Feb 12 Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses strain Afghanistan’s health system, group says By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight. Continue reading
Jan 23 Trade resumes as Pakistan and Afghanistan reopen Torkham border crossing after 10 days By Associated Press Truckers for years have been able to cross the border without documents, so they generally do not have them. But Pakistan began mandating truck drivers have visas last week. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 6:36 Inside Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian disaster as aid funding falls short By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Winston Wilde Since the Taliban reclaimed control of Afghanistan in 2021, the country has plummeted further into political and economic instability. Frequent natural disasters and shortfalls in donor funding make the dire situation one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Continue watching
Dec 25 Under Taliban rule, Afghan girls end the sixth grade in tears, their education over By Mohammad Habib Rahmani, Associated Press In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following two decades of war, the Taliban announced that girls were barred from school beyond sixth grade. Continue reading
Nov 17 Over a million Afghans will be sent back after Pakistan begins expelling foreigners without papers By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Since Nov. 1, police in Pakistan have been going door-to-door to check migrants' documentation after a deadline for migrants without papers to leave or face arrest. Continue reading
Nov 09 Analysts warn that Pakistan’s anti-immigration crackdown risks radicalizing deported Afghans By Riazat Butt, Associated Press More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as the government rounds up, arrests and kicks out foreigners who it says are in the country illegally. Continue reading
Nov 08 Pakistan says nearly 25,000 Afghans waiting for U.S. visas won’t be deported as part of clampdown By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Islamabad has launched a clampdown on illegal migration, saying any unregistered foreign national and migrant lacking proper documentation would face arrest and deportation. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 4:18 Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan ordered to leave or face forced deportation By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Sonia Kopelev Following the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and subsequent Taliban takeover, hundreds of thousands of Afghans sought safe haven in Pakistan. Many spent years working with the U.S. and Afghan government and fled a Taliban crackdown. But as Nick Schifrin… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch 4:30 News Wrap: U.S. reports rise in hate, domestic threats in wake of Israel-Hamas war In our news wrap Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed a rise in hate towards Arab Americans, Muslims and Jews in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, the Biden Administration is deepening its crackdown on so-called junk fees by… Continue watching
Oct 23 U.S. watchdog says the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs By Associated Press The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is warning that the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through the establishment of fraudulent nongovernmental groups. Continue reading