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Afghanistan: Taliban crackdown on media worsens, warns HRW

Kabul: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are threatening journalists and imposing strict new media guidelines that especially harm women, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said recently. more

Taliban complete 100 days: 257 media outlets closed

Kabul: At least 257 media outlets have closed in 100 days since the Taliban took over government.

Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage

New York:The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in retur ...

Afghanistan: Woman journalist forced to work as street vendor in Kabul to face economic crisis

Kabul: A woman journalist in Afghanistan is now forced to work as a street vendor to support her family members who are facing economic crisis ever since the Taliban regime came to power ...

Common Afghans impersonated as journalists to flee Afghanistan: Reports

Kabul: National Union of Journalists in Afghanistan has claimed that a large number of common people have impersonated as journalists to flee the war-torn country.

UN voices concern over deaths of women right activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern over the killing of activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Taliban blocking female aid workers in Afghanistan: HRW

Taliban rules prohibiting most women from operating as aid workers are worsening the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Countrywide restrictions mean that aid will reach fewer families i ...

More than half of Afghans face food insecurity at ‘crisis’ or ‘emergency’ levels

Kabul: Nearly 23 million people, or 55 per cent of the Afghan population, are estimated to be in crisis or experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between now and March of next y ...

Ordinary Afghans ‘broke and broken’, warns UN migration agency chief

New York: A stark warning for the people of Afghanistan has been issued by UN migration agency chief António Vitorino who on Thursday said that ongoing conflict, grinding poverty a ...

‘Climate of fear’ prevails for human rights defenders in Afghanistan

New York: Human rights defenders in Afghanistan report that they are now enduring a "climate of fear", threats, and becoming increasingly desperate over conditions in the countr ...