(Last Updated On: May 20, 2021)
At least 11 civilians were killed Thursday morning in a roadside IED blast in Helmand province, security officials said.
According to the officials the blast occurred at around 8 am in Bushran area when a civilian vehicle hit a roadside IED. Eleven civilians, including women and children, were killed.
Security officials said the IED had recently been planted by the Taliban, but the Taliban has not yet commented.
For several days now, there has been intense fighting between security forces and the Taliban in the Bushran area.
However, Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, said that nine people were killed and two children were injured in the incident.
(Last Updated On: May 20, 2021)
More than 11,000 applicants sat the national university entrance exam – known as the Kankor – on Thursday in Herat province, officials confirmed.
Education authorities said of these 11,000 plus students, 56 percent were women.
According to officials from the General Committee for Entrance Examinations, the Kankor has been held in 25 provinces of the country so far and the process is continuing rapidly.
They said about 190,000 applications were received from across the country, of which 60,000 are likely to be admitted to the country’s universities.
Herat University officials also say that this year, about 5,000 of the province’s entrance exam applicants will be admitted to different faculties at the university.
Rahmatullah Yarmal, the governor of Laghman province, said Thursday morning Dawlat Shah district has fallen to the Taliban after security forces were forced to
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“When I was 8 years old, girls from my province weren’t allowed to go to school. I was this little shepherd girl. I would run after sheep and cows, hiking with them in the mountains. It brought me closer to nature, and it was the first time I ever guided someone,” says 22-year-old Fatima Haidari, who is believed to be the first female tour guide in Afghanistan.
As a guide for Untamed Borders, a company that specialises in trips to less-trodden parts of the world, Haidari has hosted eight foreign travel groups since the beginning of 2020. While her work has been affected by the pandemic, she has received guests as recently as March and April, and hopes to welcome another group soon.