Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has Guns Gets the Land’
For decades, roughly a thousand families called the low-slung mud-walled neighborhood of Firqa home.…
Facing economic collapse, Afghanistan is gripped by starvation
One by one, women poured into the mud brick clinic, the frames of famished children…
Taliban rule sparks hopes of peace in rural Afghanistan
In the villages that once bore the brunt of Afghanistan’s front-line fighting, the Taliban victory…
UN calls for funds in face of Afghan ‘starvation crisis’
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-gees (UNHCR) on Friday launched a global fundraising winter…
France evacuates more than 300 people from Afghanistan
France has carried out an evacuation mission in Af-ghanistan, taking 258 Afghans as well as…
Donors to decide on shift of frozen funds to Afghanistan
Donors to the World Bank-administered Af-ghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) have agreed to decide about…
US welcomes Taliban’s decree on women, says more is needed
The US Special Representa-tive for Afghanistan, Thomas West, on Friday said he wel-comes the decree…
Karzai calls for inclusive govt, says world should aid Afghans
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Friday has underscored the importance of an inclusive government…
Afghan teenage girl among FT’s ‘25 Influential Women of 2021’
An Afghan teenage girl, So-tooda Forotan, was listed among 25 influential women of 2021 in…
Girl rescued, 9 kidnappers arrested in Balkh operation
Security personnel have res-cued a kidnapped girl in Ma-zar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balk province,…
