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April 01, 2021
Afghan Women Pyrographers Challenge Male Counterparts In The Arts Industry

A group of female artists in Afghanistan’s central province of Bamyan has recently opened a small pyrography and engraving studio to promote fine arts in the region. VOA’s Zafar Bamiyani has more from Bamyan in this report narrated by Bezhan Hamdard.

April 01, 2021
Afghan Policewoman Killed On Way To Work Amid Targeted Killing Rise

An Afghan official says a female police officer has been gunned down in the eastern city of Jalalabad, the latest reported killing targeting women in the provincial capital.
April 01, 2021
‘Wave’ Of Taliban Violence Against Journalists Raises Concerns Over Press Freedom In Peace Settlement

Human Rights Watch accuses the Taliban of having engaged in “a pattern of threats, intimidation, and violence” against media workers in Afghanistan.
March 31, 2021
Afghanistan Recognizes Long Forgotten Ethnic Tatar Community

Afghanistan’s Tatar community has been largely forgotten over the centuries. But now, the Turkic-speaking ethnic group is gaining greater recognition in the war-torn country.
March 30, 2021
Amnesty Report Makes Plea For Afghanistan's Displaced People Left Badly Exposed To Pandemic

Amnesty International is urging the Afghan government and the international community to scale up efforts to support the country’s 4 million internally displaced people who it says have “little or no means” of protecting themselves from contracting, spreading, and recovering from COVID-19.
March 30, 2021
Ghani Outlines Afghan Government's Taliban Peace Proposal

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has sketched out parts of his peace proposal at a regional summit, hinting for the first time he may be open to a possible transitional government leading to early elections.
March 30, 2021
Three Female Polio Vaccination Health Workers Killed In Afghanistan

Afghan officials say unknown gunmen have killed three female polio vaccination health workers in the eastern city of Jalalabad.
March 30, 2021
Afghan Rights Group Probes Reports Of Civilians Killed During Anti-Taliban Operation

An Afghan human rights group says it is investigating the alleged killing of civilians during fighting between government forces and Taliban insurgents in the eastern province of Khost.
March 29, 2021
Last Afghan Jew Prepares To Leave Amid Exodus Of Minorities

There is a risk that Afghanistan’s non-Muslim minorities, many of whose members fled during the tumultuous decades following the 1978 communist coup, could vanish completely if peace does not follow the departure of international troops this year.
March 28, 2021
U.S. Afghan Envoy Looks To Accelerate Peace Talks In Trip To Region

Washington's special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has traveled to Turkey and the region as part of an effort to encourage the Taliban and the Afghan government to work toward a peace agreement as a deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops looms.
March 27, 2021
Thirteen Afghan Police Officers Killed In Separate Attacks

Afghan officials say more than a dozen police officers have been killed in attacks by the Taliban in the country’s volatile south.
March 27, 2021
Paris Pays Tribute To Assassinated Afghan Resistance Leader

The city of Paris has inaugurated a pathway in the Champs-Elysees gardens named after the late Afghan resistance fighter and anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Shah Masud.

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Afghanistan

Thursday 1 April 2021

Afghan Women Pyrographers Challenge Male Counterparts In The Arts Industry

Afghan Policewoman Killed On Way To Work Amid Targeted Killing Rise

‘Wave’ Of Taliban Violence Against Journalists Raises Concerns Over Press Freedom In Peace Settlement

Afghanistan Recognizes Long Forgotten Ethnic Tatar Community

Amnesty Report Makes Plea For Afghanistan's Displaced People Left Badly Exposed To Pandemic

Ghani Outlines Afghan Government's Taliban Peace Proposal

Three Female Polio Vaccination Health Workers Killed In Afghanistan

Afghan Rights Group Probes Reports Of Civilians Killed During Anti-Taliban Operation

Last Afghan Jew Prepares To Leave Amid Exodus Of Minorities

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Paris Pays Tribute To Assassinated Afghan Resistance Leader

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Afghanistan

Thursday 1 April 2021

Afghan Women Pyrographers Challenge Male Counterparts In The Arts Industry

Afghan Policewoman Killed On Way To Work Amid Targeted Killing Rise

‘Wave’ Of Taliban Violence Against Journalists Raises Concerns Over Press Freedom In Peace Settlement

Afghanistan Recognizes Long Forgotten Ethnic Tatar Community

Amnesty Report Makes Plea For Afghanistan's Displaced People Left Badly Exposed To Pandemic

Ghani Outlines Afghan Government's Taliban Peace Proposal

Three Female Polio Vaccination Health Workers Killed In Afghanistan

Afghan Rights Group Probes Reports Of Civilians Killed During Anti-Taliban Operation

Last Afghan Jew Prepares To Leave Amid Exodus Of Minorities

U.S. Afghan Envoy Looks To Accelerate Peace Talks In Trip To Region

Thirteen Afghan Police Officers Killed In Separate Attacks

Paris Pays Tribute To Assassinated Afghan Resistance Leader

Top Trending

'Afghanistan Is Hell': Supporters Of Late Afghan General Claim Taliban Killings, Persecution

Border Clash Between Taliban, Pakistani Military Leaves One Dead

'Everyone Is Anxious': Pakistan's Mass Arrests Of Afghan Refugees Fuel Fear Of New Crackdown

Taliban Takes Lamb Testicles Off The Menu As Bigger Issues Loom

'Beaten And Humiliated': Taliban Cracks Down On Afghan Universities In Bid To Curb Women's Protests

Khan Cancels March To Islamabad, Ends Demand For Early Elections, But Vows To Fight On

Banned From Public Parks And Bathhouses, Afghan Women Say Life Under Taliban Is Like A 'Prison'

At Least Nine Reportedly Killed In Taliban Attack On Village In Ethnic Hazara Province

Taliban Claims To Have Eliminated Islamic State Hideout In Kabul

'They Torture And Kill Us': Gay Afghan Men Fear For Lives Under The Taliban

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