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August 14, 2025, 02:12 PM - 4 min read
The UN Women’s latest report warns of persistent global gender disparities in education, with millions of primary-age girls denied schooling despite decades of progress towards parity.
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March 22, 2025, 10:23 AM - 3 min read
UNICEF has once again urged the Taliban to revoke its ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan, warning that millions remain deprived of schooling. The agency cautioned that the prolonged prohibition will have dire consequences, including maternal and infant fatalities due to a diminishing number of female healthcare workers.
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March 16, 2025, 04:59 PM - 3 min read
Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran are facing increasing pressure, with hundreds being forcibly deported and many others subjected to harsh treatment.
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March 3, 2025, 04:02 PM - 2 min read
No casualties were reported on either side of the crossing, which has been closed due to Pakistan disputing Afghanistan's construction of a new border post there.
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February 11, 2025, 11:15 AM - 5 min read
Shea noted that ISIS affiliates in Central Asia, most notably ISIS-Khorasan, also pose a significant global threat.
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January 8, 2025, 09:04 PM - 2 min read
India has reaffirmed its commitment to expanding development projects in Afghanistan, focusing on healthcare, sports, and trade.
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November 23, 2024, 01:51 PM - 2 min read
Sectarian violence in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has claimed 18 lives and injured 30 others. The unrest follows a terrorist attack on a passenger convoy, leaving 47 dead, primarily women and children.
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September 25, 2024, 10:40 AM - 5 min read
Afghanistan is one of only two countries, alongside neighbouring Pakistan, where polio has continued to spread. So the news that the Taliban have suspended polio vaccination will probably have major consequences for the control of the disease in Afghanistan and the surrounding region.
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September 9, 2024, 06:00 PM - 2 min read
“We have reports about heavy losses on the other [Afghan] side. So far, eight Afghan Taliban have been killed, and 16 others have sustained injuries in retaliatory firing by the Pakistani forces,” sources said, adding that two ‘key’ commanders were also killed.
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September 6, 2024, 04:19 PM - 3 min read
Yunus, who was appointed Chief Adviser after Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power, argued that recent attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh were “more political than communal” and criticised India’s portrayal of these incidents.
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September 2, 2024, 02:15 PM - 6 min read
Ever since the Taliban formed one of the most regressive governments in 2021, it has been gradually stripping women of all the basic human rights one by one.
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July 20, 2024, 08:18 AM - 2 min read
Reports suggest that weapons left behind by the US in Afghanistan have made their way into J&K through Pakistan.
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