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Taliban fighters help NGO clear landmines in Afghanistan
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The British non-government organisation HALO Trust has since September 2021 been helping a village in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province identify areas where landmines have been buried. For years, the Nad Ali village on the front lines of the conflict between the US-led occupation forces and the Taliban, who planted numerous landmines in the area. But with…
Poppy plantations in Afghanistan flourishing amid Western sanctions and economic collapse
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube After its return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban promised to crack down on poppy plantations and the drug trade. But Western sanctions imposed on the country have brought the Afghan economy on the brink of collapse, with many Afghans once again turning to the profitable poppy trade. As the world’s largest opium…
Afghanistan: Mosque in Nangarhar province hit by blast
An explosion has hit a mosque in the Spin Ghar area of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing at least three people and wounding 15 others, according to residents and Taliban officials. A doctor at the local hospital told AFP news agency that at least three people have been killed. “So far three killed, 15 wounded,” the doctor said. Al Jazeera was…
Millions face starvation in Afghanistan as UN warns of "hell on earth" – BBC News
Millions of people in Afghanistan are facing starvation in what’s fast becoming the worst humanitarian crisis on earth. That’s the warning from the United Nations. The head of the World Food Programme says the country faces being turned into “hell on earth” following drought and the withdrawal of coalition and US troops. Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by world affairs editor John…
More than 20 killed in attack on Afghanistan military hospital – BBC News
More than 20 people have been killed and at least 16 injured in an attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, an official at the Ministry of Public Health told the BBC. A Taliban spokesman confirmed there had been two explosions – the first in front of the 400-bed Sardar Daud Khan hospital and the second nearby. Gunmen then broke into the…
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