Afghanistan

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

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

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Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up

Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up

07/01/2022

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

World

Afghanistan's brutal year: the return of the Taliban

It was a year of turmoil for Afghanistan and its people. From the Western withdrawal and evacuation to the Taliban's seizure of power - a look back at the tumultuous events of 2021.

20/12/2021

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Afghan women call for rights and aid in Taliban-approved march

Afghan women call for rights and aid in Taliban-approved march

16/12/2021

Afghanistan

Mobile libraries restart for the first time since Taliban takeover

Many schools in Afghanistan lack their own library, but after a three-month break, the Taliban's education ministry granted permission for the mobile libraries to restart.

07/12/2021

Afghanistan

Several casualties after explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan

Taliban government officials say the explosion was the third recent attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque during Friday prayers.

12/11/2021

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Spectre of famine follows drought and economic meltdown

Almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, or 60% of the population, suffer from acute hunger and 8.7 million face famine, says the World Food Programme.

08/11/2021

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Taliban stage military parade in Kandahar to inaugurate new army

Taliban stage military parade in Kandahar to inaugurate new army

08/11/2021

Euronews Witness

How will the return of the Taliban affect Afghan children?

Afghanistan is one of the most difficult places in the world to grow up and the crisis caused by the return of the Taliban is adding to the uncertainty. What will the Taliban rule mean for Afghan children? Euronews' international correspondent Anelise Borges gives her insight.

04/11/2021

Euronews Witness

Watch: exclusive report on life inside Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Euronews' Anelise Borges recounts a tumultuous few weeks in Afghanistan after the Taliban swept back into power.

04/11/2021