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KABUL / NEW YORK – Five years after the Taliban's return to power, Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is systematically closed to girls and women a distinction that the United Nations…

Record-breaking torrential rains pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight, triggering widespread flooding that submerged roads, inundated dozens of homes, and left thousands of travelers stranded. The deluge, described by officials as…

Five years after the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, a new report by Refugees International warns that the country’s humanitarian crisis has entered a more perilous phase exacerbated by sweeping reductions in American aid. The…

A helicopter belonging to Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense was damaged while landing in Badakhshan province on Thursday, after one of its rotors struck a pole, according to an official statement from the ministry. The account directly…

In recent months, and particularly in recent days, three distinct approaches to political change in Afghanistan have emerged. They represent three fundamentally different answers to the same question: how can Afghanistan move beyond the…

The European Union has contributed €10 million ($10.9 million) to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) to bolster life-saving assistance for the country’s most vulnerable populations, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

A Review of Afghanistan After the Fall of the Republic: The Taliban, the Opposition, and Regional and International Dimensions August 12, 2026 The Taliban's Rule and Conduct In politics and political opposition, it is important to…

Tehran — Iran’s military vehemently rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertions that Washington has seized control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, dismissing the remarks on Thursday as baseless fabrications while reaffirming that…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urgently called on Afghanistan's de facto authorities, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), to release two United Nations staff members and six NGO workers who have been detained in recent weeks. The rights…

In a significant development, at least 875 Afghan refugees have been released from detention facilities across Pakistan and have returned to Afghanistan over the past week, according to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation…