Stories from South Asia
On Jan. 10, 2017, four major complex attacks and suicide bombings struck Kandahar, Helmand and Jalalabad and the Afghan parliament in Kabul. The latter attack claimed the lives of at least 38 parliament employees, according to latest figures from Afghan officials.
Mr Al Kaabi was accompanied by another UAE Embassy official and an Afghan translator who were also injured in Tuesday’s attack, which Afghan officials now say was carried out with help from outside the country.
The internet presents a new battlefield for the Afghan government as it prepares legislation to regulate and protect citizens online.
How were thousands of Afghan refugees all born on January 1st? The answer lies at the intersection of warfare and the digital age.
I am an Afghan first… But if our life is under threat, if our families are faced with risks, we have to leave.”