Kabul: More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Friday, as residents described being unable to afford fuel to heat homes in temperatures well below freezing. "162 people have
United Nations: United Nations (UN) deputy chief Amina Mohammed said on return from a visit to Afghanistan that during her intense meetings with Taliban authorities she pushed hard to try to reverse their recent actions limiting the rights of women and girls to education and
Washington DC: The United States (US) supported Pakistan’s right to defend itself from terrorism, saying that the Pakistani people had “suffered tremendously” from such attacks as Washington repeated it call on the Afghan Taliban not to US backs Pakistan’s right to defend itself from terrorism. In
United Nations: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern about the reported ban imposed by the Taliban on women from working for national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Afghanistan.
Kabul: Three foreign aid groups, including Save the Children, announced that they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered all NGOs to stop their women staff from working.
Kabul: Taliban security forces in the Afghan enforced a higher education ban for women by blocking their access to universities, with video obtained by The Associated Press (AP) showing women weeping and consoling each other outside one campus in Kabul.
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Kabul: Afghan women protested in Kabul, calling for their rights to be recognized on the eve of the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Kabul: More Afghans will be struggling for survival as living conditions deteriorate in the year ahead, a top official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in an interview.
The Hague: The International Criminal Court gave its chief prosecutor the go ahead signal to continue investigation into atrocities committed in Afghanistan, saying Kabul “showed no interest” in a domestic probe. The deposed Afghan government in early 2020 asked the Hague-based ICC to pause its investigation