US Afghanistan pullout proceeding steadily: Pentagon
The US military's withdrawal from Afghanistan is proceeding steadily toward President Joe Biden's September deadline with as much as 12 percent of the work completed, the Pentagon's regional Central Command said Tuesday......»»
U.S. Measles Cases Surpass 2023 Levels, C.D.C. Says – The Daily Guardian
The Daily Guardian – Measles Cases on the Rise in the United States Measles cases in the United States have been steadily increasing this year,.....»»
Asian qualifying results for 2026 FIFA World Cup
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are Thursday's results in Asian qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico: Group A At Doha Qatar bt Kuwait 3-0 At Abha, Saudi Arabia Afghanistan tied India 0-0 Group B At Tokyo Japan bt DPR Korea 1-0 At Yangon Myanmar tied Syria 1-1 Group C At Seoul South Korea tied T.....»»
China, Not Russia, Still Tops List of Threats to US
WASHINGTON - Russia's war in Ukraine - portrayed by top U.S. officials as posing a danger to the United States itself - still trails China when it comes to long-term threats to America's security, according to a top Pentagon official.The warning from Ely Ratner, the Defense Department's assistant secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs, comes in testimony prepared for a hearing Wednesday by the House Armed S.....»»
Pakistan Accused of Killing Eight Women and Children in Afghanistan Air Strikes
A local company based in the region has recently been recognized as one of the fastest-growing businesses in the area. The company has shown significant.....»»
Afghanistan: Aid Cutbacks, Taliban Abuses Imperil Health
(New York) - The sharp reduction in foreign assistance for Afghanistan's public health system, alongside the Taliban's serious abuses against women and girls have jeopardized the right to health for millions of Afghans, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The healthcare crisis has made the Afghan population increasingly vulnerable to severe malnutrition.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 21
KABUL -- Four people onboard a Russian plane that crashed in Afghanistan's airspace on Saturday were found injured on Sunday, local officials said. (Afghanistan-Plane Crash) - - - - JAKARTA -- At least two people died and 16 others were injured after the bus they were on rolled five meters down a highway in Central Java on Sunday, according to local police. The crash took place in Pemalang Regency.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 21
KABUL -- Four people onboard a Russian plane that crashed in Afghanistan's airspace on Saturday were found injured on Sunday, local officials said. (Afghanistan-Plane Crash) - - - - JAKARTA -- At least two people died and 16 others were injured after the bus they were on rolled five meters down a highway in Central Java on Sunday, according to local police. The crash took place in Pemalang Regency.....»»
Afghanistan: Taliban Schools Also Failing Boys
(London) - The Taliban's abusive educational policies in Afghanistan are harming boys as well as girls and women, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 19-page report, "'Schools are Failing Boys Too': The Taliban's Impact on Boys' Education in Afghanistan," documents Taliban policies and practices since they took over the country in August 2021 that.....»»
Women s Rights Activists Under Attack in Afghanistan
Zhulia Parsi. Neda Parwani. Manizha Sediqi. Parisa Azada.These are four women's rights activists arbitrarily detained by the Taliban right now. Remember their names. But please also remember that there are many more in custody who have not been named.When the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, their intent to suffocate the rights of women and girls became immediately apparent. Protest.....»»
Pakistan: Widespread Abuses Force Afghans to Leave
(New York) - Pakistani authorities have committed widespread abuses against Afghans living in Pakistan to compel their return to Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today.Police and other officials have carried out mass detentions, seized property and livestock, and destroyed identity documents to expel thousands.....»»
FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying group standings
BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the group standings of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers after Tuesday's matches (tabulated under teams, matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Group A Qatar 2 2 0 0 11 1 6 Kuwait 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 India 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 Afghanistan 2 0 0 2 1 12 0 Group B Japan 2 2 0 0 10 0 6 DPR Korea 2 1 0 1.....»»
FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian qualifying 2nd stage standings
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the group standings of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Zone qualifying tournament second stage ahead of Tuesday's matches (tabulated under teams, matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Group A Qatar 1 1 0 0 8 1 3 India 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Kuwait 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Afghanistan 1 0 0 1 1 8 0 Group B Japan 1 1 0 0 5 0 3.....»»
FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying group standings
BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the group standings of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers after Tuesday's matches (tabulated under teams, matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Group A Qatar 2 2 0 0 11 1 6 Kuwait 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 India 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 Afghanistan 2 0 0 2 1 12 0 Group B Japan 2 2 0 0 10 0 6 DPR Korea 2 1 0 1.....»»
FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian qualifying 2nd stage standings
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the group standings of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Zone qualifying tournament second stage ahead of Tuesday's matches (tabulated under teams, matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Group A Qatar 1 1 0 0 8 1 3 India 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Kuwait 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Afghanistan 1 0 0 1 1 8 0 Group B Japan 1 1 0 0 5 0 3.....»»
Asian World Cup qualifying results
BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the Asian qualifying on Thursday for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico: Group A Qatar 8 Afghanistan 1 Kuwait 0 India 1 Group B Syria 1 DPR Korea 0 Japan 5 Myanmar 0 Group C South Korea 5 Singapore 0 Thailand 1 China 2 Group D Malaysia 4 Kyrgyzstan 3 Oman 3 Chinese Taipei 0.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Nov. 7
KABUL -- Seven people were killed and 20 others injured as a blast rocked the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday, Kabul's police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. The blast ripped through a mini-bus on Tuesday evening, claiming the lives of seven civilians and injuring 20 others, Zadran said, adding that all the victims were civilians. (Afghanistan-Blast) - - - - MANILA -- Th.....»»
