Tag: Afghanistan
More than 50 people died on Wednesday in two different bus accidents on the same road in Afghanistan | News in brief
At least 52 people died and around 70 were injured in two different bus accidents in Afghanistan on the same road from Kabul to Kandahar, reports news agency AFP. One…
More than 80 people have already died in clashes between Sunnis and Shiites in northwestern Pakistan News in brief
The number of victims of clashes between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border rose to more than eighty on Sunday, local authorities said. There are…
Lehti: The man who tried to kill Trump gathered a military force in Ukraine | News in brief
British-trained Afghan soldiers would be ready to go to Ukraine as mercenaries if Britain would help them. British Independent magazine has found surprising information in September presidential candidate Donald Trump’s…
Many interpreters remain in Afghanistan
Many interpreters remain in the country – now collection is started • “If the Taliban find out, they will kill us” Many of the interpreters and other local employees who…
Pakistan railway station explosion caught on video | News in brief
At least 26 people were killed in a bomb attack at a railway station in the northwestern Pakistani city of Quetta near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, police and…
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Morals: Women were not prohibited from talking to each other in public places | News in brief
The Taliban’s Ministry of Promoting Virtues and Opposing Vices assures that the Taliban does not prohibit women from speaking in public. According to the Taliban, the restriction only applies to…
Opium cultivation has increased by 19 percent in Afghanistan | News in brief
21:11•Updated 21:12 Opium cultivation has increased by 19 percent in Afghanistan this year, says the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Growth has occurred despite the fact that the…
Eight killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan | News in brief
In Pakistan, militancy has increased since the Taliban organization returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Eight people have been killed and five wounded in a suicide bombing in West…
A grenade exploded in a market in Kabul, Afghanistan – one killed and 11 injured | News in brief
A grenade exploded in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Wednesday. The explosion killed one person and injured 11. According to the country’s Ministry of the Interior, the explosion took…
Ilmari Käihkö’s column: In helping Ukraine, familiar and destructive wishful thinking is repeated | Columns
Inflexibility in the face of facts once led to a complete defeat in the war in Afghanistan. A similar development now threatens Ukraine, Käihkö worries. Ilmari Kaishkö Docent of Military…