The US government's Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has said that the war-torn nation is currently facing a "tsunami of hunger" amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the collapsed economy.On Thursday, SIGAR released its...

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has said that reopening schools for girls across the country was their responsibility and not due to world pressure.The remarks were made by Acting Minister Maulaee Noorullah Muneer during his meeting with Deborah...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced that half a million people in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban took over the country last August, adding that women have suffered the most, the media report.In an assessment report...

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Wednesday will be discussing the economic situation of the country.A one-day conference 'Economy of Afghanistan' is being convened in Kabul, Khaama Press reported.This is the first time the government will be discussing...

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Wednesday will be discussing the economic situation of the country.A one-day conference 'Economy of Afghanistan' is being convened in Kabul, Khaama Press reported.This is the first time the government will be discussing...

The Taliban rule has had a devastating impact on Afghan women and girls, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Human Rights Institute at San Jose State University (SJSU).The HRW and the SJSU jointly looked at the conditions for women in Ghazni...

The Taliban-led government will soon reopen universities across the country for both male and female students, but classes will be separate for boys and girls, a Minister said here.Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, universities have...

Acting Minister of Defence of Afghanistan Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid has asked Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to bring back Afghanistan's planes and choppers lest they will react forcefully, Khaama Press reported.Speaking at a gathering of Afghan pilots and...

The Journalists Foundation of Afghanistan said that mediapersons in the country are going through the worst economic situation as 79 per cent of them have lost their jobs and resorted to other professions to make money and survive, Khaama Press reported.The...

The Taliban has announced that they will resume the hiring process of Afghan government employees, excluding female staffers, the media reported on Tuesday.Addressing mediapersons here on Monday, officials of the Taliban's Administrative Reform Commission...

The Taliban-led government's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have stuck posters across Kabul to remind women to wear a hijab, the media reported on Monday.The posters, seen across the capital city on Sunday, say: "Based on the Sharia...

Ninety per cent of Afghanistan's healthcare centres are on the verge of collapse, which in turn is "depriving millions of basic care, threatening the Covid-19 response and creating a major risk of disease outbreaks, malnutrition and preventable deaths", said...

A top official of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has urged the world to help the war-torn country amidst an ongoing humanitarian crisis without considering the nation's political issues, the media reported.In a video broadcast by the state-run...

Women and girls without a close male relative accompanying them were banned from entering coffee shops in Afghanistan's Herat province, Raha Press reported.Sheikh Azizi ur Rahman Al-Mohajer, the head of virtue and vice of the Taliban office in Herat, said...

The special investigation team (SIT), has now summoned 12 farmers in connection with the alleged lynching of three BJP workers during the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri that took place on October 3 last year.Most of these farmers had earlier stated that they...

After the fall of Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban did not have plans to assassinate former President Ashraf Ghani, a top official of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said here on Tuesday.In an exclusive interview with Afghanistan's state-run TV (RTA),...

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the October 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, on Monday filed a nearly 5,000-page charge sheet.Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni, has been named as an accused...

Pakistan has conveyed its concerns at the highest level to the interim Taliban-led Afghan government over the repeated incidents where some local soldiers tried to remove fencing along the border, The Express Tribune reported.The Afghan Taliban leadership was...

Thousands of Afghans took to the streets of Kabul to protest against freezing of the war-torn country's assets by the US, demanding for its immediate release amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.The demonstrators on Sunday were holding placards that said "our...

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested one more farmer in connection with the alleged lynching of three BJP workers during the violence that took place in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 last year.Lakhimpur Kheri police and senior prosecution officer...