Leaving poppy behind - permanently: how the findings from UNODC s new Afghan opium survey could affect vulnerable populations
A former poppy farmer irrigating his vegetable farm in Surkhrud district, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.Kabul / Vienna, 6 November 2023 - To many in Afghanistan, poppy has long meant survival. Decades of conflict, natural disasters, and few economic opportunities have compelled many to turn to growing the flower - used to produce opium - as a last resort."We do not want to grow pop.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Nov. 7
KABUL -- Seven people were killed and 20 others injured as a blast rocked the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday, Kabul's police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. The blast ripped through a mini-bus on Tuesday evening, claiming the lives of seven civilians and injuring 20 others, Zadran said, adding that all the victims were civilians. (Afghanistan-Blast) - - - - MANILA -- Th.....»»
IS parcel bomb kills 4
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed on its Telegram channel Friday that it was behind a blast at a sports club that killed four people in the Afghan capital the night before. The Sunni Muslim extremist group said it had used a parcel bomb that “IS fighters placed in a room where Shiites gather.” The explosion occurred Thursday evening at a commercial center in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of Kabul, an enclave of the historically oppressed Shiite Hazara community, according to police. Police were still investigating the cause of the explosion, Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said on Friday afternoon in a message to reporters. He added that seven people were injured in the blast, revising the initial toll of two dead and nine injured. Taliban authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the IS claim. The explosion ripped through a sports club several floors up in the commercial centre, blowing out all the sides of the space and shattering windows and causing damage throughout the block, Agence France-Presse journalists saw on Friday. An instructor at the club, which holds training in combat sports, told AFP the blast happened at the end of a busy boxing session that usually hosted some thirty people. “The explosion was extraordinarily strong. The walls fell, the metal doors, glass and windows were broken,” 26-year-old Sultan Ali Amiri, who was not in the club when the blast occurred, said. “There has been a lot of damage, punching bags and almost everything is destroyed.” AFP journalists saw several heavy bags used for combat sport training on the floor of the club, others still hanging and pocked with fragments from the blast. Afghanistan’s Hazaras have regularly faced attacks in the majority Sunni Muslim country. They have been persecuted for decades, targeted by the Taliban during their insurgency against the former United States-backed government as well as by IS. The IS group, which considers Shiites heretics, has carried out several deadly attacks in the same area in recent years targeting schools, mosques and gyms. WITH AFP The post IS parcel bomb kills 4 appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Record 114 million people now displaced worldwide: UN
The number of people displaced from their homes worldwide is estimated to have exceeded 114 million, the United Nations said Wednesday -- a record figure. The main drivers in the first half of 2023 were the conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo; a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan; and a combination of drought, floods and insecurity in Somalia, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said in a statement. "The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights violations globally is likely to have exceeded 114 million at the end of September," the agency said. "The world's focus now is -- rightly -- on the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. But globally, far too many conflicts are proliferating or escalating, shattering innocent lives and uprooting people," said UN refugees chief Filippo Grandi. He blamed the international community's inability to solve or prevent conflicts and urged better cooperation to end violence and allow displaced people to return home. Record numbers The number of displaced people worldwide jumped from 108.4 million people at the end of last year to 110 million people by the end of June 2023, the UNHCR said in its Mid-Year Trends Report. A UNHCR spokesman confirmed to AFP the 114 million figure at the end of September was a record since the agency began collecting data in 1975. The new estimate precedes the outbreak of the war between Hamas and Israel. Hamas gunmen poured into Israel on October 7, beginning an attack that killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, while also kidnapping more than 220 others, according to Israeli officials. Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says retaliatory Israeli strikes have killed more than 6,500 people. The number of people internally displaced within Gaza is estimated at about 1.4 million, according to the UN humanitarian agency OCHA. One in 73 displaced More than one in 73 people around the world are forcibly displaced, the UNHCR said. At mid-2023, there were 35.8 million refugees who had fled abroad, and 57 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). Millions more are asylum seekers or in need of international protection. Almost one-third of all displaced people originated from just three countries: Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine. Low- and middle-income countries hosted 75 percent of refugees and other people in need of international protection. The countries hosting the most refugees are Iran and Turkey at 3.4 million each; Germany and Colombia with 2.5 million each; and Pakistan with 2.1 million. Nearly half of Syria's population remained displaced at mid-2023: 6.7 million people within the country and 6.7 million refugees and asylum-seekers, with most hosted in Turkey. Globally, 1.6 million new individual asylum applications were made between January and June 2023 -- the largest number ever recorded in the first six months of any given year. Of those, 540,600 claims were in the United States, 150,200 in Germany and 87,100 in Spain. "As we watch events unfold in Gaza, Sudan and beyond, the prospect of peace and solutions for refugees and other displaced populations might feel distant," said Grandi. "But we cannot give up. With our partners we will keep pushing for -- and finding -- solutions for refugees." Some 3.1 million people did return home between January and June, including 2.7 million IDPs. The post Record 114 million people now displaced worldwide: UN appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»