• Education

    2022-09-20

    Dozens of Afghan girls showcase robotics skills in Herat exhibition

    More than 200 industrial-style robots, built by Afghan schoolgirls, were displayed in a robot exhibition in Herat from September 18–20.

  • Education

    2022-09-19

    UNICEF provides primary education for underserved Kunduz children

    More than 5,000 girls and boys in underserved areas of Kunduz are taking part in a programme that will prepare them to join formal schools.

  • Women's Rights

    2022-09-16

    Experienced female weavers offer vocational training in Balkh

    Inside a specially designated workshop in Mazar-e-Sharif, 400 women are learning to produce cloth and make garments and other items to sell.

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    UNICEF warns of staggering child malnutrition in Afghanistan

    UNICEF has treated almost 500,000 Afghan children for severe malnutrition over the past 12 months, and warns that many more lives hang in the balance.

    UNICEF warns of staggering child malnutrition in Afghanistan
  • Health

    2022-09-15

    UNICEF warns of staggering child malnutrition in Afghanistan

    UNICEF has treated almost 500,000 Afghan children for severe malnutrition over the past 12 months, and warns that many more lives hang in the balance.

  • Women's Rights

    2022-09-14

    Engraving workshops offer job opportunities for dozens of Herat women

    Most of the women who learned engraving are the sole breadwinners of their families, and are determined to continue being active members of society.

  • Crime Justice

    2022-09-13

    UN expert decries 'systematic' attacks on Shia minority in Afghanistan

    'Afghans are trapped in a human rights crisis,' said Richard Bennett, the special rapporteur on the rights situation in Afghanistan.

  • Health

    2022-09-13

    UNICEF provides potable water to Takhar residents amid rise in cholera cases

    The project aims to distribute 700 litres of drinking water for free to every household for two months.

  • Security

    2022-09-12

    Russian troops flee in panic as Ukraine reclaims swathes of territory

    Ukraine's surprise offensive caught the Russian military off-guard, compelling many Russian soldiers to abandon their positions and weapons, and flee in disguise.

  • Security

    2022-09-12

    Afghans raise concerns over growing ISIS activity in western provinces

    The world must rapidly thwart ISIS's expanding activities in Afghanistan so that the country does not turn into another Syria, political and military analysts say.

  • Education

    2022-09-09

    UNICEF provides primary school education for 18,000 children in Nimroz

    The UN organisation has hired 500 female teachers to teach children in grades 1 to 6 in remote areas of the province.

  • Transportation

    2022-09-09

    UAE firm takes steps to resume international flights at Kabul airport

    The contract is part of more than $300 million that Abu Dhabi-based GAAC aims to invest in Afghanistan's aviation sector over 10 years.

  • Security

    2022-09-08

    China's territorial disputes threaten global peace, commerce

    From the South China Sea to Central Asia, Beijing's quest to expand its geopolitical and military influence poses a direct threat to world peace and the future of international commerce.

  • Economy

    2022-09-07

    US-based charity provides vocational training, hope to Afghans in Kandahar and Herat

    More than 1,600 women and men are benefitting from the training programme, which has given a sense of hope to participants and convinced many to scrap plans to migrate in search of jobs.

  • Economy

    2022-09-07

    UN-funded irrigation canal to help Balkh farmers overcome water shortages

    Balkh farmers have welcomed the construction of an irrigation canal in the province, which will keep them employed while being built and will help with water shortages.

  • Terrorism

    2022-09-06

    ISIS claims suicide attack near Russian embassy in Kabul

    The Russian embassy was one of the few to remain open after August 2021, when most nations shut down embassies and evacuated staff.

  • Environment

    2022-09-06

    US government steps up aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan

    The US military and USAID are assessing ways to further support Pakistan's flood relief efforts, while the United Nations warned that both Pakistan's and Afghanistan's food supply are at risk.

  • Terrorism

    2022-09-05

    Hizbullah training Afghan fighters to operate drones in Syria

    The expanded presence of Lebanese Hizbullah and the Fatemiyoun militia in Syria poses questions about Iran's motives for equipping and training its affiliated militias.

  • Women's Rights

    2022-09-02

    Herat women reopen Khadija-ul-Kobra market

    Afghan women have been resuming their income-generating work at a reopened Herat city market dedicated to female artisans and shoppers.

  • Economy

    2022-09-01

    Work-for-food programme lifts 150 Badakhshan women out of dire cirumstances

    With support from the Word Food Programme, the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee is providing 150 impoverished women with agricultural work in exchange for monthly food packages.

  • Human Rights

    2022-09-01

    China responsible for litany of rights abuses in Xinjiang: UN report

    Beijing has committed 'serious human rights violations' and 'crimes against humanity' in its arbitrary detention of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups, the UN found.

  • Health

    2022-08-31

    Low-quality medicines smuggled from Iran pose danger in Afghanistan

    Low-quality and expired medications endanger patients' health and undermine Afghanistan's own pharmaceutical industry, doctors and officials say.

  • Human Rights

    2022-08-30

    'Shame them': rights leader advocates tough policy towards Russia, China

    'It's virtually impossible for governments to hide their abuses,' said outgoing HRW leader Kenneth Roth, pointing out China's repression of Muslims and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

  • Women's Rights

    2022-08-29

    US-based non-profit works against child marriages in western Afghanistan

    Extreme poverty has forced some families to sell young daughters into marriage in order to survive. Too Young To Wed has already helped 300 families earn an income and keep their daughters safe.

  • Youth

    2022-08-26

    Former Fatemiyoun fighter says militia duped Syrian youth, broke promises

    A Syrian youth who joined the Iran-backed Afghan militia for promised payment, benefits and security says he found only broken promises and indoctrination.

  • Security

    2022-08-25

    US military strikes camp run by Iran-backed Afghan militants in Syria

    The precision air strikes, which destroyed a number of IRGC facilities in Deir Ezzor, including a Fatemiyoun camp, were in response to Iran-backed drone attacks on the al-Tanf garrison.

  • Economy

    2022-08-24

    Secretive land acquisition for China creates sense of dread in Pakistan

    Activists claim the massive land grabs are connected to China's plans to build a processing plant for the lithium it will mine and transport from Afghanistan in the near future.

  • Economy

    2022-08-23

    Pistachio harvest offers valuable income for Herat, Badghis residents

    The income from the provinces' pistachio forests is particularly important amid Afghanistan's unprecedented economic crisis.