remove all restrictions against women and girls in Afghanistan and allow them to return to public life.
Afghanistan: The ban, announced last month, forced a widespread shutdown of many aid operations by organisations that said they cannot and would not work without their female staff.
According to local media reports, several are feared to be killed during the explosion.
Kabul blasts: The latest incident took place barely three days after at least 10 people were killed and eight others seriously injured in an explosion that occurred at the Kabul military airport, on January 1.
Afghanistan: Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said the blast left several people dead and wounded.
Restrictions on Afghan women: United Nation's human rights chief Volker Türk warned that the latest decree by the Taliban rulers will have terrible consequences for women and for all Afghan people.
The bans are the latest restrictive moves by Afghanistan's new rulers against women's rights and freedoms, coming just days after the Taliban banned female students from attending universities across the country.
The US had claimed that its forces killed al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan earlier in July this year. Even US President Joe Biden released a video wherein he praised the efforts of the forces involved in the al-Zawahiri killing operation.
Several countries, including India, expressed concerns and denounced the Taliban's latest decision to ban university education for women in Afghanistan.
As per Pakistani media, one of the detained militants snatched an AK-47 gun from an interrogator and subsequently freed his other inmates. Later, they took hostage several CTD officials and demanded a free escape to Afghanistan.
The authorities issued an order to all government and private universities in Afghanistan to suspend "education of females" until further notice, reports said.
Pakistan CTD officials hostage: Amid the border tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan, detained militants inside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) held interrogators hostage on Sunday.
Kabul attack: The militant strike on the Kabul Longan Hotel on Monday afternoon sent plumes of smoke rising from the 10-story structure building in the heart of the city, according to images posted on social media.
Kabul Hotel Blast: According to news agency AFP, the building was frequently visited by Chinese businessmen in Kabul. Former ToloNews journalist, Addulhaq Omeri posted videos of the attack on his Twitter handle.
The Pakistan government has approached the Afghan authorities in Kabul to highlight the severity of the situation and has demanded strict action to avoid recurrence of this incident in the future.
Amid the grim situation in war-torn Afghanistan, its former Intelligence Chief believes India is willing to engage with the Taliban to restore normalcy in the debt-ridden country.
Public execution in Afghanistan: The executed man, identified as Tajmir from Herat province, was convicted of killing another man five years ago and stealing his motorcycle and mobile phone.
Taliban government reported that an IS suspect was arrested on Monday in connection with the Pakistan Embassy attack. The suspect was a foreign national and the attack was organised jointly by IS and “rebels,” apparently a reference to anti-Taliban groups in Afghanistan, the AP report said.
Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani survived an attack on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul on Friday, drawing immediate condemnation and a demand for a probe from Islamabad.
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