Quick ReadIn Short: Two men have been arrested over an alleged drug smuggling operation that used farming equipment to conceal shipments of methamphetamine.Police say 98kgs of…
Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate…
Last week, U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva expressed concern that a generation of Afghan girls is falling behind with each day that passes. Last week,…
Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a new UN report.Key points:The report says women are…
Chester, United Kingdom – It is just after 8:30am on a Friday and 40-year-old Waheed Arian is cycling down a path next to a frost-covered…
NewsFeedAn Afghan refugee is making his mark in the Paris fashion scene, thanks to an initiative backed by UN refugee agency UNHCR.Published On 13 Dec…
Islamabad, Pakistan – They were a common sight across major Pakistani cities, performing low-paying wage work – loading goods at markets, pushing carts on streets…
David McBride, a former army lawyer who revealed information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, could be facing a “life sentence” if found guilty…
David McBride, a former army lawyer who revealed information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, could be facing a “life sentence” if found guilty…
The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and laborers. Poppy cultivation and opium production have plunged…
On October 3, Pakistan’s interim government announced it was giving “illegal immigrants” 28 days to leave the country. Those who do not do so would be…
Rescuers are working around the clock to try to save thousands that remain buried following a powerful earthquake that hit Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday.…
UK Special Forces policy was to execute Afghan males of “fighting age” even if they posed no threat, an inquiry heard. Troops are said to…
It is September 29, 2022, and I am sitting in my hideous room in a hotel in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, waiting for my Afghan passport…
I had always dreamed of going to university. I saw it as a way not just to make my own life better, but also to…
More than 200 members of Afghanistan's former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the Taliban took over, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan…
Nuristan, Afghanistan – Like a crack of thunder, a deep blast echoes down a tree-lined valley a few kilometres from Parun, the capital of the…
Women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj confronts Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid on women’s rights and girls’ education in Al Jazeera documentary. Afghan women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj…
Afghanistan's Taliban have marked the second anniversary of their return to power, celebrating their takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what they said was…
Washington, DC - Two years: That’s how long Jawad has been in hiding, first in his home country of Afghanistan and as of last month,…