UN mission says engagement with Taliban does not signal recognition
UNAMA stresses that its Mosaic Plan seeks multilateral cooperation, not normalization....
Afghanistan’s economic fragility deepens as three in four Afghans struggle to meet basic needs, UN report finds
Household income and expenditure both declined in 2024, and subsistence insecurity rose by six percentage points...
Red Cross and Red Crescent warn of worsening malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan
While the malnutrition crisis affects the entire country, Kandahar and Paktika provinces are among the hardest hit, the report stated....
250,000 Afghans returned from Iran, Pakistan in April: UN
Of the total, approximately 96,000 individuals were forcibly deported...
Women’s rights group says Abida’s self-immolation is a sign of Taliban ‘injustice and misogyny’
“She showed that she would never bow to injustice,” the group said....
Exclusive: Taliban member tried to force Abida into marriage before she set herself on fire, relative says
“She ended her life to escape being forced into a marriage she never accepted," a relative said....
The impact of aid cuts is that millions die, UN deputy chief says after visiting Kandahar hospital
“This is real,” Fletcher said. “And I can’t sugar this pill.”...
UN deputy chief visits Kandahar
OCHA said Fletcher visited the province for high-level meetings and firsthand assessments of Afghanistan’s deepening humanitarian crisis....