In April 2022, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers took step to eliminate the country’s drug industry, by banning poppy cultivation. This was a huge move given that Afghanistan had been the world’s largest opium producer, serving as a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia.
Pakistan was struck by a staggering suicide bombing at a political rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa territory. The attack, which killed at least 54 people and harmed around 200 more, occurred at a rally organized by the ultra-conservative Islamist party.
The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has given an order to close beauty salons in the span of a month, according to the Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue. This move addresses one more decrease of Afghan ladies access to public spaces.
