Desperate Afghans queue for free bread as poverty crisis deepens
Kabul – In the early hours of each morning, Muhajira rushes in freezing temperatures to a modest bakery in the... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
UN wants $5bn aid for Afghanistan in 2022
Geneva – The United Nations said Tuesday it needed $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert... Read more
11 Jan, 2022
Afghan baby lost in US airlift chaos reunited with family
Kabul – A baby lost during the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans at Kabul airport has... Read more
10 Jan, 2022
Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanistan
Kabul – Hundreds of people braved sub-zero temperatures in Afghanistan’s capital to queue outside the passport office early Sunday,... Read more
19 Dec, 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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
