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Kabul: An Afghanistan professor has claimed his university colleagues have  accused him of blasphemy. more
Afghan NRF supporters protest near White House against Taliban recognition by UN member states

Washington, DC: Over 50 Supporters of National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan recently held a protest in front of the White House to oppose any effort by the UN member nations to r ...

Six women’s rights activists still missing in Afghanistan

New York: The UN human rights office OHCHR, has said it is very alarmed over the continued disappearance of six people who were abducted in the Afghan capital Kabul, in connection with re ...

WFP chief says situation in Afghanistan is 'horrific'

Kabul: A top official of the  UN's World Food Program (WFP) has termed the condition in Afghanistan as ' catastrophic' where women are even forced to sell their children ...

Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life

New York: Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, independent UN human rights ex ...

UN chief: ‘We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people’

Describing a “nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan”, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned on Thursday that the world is “in a race ...

Afghanistan: UN launches largest single country aid appeal ever

New York: The UN and partners launched a more than $5 billion funding appeal for Afghanistan on Tuesday, in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services there, which have left 22 mill ...

Afghanistan: IRC warns 90 percent health centre may shut down in Afghanistan by 2022 end

Kabul: International Rescue Committee has unveiled its latest report where a warning has been issued that up to 90 percent of health centers in Afghanistan might shut down by the end of 2 ...

Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from certain sporting activities

Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned sporting activities for women in the country.

Harsh winter fuels ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

New York: UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday that a harsh winter in Afghanistan is aggravating already severe conditions faced by millions across the country.