Afghanistan

In Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, the Taliban is demanding 30 million Afghanis to resolve a land dispute between the Hazara community and Pashtuns, with threats of eviction looming, Afghanistan International reported yesterday. Under pressure, the Hazaras have already paid 15 million…

The World Food Programme (WFP) has revealed that funding shortages have left 600,000 Afghan women without access to essential nutritious food, Amu TV reported yesterday. While WFP has successfully provided specialized food to over 1.6 million pregnant and breastfeeding mothers…

Three women’s rights activists from the United States have called for the recognition of the Taliban’s gender apartheid in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity. During a special session of the U.S. Congress focused on human rights, Heather Barr, Wahida…

UNICEF revealed in a report on Monday that 40% of women in Afghanistan suffer from anemia, highlighting a pressing public health concern, Khaama Press reported. To combat this issue, UNICEF distributes multivitamin mineral supplements (MMS) to pregnant women, aiming to…

Lovers of Ahlulbayt Association in Afghanistan held the 9th conference for preachers under the title “The Role of Delivering the Message in the Ashura Revolution”. The conference, organized in the Capital Kabul, was attended by a number of Shia scholars…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that more than 100,000 people in Afghanistan have contracted hepatitis over the past decade, Amu TV reported yesterday. WHO representative Edwin Ceniza Salvador reported that around 70,000 cases are hepatitis B and 30,000…

Three United Nations entities, namely the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the UN Women division, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), have published a report highlighting the repercussions of Taliban policies on women in Afghanistan. The report…

The Taliban’s higher education minister, Neda Mohammad Nadim, announced the development of a new university curriculum designed to align with market demands, sparking concerns from human rights organizations about the exclusion of modern subjects. In a statement made during the…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that 292 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in the first half of 2023 due to landmines and unexploded ordnance, with a staggering 89% of these casualties being children,…

Afghan female teachers’ career was abruptly halted when the Taliban banned girls’ education nearly three years ago, forcing them out of their classrooms. When secondary schools for girls were suspended in September 2021, about a month after the Taliban took…