With an average annual income of $315 per capita, Nepal is the second poorest country in Asia after Afghanistan and one of the ten poorest countries in the world. Poverty is clearly visible in the …
Cutting Aid to Afghanistan Could Push Taliban Closer to Russia and China, Foreign Policy Expert Tells TML
A January 2025 SIGAR report emphasized that the Taliban—whom the US does not recognize as Afghanistan’s government and has sanctioned—has no legal claim to billions in US funds. It urged the US to …
“Bacha Bazi” or “boy toy” – The barbaric custom of child abuse in Afghanistan
The customary sexual – and not only – abuse of young boys in Afghanistan – Children as young as 10 years old are dressed in women’s clothes and turned into sex slaves for the country’s elite …
Sugar sent to Afghanistan was not smuggled but exported for first time: finance minister
Giving updates on country’s economic progress, finance minister says remittance inflow for Feb 2025 has reached an impressive $3.1bn.
Ireland cancel home series against Afghanistan for ‘financial reasons’
Ireland have shelved plans to host a multi-format series against Afghanistan this year for “financial reasons” in a busy summer schedule which includes historic tours by England Men’s T20I side and …
Finance minister announces first-ever legal sugar export to Afghanistan
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced on Tuesday that, for the first time, sugar exported to Afghanistan has been conducted through legitimate trade channels, with no smuggling involved. This …
Sugar sent to Afghanistan was not smuggled but exported for first time: FM
Giving updates on country’s economic progress, finance minister says remittance inflow for Feb 2025 has reached an impressive $3.1bn.
Human Rights Watch asks ICC to suspend Afghanistan’s membership
NGO’s letter to ICC also asks if it would be prepared to recognise the Afghanistan women’s national team in exile, allowing it to train, compete and receive ICC financial support …
Pakistan Travel Advisory Issued For Americans
Parts of Pakistan are subject to the State Department’s highest level of warning, on a par with the likes of Afghanistan, Haiti, Iran and North Korea.
Lindsey Graham’s Warning Over Abandoning Ukraine—’Worse Than Afghanistan’
The GOP senator warned that pulling out of Ukraine would be “worse than Afghanistan,” adding that he would give Kyiv “what they need.” …