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.
Ex-police chief condemns investigation into alleged Afghanistan war crimes by UK Special Forces
The former officer criticised the choice of investigating officer, along with the speed, breadth, and depth of the investigation, as well as poor record-keeping, and the failure to interview witnesses …
“Just bread and tea”: WFP says aid cuts to Afghanistan leave millions hungry this winter
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 U.S. foreign funding.
“Just bread and tea”: WFP says aid cuts to Afghanistan leave millions hungry this winter
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 U.S. foreign funding.