Zahra Vanda Selected as Afghanistan’s Youth Representative to the United Nations
Zahra Vanda has been selected as Afghanistan’s sixth Youth Representative to the United Nations for the 2026–2027 term. Afghans for...
Zahra Vanda has been selected as Afghanistan’s sixth Youth Representative to the United Nations for the 2026–2027 term. Afghans for...
Bruno Lemarquis, the UN Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, has said that more than 700 health facilities across the country...
Pakistan’s Bank Alfalah has announced that it is ending its operations in Afghanistan after two decades of activity. In a...
Sajjad Haider Khan, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, has said that no final decision has been made on transferring Afghan...
Local sources in Baghlan have reported that a bodyguard of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s interior minister, has been killed in...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged people to eliminate standing water and keep the areas around their homes clean...
The Taliban have announced that 99 families, comprising 437 people, were forcibly returned to Afghanistan yesterday. Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban’s...
The second meeting of the Regional Contact Group of Central Asian Special Representatives on Afghanistan has been held in Bishkek,...
Bruno Lemarquis, the UN Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, has said that the country is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis...
Melissa Fleming, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, has called for urgent action to support girls’ education in Afghanistan....
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