UN Women has warned Afghanistan’s new decree could further undermine the rights and safety of women and girls.

Months after Pakistan declared “open war” on Afghanistan, neither side appears ready to back down, despite China’s efforts to ...

A general view shows a telecommunications antenna amid a nationwide telecom outage in Kabul on Sept. 30, 2025. Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Sept. 30, ...

When landlocked Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan started fighting late last year and their border crossings closed, ...

In his cell, the light glows all night, so he pulls a blanket over his head and burrows into the darkness. Then comes his nightmare, about the Taliban fighter whose face appears in a cloud of black ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Marwa made it out of Afghanistan with only one of her children. As Taliban forces retook control of the country in ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — For 10 hours a day, Rahimullah sells socks from his cart in eastern Kabul, earning about $4.5 to $6 per day. It’s a pittance, but it’s all he has to feed his family of five.

IFEX joined Access Now and members of the #KeepItOn coalition in calling on the Taliban to stop imposing blanket shutdowns, reconnect fibre‑optic, Wi‑Fi, and mobile networks across Afghanistan, and ...

Fresh family regulations introduced by Afghanistan’s Taliban administration have triggered concern among activists and ...

In 2021, an Afghan man who helped the U.S. military narrowly escaped Afghanistan with his family, but was forced to leave several children behind. He struggled to reunite his family in the U.S. On ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Marwa made it out of Afghanistan with only one of her children. As Taliban forces retook control of the country in ...