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A survey has shown that nearly one year after the Islamic Emirate returned to power in Afghanistan, 'life was worse for Afghans than at any point in the past decade -- or for anyone else on the planet'. more
Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad

New York: The multiple restrictions placed on women and girls by Afghanistan’s de facto rulers are costing the Taliban “both domestic and international legitimacy” and a ...

Report shows unemployment has spiked in Afghanistan in past 2 years

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently released a report and said the number of unemployed people in Afghanistan has increased significantly in the past two years, m ...

Afghanistan's Islamabad embassy asks Pakistan to stop arresting refugees

Islamabad: The Afghanistan embassy in Islamabad on Friday urged the Pakistani government not to detain its refugees any further.

Kabul residents complain about Taliban govt's slow passport distribution process

Several Kabul residents have complained that the pass distribution system in the country is very slow.

Pakistan, Afghanistan among global hunger hotspots: UN report

New York: Acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots” comprising a total of 22 countries, which include Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan: Primary school students poisoned

Sari Pul, Afghanistan: Scores of students of a primary girl school were poisoned in Sancharak district of Afghanistan's northern Sari Pul province on Sunday, provincial director for I ...

Pakistan: 8-year-old Afghan girl raped in Islamabad

Islamabad: A minor Afghan girl was allegedly raped in Pakistan's Islamabad city in broad daylight.

Afghanistan: Young graduates in Balkh forced to take up taxi driving due to lack of jobs

Balkh: Young graduates in Afghanistan's Balkh province have now turned to taxi drivers due to a lack of jobs, media reports said.

Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF

New York: Roughly 90 per cent of the population in Afghanistan is on the brink of poverty “and children bear the brunt of it,” the Representative of the UN Children’s Fu ...