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March 18 – Five women and three children are killed during two Pakistani airstrikes in Khost and Paktika provinces following accusations that attacks in Pakistan were masterminded in Afghanistan, which the Taliban deny. In response, the Taliban opens fire on Pakistani troops at the border. [8]
In June 2024, Afghanistan announced a six-person, gender-balanced team of athletes competing in athletics, cycling, judo, and swimming, including three veterans of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The runners and swimmers can compete via universality places guaranteed to all Olympic countries and the judoka was confirmed in July by the International ...
With the new film Bread and Roses streaming now on Apple TV+, Lawrence, 34, and Yousafzai, 27, turned the camera over to Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani to collect footage of women Mani knew in ...
Events in the year 2023 in Afghanistan.. According to the United Nations Development Programme, by 2022, 97% of Afghans could fall under the poverty threshold, which would plunge the country into a major humanitarian crisis and famine approaching the capital Kabul and other major towns and cities in Afghanistan, where millions of Afghan people starved to death, hundreds of thousands of more ...
Afghanistan was included in the draw in January 2023 for the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. [24] The CAFF released a statement inviting players based outside the country to play for the women's national team. However, Afghanistan would be withdrawn by the AFC.
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — To get a sense of the real race Afghanistan's lone woman at the Olympic track meet is running, one only needed to look at the back of her bib. On it, in handwritten ...
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
Nowruz (Dari: نوروز Nawrōz; Pashto: نوروز Nawrōz, or نوی کال Nəwai Kāl) is the beginning of springtime and a cultural holiday in Afghanistan. [1] [2] It is also celebrated by the majority of the Afghan diaspora around the world.