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RSF: Afghanistan’s Media Landscape Suffers ‘Systematic Erosion’ Under Five Years of Taliban Rule
Paris/Kabul — Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan’s media environment has undergone a profound and systematic erosion, with legal and regulatory instruments…
UNAMA: Afghanistan’s Security Institutions Lack Transparency, Accountability, Undermining Public Trust
KABUL, August 10, 2026 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released a comprehensive 38-page report warning that while the Islamic Emirate of…
Afghan Journalist and Filmmaker Missing in Islamabad for More Than a Month
The families of Afghan journalist Sayed Qasim Hashemi and filmmaker Hamed Ehsas are pleading for answers after the two men vanished in Islamabad, Pakistan, over a month ago. The…
Afghanistan Issues Over 650,000 Passports in Single Year Amid Service Expansion Push
KABUL – Afghanistan’s Islamic Emirate has announced a significant uptick in public service delivery over the past Hijri year, with more than 650,000 ordinary passports issued…
ICRC Delivers $500,000 in Medical Aid to Boost Healthcare in Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has supplied approximately $500,000 worth of medical equipment, essential medicines, and diagnostic supplies to health…
Afghanistan on the Brink: Malnutrition Soars in Over Half the Country as Aid Dwindles, UN-Backed Report Warns
KABUL — A stark new humanitarian assessment reveals that malnutrition is escalating in more than half of Afghanistan’s districts, with cases doubling in many areas over just three…
OCHA Appeals for Urgent Support as Mass Afghan Returns from Pakistan Intensify
As the forced repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan accelerates, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is urgently calling on the…
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Join Forces to Tap Afghan Market and Broaden Regional Trade
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are accelerating efforts to deepen bilateral economic cooperation while jointly expanding into new regional markets with Afghanistan emerging as a key…
Climate Disasters Deepen Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis, IOM Warns, as Returns and Funding Gaps Compound the…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has issued an urgent warning that climate change is rapidly intensifying Afghanistan’s already dire humanitarian crisis. Repeated…
325 Afghan migrants were released from Pakistani prisons and returned home
KABUL – A total of 325 Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan after being released from detention centres and prisons across Pakistan, the country’s Ministry of Refugees and…