Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next no comment 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next Culture news Public portrait gallery of conflict casualties taken down by Taliban The organisers want the governments in charge of Afghanistan to be held responsible for the atrocities of war. 11/01/2022
Now playing Next no comment Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up 07/01/2022
Now playing Next no comment Harsh winter and snowfall deepen ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan Snowfall and dropping temperatures have increased the problems of the poor and needy people across Afghanistan. The harsh conditions have especially hit displaced people, many of whom are forced to spend their nights in simple shacks or even tents with no heating. 05/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news The art of war: Taliban turn blast walls into propaganda art An outdoor exhibit featuring destroyed US military hardware, vehicles and blast walls is on display in Ghazni, Afghanistan, as a reminder of the Taliban's return to power. 04/01/2022
Now playing Next Afghanistan Taliban denies freeing suicide bomber before deadly Kabul attack The explosion killed almost 200 people and 13 American troops at Kabul's airport in August last year. 04/01/2022
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghan agents pour 3,000 litres of liquor in Kabul canal, arrest three Three dealers were arrested on Sunday in the latest Taliban crackdown on the selling of alcohol. 03/01/2022
Now playing Next Afghanistan 'Not needed': Taliban shut down ministries and election commissions The Taliban-run government of Afghanistan shut down two election commissions and peace and parliamentarian affairs ministries, deeming them to be "unnecessary institutions". 26/12/2021
Now playing Next Art 'I paint hope': Young Syrian painter dreams of a European escape 16-year-old Roaa Tanari has spent most of her life living among the ruins of Syria's war. 20/12/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghans face hunger as country's economy in dire straits The return of the Taliban to power has had disastrous consequences, with almost 98% of Afghans affected by the huge shortage of food plaguing the country. 20/12/2021