The Kabul Serena Hotel has officially ceased operations as of February 1, 2025, after nearly 20 years of service in Afghanistan’s hospitality sector. The announcement was released today on the …
Germany’s lessons from Afghanistan: Bundestag takes stock
The German parliament wanted to know why the 20-year Bundeswehr mission in Afghanistan was a failure and what lessons could be learned for other foreign missions. Apparently there are many.
Migration: Increasing cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan
Iran is currently deporting thousands of refugees back to Afghanistan, where there is often little to expect but despair and a lack of prospects under the Taliban regime.Earlier this month, an Iranian foreign minister traveled to Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban took power in August 2021.
WCA CEO Advocates For A “Systematic” Way To Support Afghanistan Women’s Team
WCA CEO suggests systematic ways to support the Afghan women’s cricket team as they play their first cricket match in three years on Thursday.
WHO warns polio progress in Afghanistan, Pakistan at risk due to US funding cut
A senior World Health Organization official cautioned Wednesday that the eradication of polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the only countries where the paralytic virus persists, is threatened by the suspension of funding from the United States.
Afghanistan’s female cricketers reunite for a match after 3 years in exile due to Taliban ban
Cricketer Firooza Amiri says her team will “represent millions of women in Afghanistan who are denied their rights” when the side reunites after more than three years for an exhibition game in Australia on Thursday.
Former Canadian soldier David Lavery ‘safe’ in Qatar after release from Afghanistan, Joly says
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is ‘safe’ in Qatar — months after a network that supports vets expressed concern that Lavery went missing in Afghanistan and was possibly detained by the Taliban government.
PANNIER: Taliban’s relations with Central Asia imperilled as Trump turns off aid taps
By Bruce Pannier When the Taliban took control of most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the governments of the Central Asian states, with the exception of Turkmenistan, were openly hostile to the …
Afghanistan food crisis deepens as aid cuts leave many living on ‘just bread and tea’
The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding.
Bumrah named ICC test player of the year and Afghanistan’s Omarzai wins ODI award
Jasprit Bumrah won the ICC men’s test cricketer of the year award after the Indian fast bowler finished 2024 with a rich haul of 71 wickets in 13 test matches.