The United Nations warns that more than 97 per cent of Afghans will fall into poverty before summer, and the Afghan economy appears to be in free fall.
February 17, 2022Many of the migrants entering Iran are seeking to cross the borders of Turkey and from there go on to Europe for asylum.
February 6, 2022"They were living in a dire situation on an open ground. They returned after provincial officials ensured their security,
October 4, 2021The statement read that Afghanistan has been occupied by external factors and based on the historic responsibility of the Afghan government after consultations with the elders of the country, they decided to announce the government in exile.
September 29, 2021Alluding to those concerns at the high-level conference in Geneva, the UN Secretary-General highlighted the need for food, life-saving interventions and essential healthcare for the people of Afghanistan.
September 13, 2021On September 7, Taliban security forces had detained Taqi Daryabi and Nemat Naqdi, both journalists from the Kabul-based media outlet Etilaat-e Roz. The reporters were covering a protest by women in Kabul demanding an end to Taliban violation of women and girls' rights.
September 9, 2021Hundreds of Afghans stand along dusty roadsides in the capital, Kabul, desperately trying to sell their meagre possessions
September 3, 2021State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Washington fully backs efforts to reopen the airport in Kabul, which he said would allow US citizens to leave Afghanistan and enable the delivery of humanitarian aid.
September 2, 2021Blinken said the U.S. will work with Turkey and Qatar to help them get the Kabul airport up and running again.
August 31, 2021The United Nation has impressed upon the new regime to respect women. Taliban’s treatment of women will be the red line, the UN warned at an emergency session of the Human Rights Council.
August 25, 2021Asked about the statement from the Taliban, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, "Our expectation, which we have also conveyed to the Taliban, is that they should be able to get to the airport."
August 25, 2021Apart from Kolkata all the commissioners and the SPs have been asked to send an updated list of the people residing in their areas to the Home Department and also keep a watch on them. They have been asked to send all the details if they find anything suspicious,"
August 23, 2021The UN humanitarian response plan for Afghanistan remains just 37 per cent funded, OCHA said.
August 20, 2021Educated Afghan women have some of the most to lose under the fundamentalist Taliban, whose past government, overthrown by the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, sought to largely confine women to the home.
August 16, 2021Reportedly built in the sixth century, the destruction of the 55-meter-tall and 38-meter-tall statues by the Taliban militants in March 2001 has been condemned globally.
March 12, 2021Recently, acknowledging the scale of global displacement, the majority of UN member states adopted a global compact for migration. The pact aims to improve global governance on migration-related issues, including promoting legal migration, providing basic services, better integrating new arrivals, tackling human trafficking and coordinating how to send migrants home.
December 18, 2018On October 4, the Kashmiri student was roughed up by a group of students who mistook him as an Afghan during a recent clash between Indian and Afghan students at Sharda University.
November 3, 2018