In recent years, MSF has been able to improve patients’ experiences of care for drug resistant tuberculosis, but the changing political situation threatens to derail this progress, writes Anita Mesic …
Pakistan has already done a lot for the people of Afghanistan
Pakistan has already done a lot for the people of Afghanistan. Afghanistan, as a country, desperately needs peace and stability after the devastation of some 40 years. The global community is …
US should release Afghan financial assets – Iran FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Monday United States should release Afghanistan’s financial assets due to humanitarian reasons, blocked since the Taliban seized power in …
Afghanistan’s envoy to China quits after six months of working with no pay
Many of Afghanistan’s embassies are in diplomatic limbo, run by staff still loyal to the Western-backed government toppled by the Taliban.
Iran offers to help India transport emergency aid to Afghanistan
Iran has offered to work with India to transport much-needed humanitarian aid and medical supplies to Afghanistan. India’s media reported that this aid includes wheat, medicines, and the COVID …
Afghanistan – Majority of health centers may shut down by 2022 end
Financial sanctions on Afghanistan could lead to near-universal poverty, even as the country confronts an ongoing drought and hunger crisis and possible fourth wave of COVID-19. IRC has also …
The Silence — or Worse — of Human Rights Hawks on U.S. Sanctions Against Afghanistan
When opposing the withdrawal from Afghanistan, D.C. hawks crowed about human rights. With U.S. sanctions causing starvation? Not so much.
Crisis in Afghanistan: Unprecedented hunger after the conflict
Here are five reasons the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Afghanistan as the country most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.
Tell the Taliban: Afghanistan Does Not Need an Army
Traditionally, Afghan rulers have raised armies not to defend Afghanistan’s territorial integrity, but as a means to consolidate their power and crush their domestic opponents.
Afghanistan – Media outlets in tatters as crisis deepens in east
Local media outlets in eastern Afghanistan have recently been struggling with serious challenges, Afghan Journali …