Afghanistan

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised alarm over escalating hunger and malnutrition in Afghanistan, reporting the highest levels for 2024. In a social media post, OCHA revealed that around 15.8 million people in…

“PassBlue” has recently reported on the lack of access for women to healthcare and its impact on increasing maternal mortality, KHaama Press revealed in its article. The non-profit media organization led by women stated that “In Afghanistan, women are dying…

Girls as young as 16 have been arrested across the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the past week for violating the Taliban’s hijab rules, The Guardian reported. The girls – who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets –…

A powerful earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, shaking buildings from the capital Kabul all the way to Islamabad and Delhi. The epicenter of the 6.4-magnitude earthquake was in Jurm district in the Afghan province of Badakhshan in the mountainous…

Afghanistan is grappling with a severe climate crisis, marked by its third consecutive year of drought-like conditions, reported the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) on Monday. This follows the worst year-round drought in 30 years…

The United Nations has urged Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to bring to justice the perpetrators of an overnight deadly minibus bombing in Kabul that targeted members of the minority Hazara-Shiite community. Saturday’s attack in the western Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of the Afghan…

A bomb blast ripped through a minibus in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Saturday evening, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in the city’s western Dasht-e-Barchi Shiite Muslim…

Amnesty International demanded the Taliban immediately cease their crackdown on women in Afghanistan, including “the detention of those not complying with stringent dress codes requiring only their eyes to be visible”. The global rights group condemned these actions as severe…

As part of its humanitarian activities, the Orphans House —one of the centres affiliated to Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra Complex in the Afghan capital Kabul—has distributed heaters to tens of disadvantaged families recorded on its list. The humanitarian campaign was carried…

Two online universities in the UK and the US say the ban on women’s education has led tens of thousands of Afghan girls to turn to their online educational programs. According to them, business and English language courses are among…