Kabul [Afghanistan], June 17 (ANI): As Afghanistan continues to remain under the grip of severe unemployment, a projection warns that the job losses due to the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban are estimated to reach 700,000 and 900,000 by mid-2022.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 17 (ANI): Taliban on Thursday failed to explain the closure of girls' schools in Afghanistan to the UN after the Taliban earlier backtracked within a few hours of announcing the reopening of girls' schools.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 16 (ANI): The number of Afghan child labourers in Iran has surged 20 times since the Taliban assumed control of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, claimed human rights activists cited by Iranian media.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 16 (ANI): The UN rights chief has raised concerns about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, stating that its people are experiencing some of "the darkest moments" in a generation.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 16 (ANI): The illegal-narcotics trade constitutes one of the main financial sources of the insurgency groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but, more importantly, it feeds narco-terror.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 ((ANI): Taliban forces in Afghanistan have beaten up a former reporter of Kabul News at a checkpoint of PD-5 Kabul city because he was wearing trousers, a local media reported.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI): Taliban forces in Afghanistan's Kandahar city have compelled the shopkeepers to instal their group's white flag in their shops and buildings. Health clinics and public baths have too been asked to follow the suit.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI): The World Bank has granted USD 150 million in aid to Afghan farmers as food security continues to plummet in the country due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 14 (ANI): Seventy Afghan couples tied nuptial knots in Kabul during a mass wedding ceremony, as the country is dealing with a financial crisis after being taken by the Taliban in August 2021.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (ANI): As blasts become a new normal in the country, three simultaneous explosions took place in Afghanistan's Badakhshan, Kunduz and Kunar provinces on Sunday morning, reported Khaama Press, citing sources.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (ANI): UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements has called on the Taliban to discuss the plight of Afghan refugees and their return to the soil as many of them flee the war-torn nation when it seized power in Afghanistan last year.