Afghanistan

The National Security Committee (NSC) on Monday categorically asked Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, without directly naming them, to deny safe haven to Pakistani terrorist groups on its soil and end their patronage, while reiterating its intent to crush terrorist groups operating…

Afghanistan is receiving billions of dollars as humanitarian aid from across the globe. Is it being distributed to the needy at the grassroots level? No one is sure about the distribution system as complaints continue to pour in about locals…

Crisis in Afghanistan does not seem to die down as several people are under the grip of hunger and lack of basic amenities in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the Afghan land in August last year, TOLO news…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, joined on Thursday the heads of other humanitarian organizations in calling on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to reverse its directive that restricts women from working with non-governmental organizations.   “Preventing women from…

Four people, all civilians, were injured when an explosion rocked the city of Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province in northern Afghanistan, amid a continuous decline in the security situation since the Taliban seized power. “It was a mine explosion,…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, has strongly condemned the practices of the Taliban group and its recent decisions against Afghan women and preventing women from working in non-governmental relief organizations and institutions, appealing to the international community to play…

In the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, in the Afghan capital, Kabul, mourning ceremonies were held commemorating the last Fatimid days, which mark the martyrdom anniversary of Lady Fatima Al-Zahraa (peace…

The order issued by the Taliban authorities, demanding NGOs to ban women from work, drew swift international condemnation, with governments and organisations warning of the impact on humanitarian services in a country where millions rely on aid. “A meeting of…

Foreign aid groups halt work after Taliban bans on female staff

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration has ordered all local and foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to an economy ministry letter, in the latest crackdown on women’s freedoms. The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson…