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Kabul: A car bomb, which targeted National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel in southern Helmand province region of Afghanistan, left at least one person killed on Monday, media reports said on Monday. more
Improved Afghan law still fails victims of sex crimes and violence against women, UN report finds

New York: Afghanistan’s justice system is continuing to fail female victims of violence and sex crimes, despite a 2009 law that was hailed as a significant step forward in legal eff ...

First female Lt. Gen. of Afghanistan Suhaila Siddiq dies

Kabul: The first female lieutenant general of Afghanistan died at a hospital in Kabul on Friday.

Afghanistan: 3 security officials killed in Taliban attack in Paktia

Paktia: At least three security officials were killed as Taliban militants attacked a public protection forces unit compound in Gardez city of Afghanistan Paktia's province on  T ...

Thankful to Indian govt for bringing me back: Nidan Singh Sachdeva

New Delhi: Nidan Singh Sachdeva, the Afghan Sikh who was kidnapped a month ago and released recently, arrived in New Delhi recently and thanked the Indian government for bringing him back ...

Pashtuns from Afghanistan protest against Pakistan and Punjabi Taliban globally

Pashtuns from Paktia, Paktika and Khost provinces in Afghanistan gave call for a two-day protest demonstration in three provinces against Punjabi Taliban, asking them to evacuate from bot ...

Remaining Sikhs in Afghanistan live in fear of terrorists and Covid-19, awaiting India to rescue them

Kabul: Living under the constant threat of terrorists in cramped conditions since the March 25 massacre,  Sikhs staying in Afghanistan are exposed to Covid-19, leaving them with no o ...

Afghanistan: Civilian casualties down, but hundreds still killed, despite US-Taliban deal

New York : In the first quarter of 2020, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan fell by nearly a third from the same period a year earlier, representing the lowest first quarter ...

Despite loud confessions of guilt by ISIS over the Kabul Gurdwara terrorist attack, the orchestrators might actually be different

The Sikh community in Afghanistan that once constituted a vibrant, well integrated and economically active part of Afghan society has, since the Taliban grabbed power in the 1990s, been p ...

Afghanistan peace prospects ‘slim’ without women’s participation: Hillary Clinton

New York/IBNS: There can be no sustainable peace in Afghanistan if women are not at the negotiating table, former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ambassadors and act ...