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Oct 27, 2023 · KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The death toll from an explosion in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Afghanistan’s capital increased to four, with seven people critically injured, a police spokesperson said Friday . The cause of the Thursday evening blast at a boxing club in Kabul is still not known. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the city ...
Afghanistan has a population of 26.5 million people (in 2015), capital and largest city is Kabul; official languages are Afghan Persian or Dari (50%), and Pashto (35%). The highest point in the country is Mount Noshaq 7,485 m, in the Hindu Kush mountain range.
Jan 19, 2023 · The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, twenty years after their ouster by U.S. troops. Under their harsh rule, they have cracked down on women’s rights and neglected basic services.
Apr 18, 2023 · Afghanistan dropped 26 places to 178th out of a total of 180 countries in the index. The southern Afghan city of Kandahar, known as the birthplace of the Taliban, has become the de facto capital ...
Dec 31, 2023 · Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, Taliban’s appointed defense minister, during a press conference in the capital, Kabul, said dozens of Tajiks and more than 20 Pakistanis were killed in the past 12 months “in operations by security forces.”
Mar 7, 2024 · In July 2023, the UN Country Team adopted the United Nations Strategic Framework for Afghanistan (UNSFA) 2023–2025, replacing its previous Transitional Engagement Framework (TEF, January 2022 to June 2023). As a multi-year framework, the UNSFA allows to address sustainably the Afghan people’s large-scale basic human needs and to reduce the ...
GDP per capita (current US$) - Afghanistan. World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files. License : CC BY-4.0. Line Bar Map. Label. 1960 - 2021.
