The current situation in Afghanistan remains highly uncertain and changing rapidly. The security situation is extremely dangerous and may become increasingly volatile. There is an ongoing and extreme risk of terrorism throughout Afghanistan. With the withdrawal of all U.S. military forces from Hamid Karzai International Airport and the end of the evacuation operation on August … Read more
Women in Afghanistan were forced to wear the burqa at all times in public, because, according to one Taliban spokesman, “the face of a woman is a source of corruption” for men not related to them. Do Afghan women wear burqa? The Taliban, which returned to power in August, has clarified that the dress code is … Read more
Afghanistan is one amongst the poorest countries in the world. In Afghanistan, poverty is widespread in rural and urban areas. However, it has been estimated that poverty in Afghanistan is mainly concentrated in rural areas. It has been estimated that four out of five poor people live in rural areas. Why is Afghanistan overpopulated? Afghanistan’s population … Read more
Does Afghanistan use Bitcoin? After the fall of Kabul in August 2021, many Afghans turned to cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin, as a means of escaping the country. The digital assets proved to be lifelines especially for women fleeing Afghanistan, who were not permitted to open bank accounts in the country How do I buy bitcoins? … Read more
Table ranking “History’s Most Deadly Events”: Influenza pandemic (1918-19) 20-40 million deaths; black death/plague (1348-50), 20-25 million deaths, AIDS pandemic (through 2000) 21.8 million deaths, World War II (1937-45), 15.9 million deaths, and World War I (1914-18) 9.2 million deaths. What war did the US lose the most soldiers? The American Civil War The American Civil … Read more
On October 7, 2001, the US invaded Afghanistan to avenge the al-Qaida-orchestrated September 11 terrorist attacks. The primary aim of the US invasion was to hunt down Osama bin Laden and punish the Taliban for providing safe haven to al-Qaida leaders. Who won the Afghanistan war? It began when the United States and its … Read more
After the Taliban government refused to hand over terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in the wake of al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001, attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban leadership quickly lost control of the country and relocated to southern Afghanistan and across the border to Pakistan. Did the Afghanistan war end? The War in … Read more