Tag: Afghanistan
Pakistani army attacks reportedly left nearly 50 dead
Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, border tensions with Pakistan have increased. Islamabad says armed groups are carrying out attacks from Afghan soil and demands a response from Kabul.…
Taliban ban poppy cultivation
The supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, on Sunday April 3 ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in the country. He warned that authorities would destroy any plantations they…
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, broken but filled with hope for Afghanistan’s future
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, a member of the High Council for National Reconciliation in Afghanistan before the Taliban took power, was an adviser to President Ashraf Ghani. A peace activist from…
Afghan women will not be able to board a plane without a male escort
A new restriction has been imposed on women’s right to travel in Afghanistan, where the radical Islamist Taliban seized power last year. According to two officials who made a statement…
Afghan middle school and high school girls deprived of school on the day of the new school year
The Taliban had promised on Monday March 21 that Afghan high school and college girls could resume their education on March 23, after having been deprived of it since religious…
Girls’ schools opened for a moment and immediately arrested in Afghanistan – “Pupils cry and don’t want to leave class”
The opening of secondary schools to girls has been a condition for foreign aid supplies in the West. The Taliban has not said a reason for closing the schools. 23.3.…
In Iran, Nowruz celebrations marred by price hikes
Iranians celebrate the New Year of the Persian calendar despite high inflation exceeding 50% in recent months. With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi Nowruz, the festival of spring, has…
Nowruz, the Persian spring festival, an anthropological mystery
Nowruz, the spring festival celebrated this Sunday in many countries of the ancient Persian Empire and far beyond, is celebrated at the precise moment of the spring equinox by more…
EPN visits Afghanistan to a private girls’ school – teacher: “We are not afraid of the Taliban”
In Afghanistan, girls ’private schools are still open, but not everyone can afford them. The parents of many girls also forbid schooling. The Taliban has promised to open all public…
Afghans no longer have enough money to meet their food needs
Since the Taliban took over, more than two-thirds of Afghans have suffered a major drop in wages and are no longer able to meet their food needs, according to a…