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One year after attack on education center in Kabul
Oct 02, 2023 13:12A year ago, a horrific attack hit the Kaj Education Center in the west of Kabul, killing dozens of people and wounding more than a hundred. Most of the victims were students from the Shia Hazara community, who have been repeatedly targeted by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
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US bent on creating insecurity for Afghanistan’s neighbors: Iran envoy
Oct 01, 2023 15:49Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan says the United States’ main policy on Afghanistan is to create insecurity for the country’s neighbors.
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Iran urges more cooperation by neighbors to help Afghanistan, calls for preventing US return
Sep 30, 2023 17:52A senior Iranian official has emphasized the need to enhance cooperation in the region and to prevent the United States from returning to Afghanistan, while criticizing Washington’s “destructive role” in the war-torn country in the past two decades.
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Malnutrition crisis worsening in Afghanistan amid US sanctions, aid cuts
Sep 29, 2023 08:11Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian disaster as millions of people suffer from acute hunger and malnutrition.
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Women in Afghanistan: Two years since Taliban's education ban
Sep 21, 2023 13:21This week marks the second anniversary of the Taliban’s closure of secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan. Since then, Afghan girls have faced increasing challenges and restrictions.
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Tension continues over Pakistan-Afghanistan border closure
Sep 15, 2023 07:27Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan intensify as sides have failed to reopen the key border crossing that remains closed after cross-border firings last week. Traders from both countries have staged several protests demanding the authorities to re-open the route immediately.
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Iran says supports regional initiatives aimed at resolving Afghan woes
Sep 13, 2023 06:11Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has underlined the need to support regional initiatives designed to settle challenges in Afghanistan.
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UN says human rights in Afghanistan in 'state of collapse'
Sep 12, 2023 17:58The United Nations rights chief warns about a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan’s people, saying that human rights in the country are in a state of collapse.
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‘Wars imposed by extraregional powers source of dust storms in region’
Sep 11, 2023 07:15Iran's foreign minister says one of the main reasons behind sand and dust storms in West Asia is the wars imposed on the region by extraregional powers.
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UN food agency has to cut food aid for 2 million more Afghans
Sep 05, 2023 16:43The UN World Food Program (WFP) says it has to cut rations to another two million Afghans this month, warning that the measures will “add to “already worrying levels of hunger and malnutrition.”