Afghanistan has a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades, the country has been occupied by communist Soviet troops and US-led international forces, and in the years in between has been …
Pakistan’s Decision On Barter Trade With Afghanistan, Iran, And Russia Raises Mixed Reactions
Rehan Muhammad Pakistan has recently allowed barter trade with Afghanistan, Iran, and Russia. The Ministry of Commerce …
The United Nations warns of impending acute food insecurity for the already struggling people of Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Global Report on Food Crisis produced by the Food Security Information Network, an international alliance of the United Nations (UN), the Union (EU) and other agencies working to tackle food …
Afghanistan veteran and quadruple amputee builds retreat for healing and coping
Travis Mills was injured while serving in Afghanistan, becoming a quadruple amputee. The help he received during his recovery inspired Travis to support other veterans. He built a retreat in Maine to …
Opinion: A blistering indictment of the Trump-Biden legacy in Afghanistan
Peter Bergen writes that the new UN 20-page report is a blistering indictment of the delusions that surrounded the US withdrawal agreement with the Taliban that was negotiated by Donald Trump’s …
Injury concerns ahead of Afghanistan Test
Bangladesh have a few injury worries to deal with as the one-off Test against Afghanistan approaches. ODI captain Tamim Iqbal and stand-in Test skipper Liton Das are battling with back issues. However …
The Azadi Briefing: Taliban Appears To Sharply Reduce Opium Cultivation In Afghanistan
The Taliban appears to have significantly reduced opium cultivation in Afghanistan, where the militant group has banned illicit narcotics.
Afghanistan’s opium problem
The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have sent anti-narcotics units across the country to destroy this year’s opium poppy crop. BBC Afghan’s Dawood Azami explains how Afghanistan became the world’s …
The Taliban’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on opium poppy crops in Afghanistan
Cultivation in former poppy-growing heartland Helmand has been slashed from 120,000 hectares to less than 1,000 Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the …
Minibus crash kills 25 people, including nine children, in northern Afghanistan
An Afghan police spokesman says 25 people, including nine children, have died in a minibus accident in the country’s north