Taliban Honor Kabul Mayor - Afghanistan

Taliban Honor Kabul Mayor - Afghanistan

From right to left, Mawlawi Hamdullah Naumani, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s acting Interior Minister, Mullah Mohammad Younis Akhundzada, Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, and another Taliban official stand on a stage During a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 28, 2025. The ceremony honors Kabul Mayor Mawlawi Abdul Rashid Baluch for his work on urban development projects in the capital. Organized by the Taliban’s acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, the event is attended by several senior officials and cabinet members. Baluch is awarded a certificate of appreciation, and a traditional Afghan turban is placed on his head as a symbolic gesture of respect at the conclusion of the ceremony. Photo by Javid Ashna/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Taliban Honor Kabul Mayor - Afghanistan

Taliban Honor Kabul Mayor - Afghanistan

From right to left, Mawlawi Hamdullah Naumani, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s acting Interior Minister, Mullah Mohammad Younis Akhundzada, Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, and another Taliban official stand on a stage During a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 28, 2025. The ceremony honors Kabul Mayor Mawlawi Abdul Rashid Baluch for his work on urban development projects in the capital. Organized by the Taliban’s acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, the event is attended by several senior officials and cabinet members. Baluch is awarded a certificate of appreciation, and a traditional Afghan turban is placed on his head as a symbolic gesture of respect at the conclusion of the ceremony. Photo by Javid Ashna/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

This photo taken on Sept. 3, 2025 shows part of the relief supplies at a makeshift post-earthquake shelter site in a valley of the Suki district in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan has climbed to 2,205, with 3,640 others injured, the Afghan Red Crescent Society reported Thursday. Rescue operations remain underway amid reports that many people are still trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed homes, the organization said. Tents have been set up for displaced families in several locations, while the organized distribution of emergency relief supplies is ongoing, Afghan interim government deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in a post on X. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

This photo taken on Sept. 3, 2025 shows a view of a makeshift post-earthquake shelter site in a valley of the Suki district in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan has climbed to 2,205, with 3,640 others injured, the Afghan Red Crescent Society reported Thursday. Rescue operations remain underway amid reports that many people are still trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed homes, the organization said. Tents have been set up for displaced families in several locations, while the organized distribution of emergency relief supplies is ongoing, Afghan interim government deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in a post on X. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

Medical staff distribute medicines to disaster victims at the earthquake-hit area in Suki district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2025. The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan has climbed to 2,205, with 3,640 others injured, the Afghan Red Crescent Society reported Thursday. Rescue operations remain underway amid reports that many people are still trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed homes, the organization said. Tents have been set up for displaced families in several locations, while the organized distribution of emergency relief supplies is ongoing, Afghan interim government deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in a post on X. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

UN support vehicles are pictured at the earthquake relief supplies transfer center in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2025. The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan has climbed to 2,205, with 3,640 others injured, the Afghan Red Crescent Society reported Thursday. Rescue operations remain underway amid reports that many people are still trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed homes, the organization said. Tents have been set up for displaced families in several locations, while the organized distribution of emergency relief supplies is ongoing, Afghan interim government deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in a post on X. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

Homeless people are seen at the earthquake-hit area of Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2025. The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan has climbed to 2,205, with 3,640 others injured, the Afghan Red Crescent Society reported Thursday. Rescue operations remain underway amid reports that many people are still trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed homes, the organization said. Tents have been set up for displaced families in several locations, while the organized distribution of emergency relief supplies is ongoing, Afghan interim government deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in a post on X. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

Earthquake Relief Efforts In Kunar - Afghanistan

This photo taken on Sept. 3, 2025 shows a view of a makeshift post-earthquake shelter site in a valley of the Suki district in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan has climbed to 2,205, with 3,640 others injured, the Afghan Red Crescent Society reported Thursday. Rescue operations remain underway amid reports that many people are still trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed homes, the organization said. Tents have been set up for displaced families in several locations, while the organized distribution of emergency relief supplies is ongoing, Afghan interim government deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in a post on X. Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Explosion injures 11 in SW Pakistan

STORY: Explosion injures 11 in SW Pakistan DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion site 2. various of the injured being sent to the hospital STORYLINE: Eleven people, including a leader of a religious political party, got injured in an explosion in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Thursday, police said. The leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) was on his way to attend a political rally in Kalat district when he was attacked while passing by Mastung district of the province, the police told media. Talking to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, police sources from Mastung said that according to initial reports, the leader Hafiz Hamdullah's vehicle was hit by a suicide bomber. The sources added that the suspected bomber rammed his explosive-laden motorbike into the leader's vehicle on a main highway in the district. Talking to media, the JUI's spokesperson Aslam Ghauri said that the leader and his two gunmen got in