Cricket must challenge gender apartheid in Afghanistan

Jonathan Liew’s insightful article concludes that a unilateral boycott of the Champions Trophy would be a limited gesture in response to the Taliban’s oppressive gender-apartheid regime (Dignity and humanity of Afghan women must be worth more than game of …

Russia Seeks to Extend Transport Routes to Afghanistan

Executive Summary: Western sanctions against Russia have hampered northern cargo transportation routes used by most Eurasian states, leading Russia to increase relations with the Taliban government on transport communications to connect to the South Asian …

More than 500,000 Children in Afghanistan are at risk of Malnutrition this Year

More than 500,000 children in Afghanistan are at risk of malnutrition this year, the United Nations (UN) warned on Wednesday. As one of the reasons for this alarming situation, the UN cites extreme climatic conditions that “limited the ability of people to …

UNAMA officials meet with minister of economy, over Afghanistan aid

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, says the use of bombs and chemical weapons during decades of war in Afghanistan has harmed the country's environment. Speaking at a National Climate Change …

Politicians cannot expect cricket to clear up mess they left in Afghanistan

When 160 parliamentarians sent a letter recently asking the ECB to condemn the Taliban’s abhorrent treatment of women in Afghanistan — which the governing body have done — and to consider a boycott of the forthcoming match against Afghanistan in the …

Never Forget Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster

In the final days of Joe Biden’s pathetic presidency — one that has been riddled with miscalculations, mistakes and outright catastrophes — his inner circle has been working overtime to preemptively defend his legacy, with no better example than Biden’s …

Afghanistan Advances TAPI Pipeline Construction with Additional 3km

Work continues on the long-stalled Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline, popularly known as TAPI gas pipeline, with Afghanistan completing another 3 kilometers of the pipeline in western Herat province.  The Taliban-led Afghan government is …

Saar: India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan relations reviewed

Explosion reported in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif

A number of eyewitnesses in Mazar-i-Sharif told TOLO news that the explosion occurred in the city's central market square. These sources reported that a police station was targeted in the attack and the injured were transferred to the medical centers. …

An American Trapped In Afghanistan

Ryan Corbett, an American businessman, moved to Afghanistan in 2010 with his family and became actively involved in the community. In August 2022, he, along with several others, was captured and detained by the Taliban after returning to the Middle East to …