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After the Fall of Kabul, in which the Islamist Taliban drove out the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government after its 20-year rule, the Taliban promised to set up a new constitution for Afghanistan. The constitution is intended to be adopted in 2022. [2] [3] The Islamic State continue their insurgency, carrying out many bombings.
Border tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan rose after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021. The Taliban denied harboring anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan, but they were infuriated by Pakistan's erection of a barbed barrier along their 2,670 km (1,660 mi) border, known as the Durand Line, which was demarcated by the British in 1893 and divided the homeland of ethnic Pashtuns ...
In February 2022, an executive order was released by President Joe Biden to unfreeze half of Afghanistan's US$7 billion in the United States. [ 128 ] According to USAID on 28 June US$55 million in immediate humanitarian relief would be provided to address the urgent issues faced by survivors. [ 129 ]
Flooding in May killed approximately 400 people. [3] [9] [10] The rain and flooding was particularly severe in the provinces of Badghis, Faryab and Baghlan.Hassibullah Shekhani, head of communications and information at Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority, said 500 homes have been destroyed and 2,000 more damaged, 300 head of livestock killed and some 3,000 acres of crops damaged.
Afghanistan, [e] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [f] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [g] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
At least 18 people died and 42 others were injured. [5] [6] It was felt in Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Kabul and other nearby provinces.The Ministry of Information and Culture said that at least nine fatalities were reported in the Mazar Dara and Shalat areas of Nurgal District in Kunar province.
Afghanistan Ulema Gathering (Pashto: د افغانستان د علماوو لويه غونډه) was a three days gathering of the Afghan scholars and elders from 29 June 2022 to 2 July 2022. About 3,000 people from across the country gathered at the Loya Jirga Hall in the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan. Three representatives from each village are ...
January 2022 Afghanistan earthquakes; June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake; P. Pakistan and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan peace talks