Taliban

Blast occurs in a mosque in Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province

Oct 13, 2023 14:46

A deadly blast has left a number of casualties in a mosque belonging to the Shia Muslims in Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital of north Afghanistan's Baghlan province.
Pakistan announces to expel more than 1 million Afghan refugees

Oct 05, 2023 13:57

Pakistan has ordered more than 1.7 million undocumented Afghan immigrants to leave the country within a month or face deportation. This comes amid claims by Islamabad that most terrorist bombings in the country this year were carried out by Afghan nationals.
Iranian initiative brings education to Afghans’ homes

Oct 05, 2023 09:24

As the Taliban have banned Afghan girls from attending schools, a TV channel in Afghanistan is offering an alternative way for students to continue their educations at home.
Iran urges more cooperation by neighbors to help Afghanistan, calls for preventing US return

Sep 30, 2023 17:52

A 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.
Malnutrition crisis worsening in Afghanistan amid US sanctions, aid cuts

Sep 29, 2023 08:11

Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian disaster as millions of people suffer from acute hunger and malnutrition.
Women in Afghanistan: Two years since Taliban's education ban

Sep 21, 2023 13:21

This 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.
Tension continues over Pakistan-Afghanistan border closure

Sep 15, 2023 07:27

Tensions 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.
UN says human rights in Afghanistan in 'state of collapse'

Sep 12, 2023 17:58

The 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.
UN food agency has to cut food aid for 2 million more Afghans

Sep 05, 2023 16:43

The 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.”
Iran reiterates call on Taliban to secure water share in Hirmand River

Aug 26, 2023 17:52

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reiterated the country's call to secure its water rights in the Hirmand River and its sources in neighboring Afghanistan.