The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on December 12 condemned an attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed the refugees minister and several…
The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on December 11 in a suicide explosion at the ministry's offices in the capital Kabul, a government source…
Russia moved a step closer towards recognising the Taliban government of Afghanistan on December 10 as parliament voted in favour of a law that would…
The United Nations reported December 10 that women and girls are bearing the brunt of a persistent “dangerous erosion” of human rights in Afghanistan, attributing…
The World Bank, in its latest report, highlighted a 2.7% average growth in Afghanistan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Despite challenges, the report acknowledges that the…
Afghanistan’s economy is showing modest signs of growth after two years of severe contraction, the World Bank said. In its latest development update issued late…
Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on December 3 said women would be barred from classes, following an edict…
More than 300 Afghan journalists have suffered rights breaches since the Taliban surged back to power in 2021, a United Nations report said November 26,…
Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan on November 13 executed a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium, the sixth public execution since their return…
An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit in Azerbaijan, the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on November 9, marking a first…
Opium cultivation rose by 19% in Afghanistan this year, the UN reported November 6, despite a Taliban government ban that almost eradicated the crop. Currently,…
At least two TV channels in a northern Afghan province stopped showing images of living beings during their broadcasts, journalists told AFP on October 15,…
Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged October 14 to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the…
A boat capsized in heavy storms in eastern Afghanistan killing eight passengers, with five more still missing in the water, a local official told AFP…
Afghanistan's Taliban government is keen to join the BRICS economic forum, a spokesman said on September 24 ahead of the group's summit in Russia. The…
The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said September 16. Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of…
Afghanistan said September 11 work would begin on a $10 billion gas pipeline traversing South Asia as officials joined dignitaries in neighbouring Turkmenistan to celebrate…
A majority of the UN Security Council on September 6 called for the repeal of Afghanistan's new laws curtailing women's rights, saying they "undermine" efforts…
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered Afghan officials to enact a sweeping new morality law curtailing women's rights and enshrining an austere vision of…
Taliban authorities kicked off celebrations of the third anniversary of their rule over Afghanistan on August 14 at the former US Bagram air base. Hundreds…
Despite three years of improved security following the end of the Taliban's insurgency, Afghanistan's economy remains stagnant and its population is in the grips of…
Afghan Deputy Ministry of Borders, Ethnicities and Tribes Mohammad Ali Jan Ahmad said that the renovation and repainting of border signs and markers with neighboring…
Nearly 15,000 people have been infected with hepatitis B and C viruses in Afghanistan in the past year, the country's Ministry of Public Health reported…
The death toll from rainstorms and flooding in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has risen to 40 and the number of injured has reached 347, the…
The Taliban government praised on July 3 the "spirit of cooperation" towards Afghanistan in UN-led talks that excluded women from the country. Two days of…
