A United Nations report shows that Myanmar has taken the place of Afghanistan as the world’s largest producer of opium.
Afghanistan: US Envoy calls Taliban year-long university ban for girls “indefensible”
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West called the Taliban regime’s ban on women attending universities as “indefensible” after marking one year since the ban was imposed, Khaama …
Pak demands UN probe into TTP terror group acquiring lethal weapons left behind by ‘foreign forces’ in Afghanistan
A high court in Pakistan Thursday ordered the election commission to decide on the organisational elections and allocation of …
UN is seeking to verify that Afghanistan’s Taliban are letting girls study at religious schools
The United Nations says it’s seeking to verify reports that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are allowing girls of all ages to study at Islamic religious schools that are traditionally boys-only …
Afghanistan: Calls for ending Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’
Women and girls are facing an increasingly dire situation in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and Afghan activists slam the global community for merely paying lip service to …
NSC’s Kirby: The U.S. Didn’t Just Leave A Bunch Of Weapons In A Pile In Afghanistan, That Is Not Historically Accurate
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby challenged the premise of a question at Tuesday’s WH briefing that weapons “left” by the U.S. in Afghanistan were responsible for the deaths of “21 …
Afghanistan: Taliban’s return to ‘international norms’ is non-negotiable says UN mission chief
Lack of progress in resolving human rights issues is a key factor behind the current impasse between Afghanistan and the international community, the UN Special Representative for the country said on …
1 in 3 children in Afghanistan face crisis-level hunger after UK slashes aid
One in three children in Afghanistan will be the victim of crisis-level hunger with winter approaching as the UK slashes aid to the war-torn country by almost 60 per cent this year.
In Afghanistan, Women Are Dying on the Way to the Hospital or Inside It
Nowadays, it’s not unusual for women to share a hospital bed, even in sophisticated medical centers. Worse, more women are dying on their way to hospitals from pregnancy complications because they …
Norway announces $6.7 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Norway increased its support for Afghanistan with $3.8 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and $2.9 million to the UN World Food Program (WFP), due to the large influx …