Afghanistan Girls the 'biggest losers' after a year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan Girls are bearing the brunt of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, according to a new report by Save the Children. 10/08/2022
no comment Afghan tourists enjoy the peace in Bamiyan's sites Afghan tourists enjoy a holiday riding boats at the Band-e Amir lake and walking through the ruins of where the famous Buddha statues once stood before being blown up by the Taliban in 2001. 22/07/2022
Afghanistan 'We respect women a lot': Taliban holds 3,000-delegate men-only summit Critics and civil society groups said it will not have legitimacy if Afghan women, who number around 20 million, do not attend. 30/06/2022
no comment Quake-hit Afghan village struggles back to life A ruined village in eastern Afghanistan is struggling back to life as aid trickles into the isolated region. 26/06/2022
no comment Aid convoy reaches remote region of Afghanistan after earthquake Afghan government helicopters and trucks deliver aid. At least 1,000 people died and 1,500 were injured. 25/06/2022
Afghanistan Germany promises aid to Afghanistan’s areas hardest hit by earthquake Aid is beginning to trickle into the war-torn country, as poor road conditions hamper rescuers trying to reach survivors of Wednesday's deadly quake. 24/06/2022
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
no comment 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
no comment 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
no comment 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
