Cases of mental illness on rise in Afghanistan's Herat

Afghanistan has witnessed a surge in cases of mental illness in recent months of which 80 per cent of the patients...

Ban on Afghan women from working paralyze NGO work in Afghanistan

After the Taliban issued a decree banning Afghan women from working in NGOs, several international humanitarian...

Pak court orders release of at least 400 Afghan Refugees

After Afghan refugees in Pakistan complained of ill-treatment by the Pakistani police, in Pakistan's Karachi city...

Elders call for reopening of education centres for women in Kabul

As the Taliban's crackdown on Afghan women continues to persist, some Tribal elders in the Khost province of...

11.6mn women, girls in Afghanistan not receiving vital aid: US

On December 24, the Taliban issued a decree banning women from working in non-governmental organisations (NGOs)....

UNHCR seeks reversal of ban of women aid workers in Afghanistan

More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and...

German non-profit organizations suspend operations in Afghanistan

After the Taliban banned women from working with NGOs, and international organizations from going to work, German...

Year Ender 2022: All we know about Afghanistan, Taliban takeover

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15 last year, the country has undergone a myriad of changes...

"Deeply alarmed": UNSC on Taliban's suspension of women education

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday said that it is "deeply alarmed" by the reports that the...

Education institutes face economic slump in Afghanistan

Out of 140 Private universities that are functional in Afghanistan, at least 35 are at risk of collapse as the...

End destructive policies against Afghan women: UN rights chief

On 24 December, the de facto authorities issued a decree banning women from working in NGOs, TOLOnews reported. This...

UN seeks clarity from Taliban over ban on women in NGOs

On Saturday, the Taliban regime ordered all local and foreign NGOs to stop female employees from coming to work in...