Afghanistan
The State of Qatar expressed its great concern and disappointment with the caretaker government of Afghanistan's decision to suspend education in girls' high-schools until further notice. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed, in a stat..
A report published by the UN on Saturday, ahead of Sunday's International Day of Happiness, found that Afghanistan came last out of 149 countries examined in the survey. The annual World Happiness report produces its scores based on data from ..
Rescuers in Afghanistan are scrambling to reach a nine-year-old boy trapped for two days down a well in southern Zabul province. The operation in Shokak village comes less than two weeks after a similar attempt to rescue a child from a well in Mor..
A second "charity train" carrying 921 tonnes of emergency goods to Afghanistan under the coordination of Türkiye's government, has departed from the Turkish capital Ankara. Bound for a journey of 4,168 kilometres (3,590 miles) o..
International banks can transfer money to Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, and aid groups are allowed to pay teachers and healthcare workers at state-run institutions without fear of breaching sanctions on the Taliban, the United States said on..
HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani received on Tuesday a written message from HE Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Dr. Narayan Khadka, in which he e..
A special "charity train" carrying 750 tons of emergency goods under the coordination of Turkey's government left for Afghanistan from the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The train, with a..
Afghans who were employed to spread British values and teach English in Helmand province have told the BBC they are still in hiding from the Taliban and remain "terrified of reprisals". Around 100 ex-British Council staff are still in Af..
The Taliban have said Afghan women seeking to travel long distances by road should be offered transport only if accompanied by a male relative. The directive, issued on Sunday, is the latest curb on women's rights since the Islamist group seiz..