Exclusive: State Department officials told House investigators they created Afghanistan withdrawal plans from scratch

(CNN) — Hours of closed-door testimony from three top State Department officials shed new light on the “unprecedented” situation in the final days of the US presence in Afghanistan as the ... Read More

Afghan Women Turn to Entrepreneurship but Struggle to Access Capital

Afghan Women Turn to Entrepreneurship but Struggle to Access Capital By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) - Female-led businesses now represent an economic lifeline for ... Read More

More Russian soldiers have likely died seizing Avdiivka than in the entire Soviet-Afghan war, ISW says

More Russian soldiers are likely to have died seizing the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka than in the 10-year Soviet-Afghan war ... in the triumphant banners of World War II victories that Putin ... Read More

Death of a doctor who devoted his life to Afghanistan

Dr. Tetsu Nakamura has been hailed as a hero for his work building irrigation canals in Afghanistan ... President Ashraf Ghani together. It reads, in part: We are deeply saddened to hear the news ... Read More

Afghan government appoints new permanent representative to UN

The Afghan government has appointed its new Permanent Representative ... with Afghanistan’s then President Ashraf Ghani subsequently fleeing the country. In early September, the radicals ... Read More

Taliban leader stands firm on his Islamic governance in Afghanistan

The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader ruled out any compromise Wednesday on his hardline Islamic governance in Afghanistan despite persistent global criticism and calls for him to end sweeping ... Read More

9 children killed as old land mine explodes near Afghanistan village

An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a Taliban spokesman said Monday. The mine, which the children found near ... Read More

Afghanistan Futures

This brief provides the results of Round 3 (R3) of the Afghanistan Welfare Monitoring Survey (AWMS). The World Bank conducted the survey from April to June 2023 to assess changes in basic living ... Read More

Afghan women become YouTubers as Taliban regime restrict work

The Taliban have stopped most Afghan female staff from working at aid agencies and closed beauty salons, putting tens of thousands out of work. Read More

9 children dead after old land mine explodes in Afghanistan

An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a Taliban spokesperson said Monday. The mine, which the children found ... Read More

Uzbek President Appoints His Daughter To Position In His Office

Critics of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's government ... Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world where polio has not been completely eradicated. To read the original ... Read More

World Cup Afghanistan Squad

Afghanistan unveiled their squad for the highly anticipated ICC World Cup 2023, with top-order batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi entrusted with the leadership role. In a notable comeback, Naveen-ul-Haq ... Read More