Explanation

The Taliban and their allies have killed more than 100 security and civilian personnel linked to the former US-backed Afghan government since seizing power in August, according to a new United Nations report.

Explanation

•  Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US strike in Afghanistan on 31 July 2022.
• Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who had a $25 million bounty on his head, helped coordinate the Sept 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people۔

Explanation

On 4 June 2025, Pakistan was appointed as the vice chair of the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) Counter-Terrorism Committee.

Pakistan was also appointed head of the UNSC committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), which oversees the implementation of the sanctions measures on the Afghan Taliban.

Additional Information:

The Counter-Terrorism committee was established by UNSC resolution 1373 (2001), adopted unanimously on September 28, 2001, after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

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Explanation

• After the death of Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansur, the Taliban chose Maulvi Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new leader.
• Akhundzada was previously a deputy to Mansour and was responsible for the Taliban's religious affairs.

Explanation

The US government-funded news agency on March 29, 2022 launched a 24/7 direct-to-home satellite-delivered television channel for Afghanistan.

Explanation

Took place: inside Shia mosque (Kunduz city)

Islamic State (داعش): Sunni group like the Taliban, but the two are bitter rivals.

Shia Population in Afghanistan: around 10 to 20% of total population

Afghanistan total population: 38 million

Explanation

The European Union is providing 10 million euros to significantly boost the UNHCR`s assistance for Afghan refugees and their host communities in Pakistan.

Explanation

Finland has been named the world`s happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored index that ranked Afghanistan as the unhappiest.

Explanation

دنیا میں سب سے زیادہ افیون کی پیداوار افغانستان میں ہوتی ہے۔

Hilmand remained the country's leading opium poppy-cultivating province

 is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan

It is the largest province by area

The province contains 13 districts,

Helmand was part of the Greater Kandahar region

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ND8-1-2023

Explanation

The budget of 53.9 billion Afghanis ($508m) approved on 12 January 2022 will cover the first quarter of 2022 and is almost entirely dedicated to funding government institutions.