More than one-fourth of Afghanistan has been struck by a swarm of damaging locusts that threaten widespread wheat crop infestation at a time the Taliban-ruled country is plagued with rising poverty, …
Assange and the Australian government’s persecution of alleged Afghan war crimes whistleblower
The Australian Labor government is itself presiding over prosecutions aimed at punishing those who have exposed war crimes in Afghanistan, in a clear parallel with the attempted US extradition of …
Taliban’s Order For Taxi Drivers To Change Color Of Vehicles Sparks Anger In Afghanistan
The Taliban has ordered all taxi drivers in Afghanistan to change the color of their vehicles from yellow to turquoise. The decision has angered taxi drivers and residents, who say the move is …
Afghanistan Finally Prosecutes Rapes
Although this is technically illegal in Afghanistan, the law is rarely enforced due to customs that treat women as the property of men and allow men to do with “their” women as they please.
Reluctant critic China urges Afghan changes on women’s roles
China is calling on Afghanistan to stop excluding women from education and public life and adopt a more resolute attitude in combating terrorism …
Afghanistan joins China’s infrastructure plan as Beijing pushes interests
What’s happening: Afghanistan will join the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $60 billion trade and development agreement that is part of the BRI.
Female UN employees in Afghanistan are being harassed, detained, report says
The U.N. says some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed and had restrictions placed on their movements since being banned by the Taliban from working for the world …
U.N. calls on Taliban to halt executions as Afghanistan’s rulers say 175 people sentenced to death since 2021
The Taliban says 175 people have been sentenced to death since it took back control of the country, as public, corporal punishment makes a violent return.
Afghanistan Fallout: Refugees Given Reprieve to Stay in US as Tensions Flare Over Congressional Investigation
Refugees who fled Afghanistan during the chaotic final days of America’s longest war are getting a temporary reprieve from an immigration deadline set to hit later this year.
Bridgeport top prosecutor helped reform judicial system during tour in Afghanistan
A former prosecutor has returned from overseas deployment to lead his old office at the Golden Hill Street courthouse. Craig P. Nowak, who left his position to do tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with the National Guard,