Juan Carlos

President Nayib Bukele, inaugurated the CECOT (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo) - Terrorism Confinement Center, which is a mega prison built in Tecoluca, San Vicente, to house gang members captured under the exception regime and the Territorial Control Plan (PCT). It has the capacity to hold 40 thousands inmates and is the largest in Latin America Since the beginning of the State of Exception on April of this year more than 60 thousands persons have been prisoned.

Grape harvests in the Zhari district of Kandahar Province, farmer are collecting the grapes, which are considered to one of the best quality of grapes in Afghanistan.

Taliban and supporters celebrate the anniversary of the return of the Islamic Emirate to power, on August 15th 2021 the Taliban took the capital city Kabul and with that full power of the country.

Shia Muslims celebrat the Ashura holiday as the community has been targeted with bomb attacks in the past day causing more than 100 deaths and the Taliban cancelling this importan holiday for the Shia community in Afghanistan.