Afghanistan

Afghan Shia Community Calls for Fair Share and Genuine Participation in Government ——————————— The leadership committee of the Afghanistan Shia High Commission, in a meeting with Abdul Salam Hanafi, Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban government, stressed the need to…

Women in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan Left Without Health Care as Clinics Close and Poverty Deepens ………………. Women in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan Province say they have been left without access to medical care or female doctors as poverty worsens and international aid dwindles,…

Systemic Discrimination and Environmental Crisis Threaten Afghanistan’s Shia and Hazara Communities —————————- The Shia and Hazara communities in Afghanistan are facing a severe dual crisis: systemic religious and ethnic discrimination within Taliban prisons and a devastating environmental crisis fueling forced…

Afghanistan Faces Health, Data and Media Crises Under Taliban Rule —————————————– Afghanistan is experiencing multiple interconnected crises — from rapidly deteriorating air quality to mass data breaches of resettlement applicants, and a sharp deterioration in media freedom under the Taliban…

Afghan Groups Urge UN to Halt Forced Deportations from Pakistan ………….. A coalition of 113 Afghan civil society groups and protest movements based in Pakistan has appealed to the international community and the United Nations to intervene and stop the…

Afghan Migrants in Pakistan Face Rising Pressure Amid Deportation Drive …………. Afghan migrants in Pakistan say they are facing mounting pressure from authorities amid renewed border tensions and an expanded deportation campaign, Amu TV reported. The crackdown follows recent clashes…

Shia Residents of Daikundi Donate Over 1 Million Afghanis to Earthquake Victims in Eastern Afghanistan Local officials in Afghanistan’s Daikundi province announced that residents of the predominantly Shia region have raised over one million Afghanis to assist victims of the…

UK Hosts Global Hazara Solidarity Day in Canterbury ———————————— The Hazara Association in Britain marked Global Hazara Solidarity Day with a large gathering in the city of Canterbury, attended by members of the Hazara community as well as several cultural…

Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Afghanistan: Over 212,000 Children at Risk of Deadly Diseases ——————————— The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a dire warning that the humanitarian situation in eastern Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating following devastating earthquakes, placing over…

Pakistan Demolishes Over 1,200 Homes in Afghan Refugee Settlement ……….. Pakistan has demolished more than 1,200 homes in a long-standing Afghan refugee settlement in Karachi as part of an ongoing nationwide deportation campaign targeting undocumented Afghans, according to Khaama Press.…