Afghanistan

Taliban Carry Out Public Floggings in Northern Afghanistan ……… Taliban authorities have flogged three people, including a woman, in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province after convicting them of what they described as illicit relations and fleeing home, Amu TV reported. The…

Explosion kills seven people at hotel restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul ————————- A blast has torn through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in a heavily guarded part of Afghanistan’s capital, killing a Chinese national and six Afghans and injuring…

UN Issues Triple Warning Over Afghanistan’s Worsening Crisis: Drought, Returning Migrants, and Severe Funding Shortfalls ——————————– The United Nations has warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, saying the simultaneous impact of widespread drought, the mass return of migrants,…

Taliban Issue New Decree Further Restricting Criticism and Media Freedom in Afghanistan ————————————- The Taliban leadership has issued a new decree banning criticism, accusations, or negative remarks against members of the group, in a move that rights organizations say further…

More than 5.2 million individuals returned to Afghanistan from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan between January and the end of November 2025, including over 1.3 million deportees, marking an unprecedented movement of people that has further strained a country already facing…

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has expanded emergency food support in Bamiyan, Kunar, and Herat provinces amid a worsening hunger crisis, with 17 million people across Afghanistan now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, Reliefweb.int reported. A recent IRC assessment…

Italy has announced donating one million euros to support women and youth livelihoods in Afghanistan, aiming to expand legal income opportunities amid widespread unemployment and deepening poverty. More details in the following report: The United Nations Office on Drugs and…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced it is providing services to more than 20,000 children across six provinces of Afghanistan through its “Child Development and Growth Centers,” Hasht-e-Subh Daily reported. In a statement released on Monday, January 12, UNICEF…

Afghan Teachers Face Job Threats Over Mandatory Beard Pledges ……… Afghanistan’s education sector is facing renewed pressure after local authorities in eastern Nangarhar province ordered schoolteachers to sign written pledges committing not to shave their beards. The directive, issued under…

Report Warns of Escalating Restrictions on Women in Afghanistan in 2025 ………. A new report by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says Afghanistan in 2025 has seen…