Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s education sector is facing a deepening crisis as private Shia schools struggle under economic, social, and political pressures, while recent earthquakes have caused devastating losses among students and infrastructure. Shia private schools, once a partial alternative to weak public…

UN Halts Cash Assistance to Afghan Returnees Amid Taliban’s Ban on Women Workers ———————————- The UN refugee agency has suspended cash aid programs for Afghan returnees after the Taliban barred women from working with humanitarian organizations, further deepening the country’s…

Recent articles published on Amu TV and Khaama Press indicate worsening humanitarian conditions and deepening crises of human rights violations, including crackdown on media in Taliban-administered Afghanistan. A new report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reveals that nearly…

UNAMA: Taliban Deploy Forces to Restrict Women’s Work in UN Offices ———————————— The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported that the Taliban has stationed security forces at the entrances of UN offices in Kabul, Herat, and Mazar-i-Sharif…

Afghan Shia Leaders Meet Taliban Minister Amid Concerns Over Empty Promises ——————————- A delegation of Shia and Hazara religious scholars and community leaders met with the Taliban’s Minister of Refugees and Repatriation to discuss the plight of earthquake survivors and…

UN: Over 2,100 Killed in Afghanistan Quake, Majority Women and Children ——————————- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that over 2,100 people lost their lives in the recent 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern…

Taliban Tightens Clothing Restrictions for Women in Kandahar ………….. The Taliban’s vice and virtue directorate in Kandahar has ordered shopkeepers to sell women’s clothing, beauty products, and other personal items only to customers wearing the full burqa, Amu TV reported.…

Aid Groups Warn of Malnutrition Crisis Among Afghan Children and Women After Earthquake …………… Save the Children has raised alarm over worsening humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan following the earthquake that struck the country’s east in late August. The organization reported…

Bus Crash in Northern Afghanistan Kills Nine, Injures Seven ………………. Nine people lost their lives and seven others were injured in a traffic accident on Wednesday in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province, according to a report by Amu TV. The incident…

Taliban Impose Biannual Ideological Tests on Afghan Civil Servants ———————————– The Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has instructed government departments that all civil servants must undergo biannual religious examinations, according to Shia Waves Persian.…