The Russian Foreign Minister says that America has shown in its 20-year presence in Afghanistan that it has not fought terrorism in that country. Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, said on Monday in an interview with the TASS news agency that the US came to Afghanistan with the “sympathies” of the UN Security Council […]
Written By: Hakim Bigzaad As the 1403 academic year starts in the country, female students beyond the sixth grade are asking the Taliban administration to let them attend their classes. The Ministry of Education of the de facto administration rang the school bell on Wednesday, the first of the month, during a meeting. However, this […]
The United States Department of Justice will finally file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, probably. Governments put pressure on Apple as antitrust scrutiny increases An antitrust investigation against Apple by the DOJ has been underway since a complaint from Spotify in 2019. Over the years, other Apple competitors added to the case in 2020, 2021, and 2022. According to a report from Bloomberg, the DOJ is finally ready to sue Apple due to antitrust concerns. The lawsuit...
Recent immigrants reflect on the upheaval in their lives since the US pulled out in 2021: ‘They left us and our lives in danger’With the Afghan new year, or Nowruz, falling during the month of Ramadan this year, Afghans and Afghan Americans around the US who celebrated while fasting prepared with a few traditional dishes to share after sundown last week.Zuhra, 30, had some of her relatives over to her house in Santa Ana, California. She decorated her dining table green, to celebrate spring, and...
In the last couple decades, a new way to measure an L.A. party has emerged: If there’s not a Glenjamn pic, did it even happen? Documentary-style flash photography, usually taken in dark spaces, illuminates figures we all recognize — from the dudes of Daft Punk, to Pharrell and Nigo or the star skater with his own Nike. You can tell they're staring back at someone familiar behind the lens because we’re used to seeing these faces, from the worldwide famous to the L.A. famous, sporting a much more...
It has been two and a half years since August 15, when the previous Afghan government collapsed. This event triggered the swift withdrawal of all international forces, predominantly led by the United States, from Afghanistan within a condensed timeframe from August 15 to 30, 2021. After this significant period, two retired American generals labeled this […]
The head of an Iraqi militia participating in a coalition of groups that have waged attacks against U.S. troops and Israel has told Newsweek that his forces are prepared to escalate their campaign significantly if President Joe Biden does not meet their demands.According to Sheikh Mohammed al-Tamimi, secretary-general of Faylaq al-Waad al-Sadiq, all they are asking for is the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from their country.The group, whose name translates to the "True Promise Corps," is...
The two senior generals in charge of the US military during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 both blamed the State Department for not sooner ordering a “noncombatant evacuation operation” for remaining US citizens in Afghanistan in a congressional hearing on Tuesday. “It is my assessment that that decision came too late,” retired Gen. Mark Milley, former Joint Chiefs chairman, said at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Retired Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, former commander of US...
SHAFAQNA Afghanistan – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said that 1.4 million female students above grade six in Afghanistan are deprived of the right to education. According to Shafaqna Afghanistan, on Thursday, April 2, UNESCO wrote on its Facebook page that yesterday, the first day
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The World Happiness Report 2024 gave Finland, home to 5.5million people, the top spot for the seventh year running, with a score of 7.74 out of 10 whilst Afghanistan was unhappiest nation at 1.72.
When Hairy Biker Dave Myers passed away from cancer last month, it was his best friend Si King who led the tributes, saying he 'will miss him every day'.