Mar 26 Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday. Continue reading
Mar 23 Taliban cancels higher education for girls as new school year starts By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghanistan's Taliban rulers decided against opening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a previous promise. Continue reading
Jan 27 Aid workers ‘race against time’ in freezing Afghan winter By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press In recent weeks winter cold is devastating Afghanistan's most vulnerable. International aid organizations are scrambling to save millions from starving or freezing because they have neither food nor fuel. Continue reading
Jan 18 At least 26 dead after earthquakes in Afghanistan, U.N. says By Associated Press The U.N. statement Tuesday said hundreds of houses had been destroyed in three villages from the two quakes that struck Badghis province Monday. Continue reading
Jan 13 Millions of Afghans are on ‘verge of death,’ U.N. chief warns By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community to fund the U.N.'s $5 billion humanitarian appeal, release Afghanistan's frozen assets, and jump-start its banking system to avert economic and social collapse. Continue reading
Jan 11 As Afghanistan confronts humanitarian crisis, U.S. to send $308 million in aid By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The United States has announced $308 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan. The new aid comes as Afghanistan edges toward a humanitarian crisis since the Taliban takeover nearly five months ago. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 5:47 Many Afghan refugees, including unaccompanied minors, remain in legal limbo in the U.S. By Amna Nawaz, Ebony Joseph Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August, the United States has evacuated more than 75,000 Afghans through Operation Allies Welcome. Roughly 23,000 evacuees remain on six military bases across the U.S., but more than 50,000 have been placed… Continue watching
Dec 26 Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions By Associated Press The Taliban dissolved Afghanistan’s two election commissions as well as the state ministries for peace and parliamentarian affairs, an official said Sunday. Continue reading
Dec 07 After Taliban takeover, desperation drives thousands of Afghans a day across borders By Lee Keath, Mstyslav Chernov, Associated Press Since the Taliban takeover in mid-August, Afghanistan’s economic collapse has accelerated, robbing millions of work and leaving them too poor to feed their families. Continue reading
Dec 02 Aid official says Afghanistan’s crises ‘progressively getting worse’ By Lee Keath, Associated Press United Nations figures from early November show almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60 percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger. That includes nearly 9 million people who live in near-famine. Continue reading