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A woman has beheaded her husband in Kandahar city, capital city of the southern Kandahar province, according to a local official. Talking to Kabul Now, Jamal Naser Barakzai, spokesperson for Kandahar police chief, confirmed that the incident took place today, September 20, in PD12 of Kandahar city. The woman has…

Afghanistan’s president, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, in response to killing of Ayub Gharwal, deputy chief of Paktia Provincial Council, said the Taliban must agree to ceasefire, underlining that a durable peace is what the Afghans and the international community expect from the intra-Afghan negotiations which is underway in Doha, capital of…

The 13-year-old Hosna, who has been hospitalized for weeks in Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital, is waiting to receive call from her parents and siblings, not knowing that she is the only member of her family who has survived the deadly Parwan flood. Hosna, according to doctors, has serious injuries in…

The Taliban militants have kidnaped Asadullah Rahmani, deputy head of Ghazni’s appeal court, and Shams al-Haq Shams, a judge of the court, in Sayed Abad district of Maidan Wardak province. Skandar Haidari, head of Ghazni’s appeal court, today, Saturday, September 19, told Kabul Now that the two senior members of…

One child lost his life and 14 others were wounded after a hand grenade went off in Dar-e-Fooladi area of Bamyan, say local officials. Latif Azimi, spokesman for Bamyan governor, told Kabul Now that the incident took place today, September 17, while farmers were working on a field where the…

A man stabbed to death his ex-wife in Zaranj, the capital of western Nimruz province, a local government official says. Bahram Haqmal, spokesperson for Nimruz governor, confirmed that the incident took place on Wednesday, September 17, in the second district of Zaranj. The woman, whose identity remains secret, was killed…

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, September, 15, extended mandate of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year. Afghanistan’s permanent representative in UN has said that the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2489 to extend UNAMA’s mandate for another year in Afghanistan. Adela Raaz, Afghanistan’s representative…

As the first round of peace talks began in Qatar on September 12, a large number of victims and survivors of war protested, raising their concerns on peace process in Kabul. They called for victim-centered and just peace process in protest held on Monday, September 14, on top of a…

“Registering mother’s name in national ID card is a dishonor and shame for the nation…I think, most Afghans do not want their mothers’ name to be [printed on ID cards],” are the words spoken out by a former Taliban leader, Sayed Akbar Agha, at a gathering held in the ancient…

“I was the only female medical doctor at Faizabad state-run-hospital, where just four beds were allocated for female patients,” says Wakila Karim, who has dedicated her career to serve the underdeveloped mountainous Badakhshan province. When I was a child, Ms. Karim, 55, says, I saw many mothers losing their lives…