Afghanistan's child deaths are rising as food distributions face cuts, UN says

Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan's provinces and is expected to worsen as funding ...

Afghanistan: Return of migrants from Pakistan increasing pressure on vulnerable communities

“The return of Afghan migrants from Iran and Pakistan is placing further pressure on vulnerable communities. Half of the ...
Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan: 5 Years Under Taliban Rule

August 15, 2026 will mark five years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Over the last five years, the ...

Locarno Film 'Forgotten Spaceman' Remembers Afghan Cosmonaut in Space

Ahead of the Locarno premiere of 'Forgotten Spaceman,' the London-based actor-director discusses his accidental documentary, ...
Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan: Taliban Assault on Rights Deepens 5 Years on

Afghanistan’s Taliban have entrenched one of the world’s worst human rights crises and systematically dismantled the rights ...

Months of fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan have killed nearly 500 Afghan civilians, UN says

The United Nations reports that cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in ...

UN officials urge Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent it sliding into instability

Two top United Nations officials are urging Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding ...

Pakistan's military rejects UN report alleging hundreds of civilian deaths in strikes on Afghanistan

Pakistan's military has rejected as "baseless" a recent U.N. report that said Pakistani cross-border military operations ...
The Diplomat

Afghanistan’s Lithium: Sovereignty vs. Foreign Exploitation

A general view of Mes Aynak valley is seen some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Shafiullah Zwak Afghanistan sits atop vast lithium ...