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Afghan-Pakistan Tensions Escalate as Kabul Claims Cross-Border Strike, Islamabad Rejects Allegation

Kabul – Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government said on Friday it had carried out strikes against militant hideouts inside Pakistan, a claim

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Afghan Officials Ditch Smartphones After Taliban-Imposed Ban Sparks Disruption

Kabul-Government employees across Afghanistan began abandoning smartphones on Wednesday after authorities imposed a sweeping ban on their use in state

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UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse crackdown on women as Herat arrests spark concern

United Nations- The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to reverse

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Veteran journalist chronicles Afghanistan’s upheavals through the story of Kabul’s landmark hotel

“Afghans always used to say: the last to die is hope.” A new book by a veteran international journalist uses

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UN Condemns Reported Detentions of Afghan Women Over Taliban Dress Code Enforcement

Kabul- The United Nations has urged Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to halt arrests and detentions of women over alleged violations of

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Why UN Child-Rights Advocates Are Alarmed by Afghanistan’s New Marriage Rules

New York-The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has strongly criticized new marriage rules introduced by the Taliban

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Wars and Border Closures Deepen Afghanistan Child Hunger Crisis

Kabul — The World Food Programme could feed one million more malnourished Afghan children if regional conflicts and supply-chain disruptions

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Taliban Reject Pakistan Allegation Over Deadly Bannu Suicide Bombing

Kabul-The Taliban government on Tuesday rejected Pakistani accusations that a suicide attack which killed 15 police officers in northwestern Pakistan

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Deadly Pakistan Market Blast Deepens Border Tensions With Afghanistan

Dera Ismail Khan– A powerful explosion ripped through a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine

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EU Opens Door to Taliban Talks in Brussels Over Afghan Deportations

Bruselles-The European Union is preparing to invite officials from Taliban-run Afghanistan to Brussels for migration discussions, marking what would be

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