2024
in
Afghanistan

Decades:
See also:Other events of 2024
List of years in Afghanistan

Events in the year 2024 in Afghanistan.

Incumbents

Photo Post Name Dates
Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada 15 August 2021 – present (2021-08-15 – present)
Acting Prime Minister Hasan Akhund 7 September 2021 – present (2021-09-07 – present)
Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani 15 August 2021 – present (2021-08-15 – present)
Haqqani
Yaqoob
Baradar
Deputy Leader 15 August 2021 – present (2021-08-15 – present)
Baradar
Hanafi
Kabir
Acting Deputy Prime Minister 7 September 2021 – present (2021-09-07 – present)

Events

Ongoing

Afghan conflict; Islamic State–Taliban conflict; Republican insurgency in Afghanistan

January

  • January 4 – A spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry of the Taliban announces the arrest of an undetermined number of women for wearing "bad hijab", in the first known crackdown on dress code since their return to power in August 2021.[1]
  • January 20 – A chartered Dassault Falcon 10 aircraft flying from Thailand to Russia crashes in Kuf Ab District, Badakhshan Province, killing two of the six people on board.[2][3]
  • January 29 – Ten collisions occur on the main highway linking Kabul and Nangarhar Province, killing 17 people and wounding ten more. Separately, fifteen people are killed during four collisions in Laghman Province, near the end of the same highway.[4]

February

  • February 19 – A landslide in Nuristan Province buries the village of Nakre in the Tatin Valley and leaves at least 25 people dead.[5]
  • February 20 – March 13 – At least 60 people are killed and 23 others are injured due to flooding and adverse weather conditions involving snow and rain nationwide.[6]

March

April

  • April 12-14 – At least 33 people are killed and 27 others are injured in flash floods caused by heavy rain in 20 provinces nationwide including in Kabul.[11]
  • April 17 – The Taliban orders the suspension of the television channels Noor TV and Barya TV for allegedly failing to “consider national and Islamic values”.[12]
  • April 20 – One person is killed and three others are injured in a car bombing at a predominantly Hazara neighborhood in Kabul.[13]

Sports

References

  1. ^ "Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power". AP News. 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  2. ^ "Russian flight carrying six disappears over Afghanistan, crash reported". Reuters. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ "A Russian private jet carrying 6 people is believed to have crashed in Afghanistan, officials say". Associated Press. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "33 people have been killed in separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan". AP News. 2024-01-28. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan landslide leaves 25 dead". DW. 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  6. ^ "In Afghanistan, more than 60 people killed by weeks of heavy rain and snow". Le Monde. 2024-03-13. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  7. ^ "At least 21 dead after bus collides with tanker in southern Afghanistan". Al Jazeera. March 17, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  8. ^ "Taliban Says Several Killed In Pakistani Strikes Inside Afghanistan". RFE/RL. March 18, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  9. ^ "Afghanistan: IS claims responsibility for suicide bomb at Kandahar bank". BBC. March 22, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  10. ^ "An old land mine found by children near an Afghanistan village explodes, killing 9". Associated Press. April 1, 2024. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  11. ^ "Dozens killed in Afghanistan as heavy rains set off flash floods". Al Jazeera. April 14, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  12. ^ "The Taliban suspend two TV stations in Afghanistan for neglecting Islamic and national values". Associated Press. April 17, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  13. ^ "A sticky bomb explodes in Kabul, killing 1 and wounding 3 in a mostly Shiite Hazara neighbourhood". Associated Press. April 21, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  14. ^ "BCCI announces fixtures for International Home Season 2023-24". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  15. ^ "AfghanAtalan to Tour UAE for a three-match T20I Series late this month". cricket.af. Retrieved 2023-12-12.