Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Taliban supreme leader in aid appeal as earthquake kills 1,000 people

The powerful quake hit the eastern Paktika province on the border with Pakistan, and authorities fear many more people are trapped or dead in the rubble of their homes.

23/06/2022

Afghanistan

Powerful overnight earthquake kills at least 1,000 in Afghanistan

It's Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in two decades.

22/06/2022

Afghanistan

Taliban detaining and torturing civilians in Afghanistan, says HRW

The New York-based watchdog says that the Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with an opposition armed group.

10/06/2022

Europe News

Afghan evacuees stuck in US base face uncertain fate

The fate of some Afghans who were evacuated from their country to a United States base in the Balkans remains up in the air.

03/06/2022

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Middle school student in Afghanistan makes model vehicles from waste

Shakirullah, a secondary school student in the city of Khōst, Afghanistan, collects waste materials in his district and builds model vehicles such as tractors and bulldozers.

18/05/2022

Afghanistan

Taliban order women in Afghanistan to cover up from head to toe

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public, in a sharp turn towards a more hardline enforcement of religious rules.

07/05/2022

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Afghanistan's Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday

Muslims in Afghanistan attend Eid prayers as the fasting month of Ramadan comes to an end.

01/05/2022

Afghanistan

Several worshippers killed in explosion at Shiite mosque in Kabul

No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.

29/04/2022

Afghanistan

Dozens dead after blast at a mosque in Afghanistan

Friday's explosion follows a series of attacks in Afghanistan on Thursday.

22/04/2022

Afghanistan

Explosions in Afghanistan kill at least 10 people and injure dozens

The worst of the three blasts on Thursday occurred at a mosque in northern Mazar-e-Sharif.

21/04/2022

Afghanistan

Several killed and injured in explosions outside Kabul shcool

Police said the blasts had targeted educational facilities in a mostly Shiite neighbourhood of Afghanistan's capital city.

19/04/2022

Afghanistan

Taliban announce ban on harvesting poppies

In desperately poor Afghanistan the ban seems certain to further impoverish its poorest citizens at a time when the country is in an economic free fall.

06/04/2022

Afghanistan

Dozens protest in Kabul, demanding the Taliban reopens girls’ secondary schools.

"Why is it happening to them just because they're girls? Why can't they be studying? Why can’t they be learning?”

27/03/2022

Afghanistan

Taliban orders middle and high schools for girls to close

It happened on the first day of Afghanistan's new academic year.

23/03/2022

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World must not forget Afghanistan because of Ukraine war

UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said the international community must continue to engage with the Taliban authorities as Afghanistan desperately needs humanitarian assistance.

16/03/2022

Women Beyond Borders

This 23-year-old woman is Afghanistan’s first female tour guide

This International Women's Day we're celebrating Fatima, Afghanistan’s first female tour guide.

08/03/2022

Afghanistan

Boy, 5, dies after being trapped in deep well for several days

The boy fell into the hole while trying to help adults drill a new well in a drought-ravaged Afghan village.

18/02/2022

Afghanistan

In pictures: Children's fight for survival amid Afghanistan crisis

Six months since the Taliban seized Kabul, a humanitarian crisis has developed in Afghanistan that has devastated the lives of children across the country, says Save the Children.

18/02/2022

Afghanistan

Meet the Afghans making Europe their home after Taliban takeover

It's six months since the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan, which, for some, prompted a frantic scramble to get out. We caught up with four Afghans who fled and made Europe their new home.

14/02/2022

Afghanistan

Afghans protest US president Biden giving €3.1bn to 9/11 victims

The country's economy is teetering on the brink of collapse after international money stopped coming into Afghanistan with the arrival in mid-August of the Taliban, while the citizens are experiencing a mass famine.

12/02/2022

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Kabul airport blast killing hundreds 'not preventable'

The suicide bomber at Abbey Gate outside the Kabul airport killed at least 170 Afghan civilians and 13 US service members in August 2021.

05/02/2022

Afghanistan

Over 100 ex-Afghan forces and officials slain since August, UN says

The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of Afghan forces have been killed since the Taliban took over the country.

31/01/2022

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Desperate Afghans queue for free bread

The free bread distribution launched on Saturday is part of the "Save Afghans from Hunger" campaign organised by a university professor in Kabul.

18/01/2022

Culture news

'Bacha posh: where young girls secretly live as boys in Afghanistan

'Bacha posh' presents both harrowing joys and traumatic limitations to families who choose to partake in the Afghan custom with their daughters.

18/01/2022

Afghanistan

Extreme poverty drives Afghans to sell vital organs

In the western province of Herat, people in dire need of money have taken to risking their lives by selling their kidneys.

12/01/2022

Afghanistan

'Absolutely essential': UN launches €4.4 bn appeal to help Afghans

The UN says $5bn (€4.4bn) is needed to pay health and other essential workers to help prevent the collapse of basic services following the Taliban takeover.

11/01/2022