China’s ‘great migration’ kicks off under shadow of COVID
An estimated two billion people will travel across China in the next 40 days in what is considered to be the world’s biggest migration of people...
Taliban’s acting minister Mansoor visits Turkey despite UN travel ban
Critics have questioned why the UN travel ban is not being enforced especially after the Security Council failed to extend Mansoor’s exemption...
UN, Taliban confirm shipments of cash aid to Afghanistan temporarily suspended
UN’s lead humanitarian coordinator says UN flights carrying cash aid into Kabul have been suspended pending a pause in the Taliban’s NGO ban...
Pakistan releases 524 Afghan nationals from its prisons
One refugee said their situation is ‘alarming’, that they aren’t able to work in Pakistan, nor do they have access to basic services including healthcare...
Taliban calls on Ghor Imams to help track down former soldiers
A local source said the Taliban are carrying out a campaign of harassment in the province against former soldiers and confiscating their weapons...
Global food prices hit record high in 2022 amid drought and war
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities, dipped by 1.9% in December from a month ...
Two men hanged in Iran for killing security official during protests
The latest executions bring to four the number of protesters officially known to have been executed in the aftermath of the unrest...
Afghanistan: Seven arrested ‘for living together’ without legal guardians
Taliban vice and virtue and intelligence forces raided the house in Nili in Daikundi and arrested the seven, which included four women...