#Pajhwok Afghan News

[endimpunityday]

DAY I - Opening ceremony - Intl' Day to end Impunity Against Journalists 2023.

08:00 - 09:00 -  Registration at the Organization of American States (OAS) Hall of the Americas. 

09:00 - 10:30 - Opening ceremony of the global commemoration

Artistic performance by Vivir Quintana, singer, composer

Welcome and opening remarks:

Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS 

Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO 

Keynote speeches by:

Margaret Macaulay, IACHR President 

Birgitta Tazelaar, Co-Chair, Media Freedom Coalition and Netherlands Ambassador to the United States 

Address by:

Justice Imani Daud Aboud, President, African Court for Human and Peoples Rights 

Testimony from:

Danish Karokhel, Director & Editor-in-Chief, Pajhwok Afghan News

Panel discussion:

 Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion

Jodie Ginsberg, President, CPJ

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"The Devastation Unleashed: Uncovering the Mystery Behind Afghanistan's Earthquake that Claimed Over 320 Lives and Obliterated 12 Villages"

Kabul: According to the United Nations, a devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan’s Herat, resulting in the death of more than 320 people and leaving hundreds severely injured. The Pajhwok Afghan News reported that local officials in Herat confirmed that over 30 individuals lost their lives and over 600 others sustained injuries due to a series of earthquakes in the…

[blogynewz]

"The Devastation Unleashed: Uncovering the Mystery Behind Afghanistan's Earthquake that Claimed Over 320 Lives and Obliterated 12 Villages"

Kabul: According to the United Nations, a devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan’s Herat, resulting in the death of more than 320 people and leaving hundreds severely injured. The Pajhwok Afghan News reported that local officials in Herat confirmed that over 30 individuals lost their lives and over 600 others sustained injuries due to a series of earthquakes in the…

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"The Devastation Unleashed: Uncovering the Mystery Behind Afghanistan's Earthquake that Claimed Over 320 Lives and Obliterated 12 Villages"

Kabul: According to the United Nations, a devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan’s Herat, resulting in the death of more than 320 people and leaving hundreds severely injured. The Pajhwok Afghan News reported that local officials in Herat confirmed that over 30 individuals lost their lives and over 600 others sustained injuries due to a series of earthquakes in the…

[shahananasrin-blog]

[ad_1] Afghanistan and Pakistan are scheduled to play a three-match ODI series in August, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said on Tuesday, according to a report by Pajhwok Afghan News. Earlier today, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also announced a revised Future Tours Programme (FTP) for 2023-2025. In the revised FTP, Pakistan is supposed to play an away ODI series against Afghanistan in August, 2023. The venue and dates of the series are yet to be announced, but the series is likely to take place in UAE. Earlier this year in March, the neighbouring countries also played a three-match T20I series in Sharjah, which Afghanistan won by a margin of 2-1. The aforementioned series between the two countries will serve as preparation for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023. Asia Cup is scheduled to take place from August 31st to September 17th, under the hybrid model, according to which, the first four matches of the tournament will be held in Pakistan, followed by a shift to Sri Lanka for nine matches, including the final. Pakistan is expected to play their first group match in Asia Cup against Nepal on 31st August in Multan. The opening ceremony of the tournament will also be held in Multan on the same day. Lahore will be another venue for the Asia Cup matches in Pakistan. The Men in Green will immediately depart for Sri Lanka after their first match against Nepal. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan will play their group matches in Pakistan before flying to Sri Lanka for the remaining matches. The official announcement of the Asia Cup schedule will be made by the chairman of PCB management committee, Zaka Ashraf, on Wednesday. (function(d, s, id) var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=" fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); [ad_2]

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afghanistan: Afghan women demand political, social inclusion - Times of India

afghanistan: Afghan women demand political, social inclusion – Times of India

KABUL: Dozens of Afghan women activists on Sunday held protests in Afghanistan demanding political and social inclusion. These women sought female representation in the caretaker government of the Taliban and said that they will not stop resisting until their role in the new government is clarified, Tolo News reported. “Today, October 10, is World Women Solidarity Day with Afghan Women. And women…

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Afghan businesswomen in Islamabad for talks – Pajhwok Afghan News

Afghan businesswomen in Islamabad for talks – Pajhwok Afghan News

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Afghan businesswomen and members of the Afghan Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry are participating in a focus group discussion in Islamabad. The Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has organised the 10th focus group discussion (FGD). A statement from PAJCCI said the discussion in the federal capital involved stakeholders in Pak-Afghan trade. Current…

[saddayfordemocracy]

The Taliban has retaken control of Afghanistan!

As Taliban fighters took Kabul on Sunday evening, roaming through the halls of the abandoned presidential palace, the group issued a statement: It would soon revive Afghanistan’s former name.

The country that was built in the wake of the 2001 U.S. invasion at a cost of over $2 trillion would revert to the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” (That’s the name the country bore between 1996 and 2001).

The Taliban, which means "students" in the Pashto language, have been waging an insurgency against the Western-backed government in Kabul since they were ousted from power in 2001.

The group was formed by "mujahideen" fighters who fought Soviet forces in the 1980s with the backing of the CIA.

Emerging in 1994 as one of several factions fighting a civil war, the Taliban gained control of much of the country by 1996 and imposed its own strict version of Sharia, or Islamic law.

