FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - The Untold Story

Death toll from Afghan quakes rises to 'more than 2,000'

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of villages razed to the ground.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 8, 2023

Powerful earthquake kills more than 100 people in western Afghanistan

The death toll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake.

Al Jazeera · Oct 8, 2023

Two 6.3-magnitude earthquakes kill dozens and injure many more in western Afghanistan

The Taliban say a strong earthquake with several aftershocks has dozens in western Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023

Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions

Jamila*, a widow living in Herat, lost her husband in a suicide attack about eight years ago. She has an 18-year-old daughter who is blind and a 20-year-old son who lost both legs in a mine blast.

The Conversation · Feb 3, 2023

Taliban use water cannon on women protesting university ban

Eyewitnesses in the western Afghan city of Herat say Taliban forces used a water cannon to disperse a protest over their university ban for women

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2022

Desperate parents sedating crying children and selling own organs in Afghanistan

Reporting just outside Herat, Afghanistan, the BBC found families giving their children Xanax to stop them crying and to help them sleep at night while others confessed to selling their kidneys

Daily Mirror · Nov 24, 2022

Afghan mosque blast kills 18 including pro-Taliban cleric

Eighteen Afghans were killed and dozens were wounded as a blast ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, the latest in a series of attacks on worshipers.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

Deadly blast in Afghan mosque kills prominent pro-Taliban cleric

An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 21 people were hurt.

France 24 · Sep 2, 2022

Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including senior cleric

Taliban officials and a local medic say an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing 18 people, including a prominent cleric

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022

Afghan Mosque Blast Kills 18, Including Senior Cleric

An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 21 people were hurt. The blast went off in the Guzargah Mosque in the western city of Herat during Friday…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 2, 2022