Direct flight operation between Afghanistan, China started
bill to: Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi, met the Chinese Ambassador to the capital, Wang Yu, at his office. According to Afghan…
Floods in Afghanistan caused havoc; 5 people died
Floods cause widespread destruction in Afghanistan; Several killed (Photo: File) bill to: 4 women and a child were washed away in a flash flood in Afghanistan’s Ghor province. According to…
Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF
“Because, in what is a deeply troubled country – grappling with humanitarian catastrophe, climate related disasters, and egregious human rights abuses – too many people have forgotten that Afghanistan is…
Maulvi Abdul Kabir appointed the new Prime Minister of Afghanistan
File photo Maulvi Abdul Kabir has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Afghanistan. According to Afghan media, the supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, appointed Maulvi…
The first case of polio was reported in Afghanistan this year
File photo The first case of polio was reported in Afghanistan this year. According to the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, a 4-year-old child was disabled by polio in Afghanistan’s…
Afghanistan: Rights experts alarmed over Taliban use of ‘brutal’ punishments
The urgent call from the ten Special Rapporteurs and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, came in response to an announcement by the Taliban-appointed Supreme…
Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sounded the alarm on Wednesday after locusts were spotted in the country’s north and northeast. FAO said that a “full outbreak” this year…
UN calls on Taliban to end corporal punishment in Afghanistan
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and must cease,” said UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the death…
Afghanistan: Women tell UN rights experts ‘we’re alive, but not living’
“We are alarmed about widespread mental health issues and accounts of escalating suicides among women and girls,” they said in a joint statement. “This extreme situation of institutionalized gender-based discrimination…
Afghanistan: Guterres says women worker ban ‘unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy’
Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar, after convening an international meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan. He said they had agreed on the need for a…