Afghanistan

Health news

EU condemns reported Taliban ban on women's medical education

Female trainee midwives and nurses have reportedly been ordered not to attend classes by the Taliban, who have restricted Afghan women's rights.

04/12/2024

Afghanistan

UN denounces Taliban's ban on women's voices being heard in public

The Taliban’s ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future, a top UN official said Sunday.

25/08/2024

Afghanistan

Heavy seasonal rain triggers flooding in Afghanistan, at least 68 dead

At least 50 people have been reported dead in the hard-hit western province of Ghor, according to local authorities after unusually heavy seasonal rain.

18/05/2024

Afghanistan

Floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan, UN says

Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday.

11/05/2024

Travel News

The Taliban is working to attract tourists to Afghanistan

Tour companies are grappling with the country's treatment of women.

30/04/2024

Afghanistan

Euroviews. How many more years will Afghan girls lose to Taliban oppression?

Afghanistan has dropped off the news agenda, but the violence and oppression continue — and for too many of us Afghan women, no matter how loud we shout, it feels like the world has stopped listening, Meetra Qutb writes.

12/04/2024

Afghanistan

Euroviews. This Ramadan, Muslim world can end gender apartheid in Afghanistan

The Taliban's authority hinges on their purported adherence to Islamic law. However, that is based on a fundamentally flawed, selective and extreme interpretation of Islamic texts, meaning their policies are against their own stated principles, Dr Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al Issa writes.

03/04/2024

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More than 1 million girls barred from Afghanistan's new school year

Having stormed back to power in 2021, Afghanistan's fundamentalist regime has restored many of the draconian policies it enforced in the 1990s.

20/03/2024

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Two dead and four survivors following a plane crash in Afghanistan

The Taliban announced on Monday that two people died and four others were rescued following the crash of a private Russian jet carrying six over the weekend in Afghanistan.

22/01/2024

Culture news

Euroviews. Afghanistan’s art and artists are on the brink of obliteration

We urge both UNHCR and individual governments that have ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention to acknowledge the inherent vulnerability of Afghan artists and cultural workers at risk under Taliban rule, and as such, accord them prima facie refugee recognition, Sanjay Sethi and Johanna Bankston write.

01/12/2023

Afghanistan

Pakistan expels 165,000 Afghan migrants back to Afghanistan

Aid agencies have warned that Afghans forcibly deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan are in dire need of assisance.

03/11/2023

Afghanistan

Powerful earthquake shakes west Afghanistan a week after devastating quakes hit same region

A new 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Sunday, following several tremors in the region since the beginning of the month, including a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people.

15/10/2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan after the earthquake: Mounds of rubble and a future of grief in store for citizens

As people in the country’s Herat province continue to dig through damaged buildings for their few possessions following Saturday’s earthquake, material losses seem ever less important.

11/10/2023

Afghanistan

Race to find survivors after deadly quakes strike Afghanistan

Aid agencies and NGOs have appealed to the international community for help but only a handful of countries have publicly offered support, neighboring China and Pakistan are among them.

09/10/2023

Afghanistan

Many feared trapped in the rubble after quakes hit western Afghanistan

The powerful quakes killed at least 2,000 people in Herat Province, a Taliban government spokesman said on Sunday,

08/10/2023

Afghanistan

More than 2,000 killed in earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan

Saturday's earthquakes were some of the deadliest to strike Afghanistan in decades.

08/10/2023

Afghanistan

Women in Afghanistan say they face increasing restrictions

Two years after the Taliban came to power, Afghan women say they face an uncertain future as the restrictions they are subject to grow daily.

15/08/2023

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Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite rare public protest

Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule than during their previous time in power in the 1990s, the Taliban have imposed harsh measures since seizing control of Afghanistan in August 2021

25/07/2023

Afghanistan

Afghan women hit out at Taliban's new hair salon ban

'All my dreams have been destroyed by the order of the Taliban,' said one hairdresser.

13/07/2023

Afghanistan

Twitter's free speech approach backed by Taliban

The comments came days after Meta launched a rival platform, Threads.

11/07/2023

Afghanistan

Taliban to ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

Since taking over in 2021, the group have already barred women from public spaces, education, and most forms of employment.

05/07/2023

Afghanistan

Nearly 80 young primary school girls poisoned in Afghanistan

Taliban authorities are investigating the poisoning of almost 80 primary school girls in separate cases in northern Afghanistan.

05/06/2023

Afghanistan

Afghan women protest in Kabul demanding the Taliban aren't recognised

“Recognition of Taliban — violation of women’s rights,” the women chanted during the march, which lasted no longer than 10 minutes in the capital.

29/04/2023

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Taliban flock to buy perfume and headwear as they celebrate Eid

Shops specialising in perfume and headwear popular among members of the Taliban are packed ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr

21/04/2023

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Afghan boys unaware school year has started, return to class days late

Many Afghan boys, unaware that the school year has started, return to class days late after the Taliban authorities fail to make a public announcement of the reopening of schools.

25/03/2023

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Extremely cold conditions experienced in several provinces

There has been heavy snowfall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and elsewhere in the country, with many provinces experiencing exceptionally cold weather over the past two weeks.

23/01/2023