Men were forced to grow beards. Women were forced to wear burqas, flowing garments that cover the entire face and body. Schools for girls were shuttered. Women who were unaccompanied in public places could be beaten. Soccer was banned. So was music, aside from religious chants. The Taliban government held public executions in Kabul’s Ghazi Stadium.

There were photos of children dying of preventable illnesses in a dilapidated pediatric hospital. Images of the ancient Buddhist statues pulverized by the Taliban because its leaders considered the stone images to be idolatrous. The sea of refugees and displaced people living in makeshift tents across the region.

The group is infamous for its use of suicide bombers and has been accused of assassinating top Afghan officials and holding kidnapped Western citizens for ransom.

Only four countries recognised the Taliban when it was last in power: neighbouring Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkemnistan.

After sheltering Osama bin Laden and key al Qaeda figures in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Taliban would fall after a US-led military coalition launched an offensive on 7 October 2001.

Despite being ousted from power, the Taliban would continue a guerrilla war against the Western-backed governments and US-led forces in the country.

Around 150,000 British military personnel have served in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, and 457 have been killed.

Also, 2,448 American service members have died in the conflict.

The Taliban entered into talks with the US in 2018 and struck a ‘peace’ deal in February 2020 which committed the US to withdraw its troops while preventing the Taliban from attacking US forces.

However, the Taliban have continued to kill Afghan security forces and civilians...

If there is 1 image that symbolized the brutality of the Taliban regime in 90s, it was that of a woman in a blue burqa being executed in public in KBL’s stadium.

An Afghan judge hits a woman with a whip in front of a crowd in Ghor province, Afghanistan August 31, 2015. REUTERS/Pajhwok News Agency.

A member of the Taliban's religious police beating an Afghan woman in Kabul on August 26, 2001. The footage, filmed by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, can be seen at pz.rawa.org/rawasongs/movie/beating.mpg

The cover of the Aug. 9 issue of Time magazine features a photo of Aisha, an 18-year-old Afghan woman with a mutilated nose. Time Inc./AP

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Afghan Sikh, security guard & Taliban soldier killed in terror attack on Kabul gurdwara

Afghan Sikh, security guard & Taliban soldier killed in terror attack on Kabul gurdwara

ISLAMABAD/AMBALA/AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH: A terrorist attack on the last remaining gurdwara in Kabul early Saturday morning left an Afghan Sikh, a private security guard and a Taliban soldier dead and several others injured. The attackers were killed by Taliban forces, the Afghan interior ministry said without giving details about the number of assailants. Pajhwok news agency, however, said there had…

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Taliban hijab decree may hobble engagement with int'l community, warns UN

The Taliban decree for women to must cover their faces in public might further strain engagement with the international community.

Raising concern over the hijab decision, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a statement said, "Information they have received suggests this is a formal directive rather than a recommendation, and that it will be implemented and enforced," reported Pajhwok Afghan News.

"This decision contradicts numerous assurances regarding respect for and protection of all Afghans' human rights, including those of women and girls, that had been provided to the international community by Taliban representatives during discussions and negotiations over the past decade," added UNAMA.

UNAMA said that it will immediately request meetings with the Taliban de facto authorities to seek clarification on the status of this decision.

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Afghanistan: Radio Tajla stops functioning Radio Tajla, a private radio station in Afghanistan’s in central Maidan Wardak, has stopped broadcasting because of financial problems, according to a report in Pajhwok Afghan News The station was launched about nine years ago as the first private media outlet in Maidan Shahr, the capital of the province. #radioreporterng #9R #afghanistan https://www.instagram.com/p/CafRgYSoH5q/?utm_medium=tumblr

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kabul: 38 killed, several injured in Afghanistan violence last week: Report

kabul: 38 killed, several injured in Afghanistan violence last week: Report

KABUL: At least 32 people were killed and 16 others injured in separate incidents in Afghanistan’s Kabul, Herat, Faryab, Laghman, and Nangarhar provinces during the last week, local media reported on Sunday. According to reports, unidentified people killed a money changer in Heart and five members of a family were killed in Laghman and injured a sixth, according to Pajhwok Afghan News. While, in…

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kabul: 38 killed, several injured in Afghanistan violence last week: Report

kabul: 38 killed, several injured in Afghanistan violence last week: Report

KABUL: At least 32 people were killed and 16 others injured in separate incidents in Afghanistan’s Kabul, Herat, Faryab, Laghman, and Nangarhar provinces during the last week, local media reported on Sunday. According to reports, unidentified people killed a money changer in Heart and five members of a family were killed in Laghman and injured a sixth, according to Pajhwok Afghan News. While, in…

[globalcourant]

Afghan businesswomen in Islamabad for talks – Pajhwok Afghan News

Afghan businesswomen in Islamabad for talks – Pajhwok Afghan News

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Afghan businesswomen and members of the Afghan Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry are participating in a focus group discussion in Islamabad. The Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has organised the 10th focus group discussion (FGD). A statement from PAJCCI said the discussion in the federal capital involved stakeholders in Pak-Afghan trade. Current…

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taliban: Taliban suspend passport issuance process in Kabul - Times of India

taliban: Taliban suspend passport issuance process in Kabul – Times of India

KABUL: The Taliban on Saturday suspended the process of issuing passports to applicants in Kabul. Shafiullah Tasal, a spokesman for the Central Passport Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the distribution of passports in the capital had been suspended as per directives of the Ministry of Interior. Without elaborating, he said, “Today, Saturday our work is stopped only in Kabul until…