Clash reported between Taliban, Pakistani forces in Paktia
The fighting took place in the border area of Maqbal, the sources said, though they did not provide details about what prompted the confrontation....
Food prices rise in Kabul during Ramadan
Residents say rising costs of staples are straining households already facing economic hardship....
Returned families in Kandahar struggle with lack of shelter, food
Returnees say there are no functioning health centers nearby and no proper schools for their children....
Rising food prices deepen hardship in Afghanistan as Ramadan begins
Residents in southern provinces say soaring costs of cooking oil, flour and rice are compounding an already severe economic crisis....
Afghanistan: Parwan shopkeepers see sales collapse
Grocers in Charikar say daily earnings have plunged from thousands of afghanis to a few hundred as unemployment and poverty deepen....
AFJC says radio stations threatened, staff detained over past year
The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) said on Friday that restrictions on radio stations have sharply increased over the past year, with at least two local ...
Herat livestock herders say climate change, aid cuts push livelihoods to brink
Some herders from neighboring Badghis province said they had moved their animals to Herat’s in search of grazing land, but conditions there had also deteri...
Despite snowfall, air pollution continues to choke Kabul
Residents said that heavy winter smog continues to blanket the city even after several days of snow....