Business UN says Afghanistan faces ‘unprecedented’ economic shock Kabul – Afghanistan’s GDP could contract 20% within a year, the UN predicted in a new report on Wednesday, saying... Read more 1 Dec, 2021
World Taliban urges US to release frozen funds in Doha talks Doha – The Taliban renewed its call for the United States to release billions of dollars in frozen funds after... Read more 1 Dec, 2021
World Kim Kardashian and Leeds aid Afghan female footballers’ flight to Britain London – Members of the Afghanistan women’s youth development football team have been airlifted to the UK in an evacuation... Read more 19 Nov, 2021
Countries US nationals in Ethiopia warned: no Afghan-style evacuation Washington – The United States urged its nationals once again on Monday to leave war-torn Ethiopia immediately on their own,... Read more 16 Nov, 2021
World Three dead as ‘Taliban’ attack Afghan wedding over music Kabul – Gunmen presenting themselves as Taliban attacked a wedding in eastern Afghanistan to stop music being played and... Read more 30 Oct, 2021
World Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage Qala i Naw – Fahima has wept many times since her husband sold their two young daughters into marriage... Read more 26 Oct, 2021
World Taliban kill three ‘ISIS kidnappers’ in shootout Herat – Taliban forces fought a three-hour gun battle with a group of alleged Islamic State kidnappers on Sunday, killing... Read more 25 Oct, 2021
World US, UK warn citizens of threat to Kabul hotels Kabul – The United States and Britain warned their citizens on Monday to avoid hotels in Afghanistan, days after dozens... Read more 11 Oct, 2021
World Some girls return to school as Taliban seeks to manage image Kabul – Girls have returned to some secondary schools in a northern province of Afghanistan, Taliban officials and teachers said... Read more 5 Oct, 2021
World Afghan saffron boss says Taliban will not silence her Herat – An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak... Read more 27 Sep, 2021