DW: Being a single mother in Afghanistan often means fighting for survival. Under the Taliban, options to earn money are few and far between — and many of the women are simply left at the mercy of their relatives. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: On the eve of Eid al-Adha, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that 12 million Afghans do not know where their next meal will come from. The organization added that Eid is a time for joy and celebration with friends and family, but for many Afghans, it is just “another hard day.” On Friday,
Ariana: The International Labor Organization (ILO) says almost 1.1 million children are engaged in hard labor in Afghanistan. At a gathering in Kabul on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labor, ILO officials said that most of these children are between the ages of 5 and 17 and child labor in the country should
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi June 4, 2024 Atel hauls a wooden cart every day around the Afghan capital, Kabul, selling vegetables. The 70-year-old pensioner retired around five years ago. But since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban has stopped paying pensions. That has forced thousands of pensioners like Atel back to work, often as street vendors,
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 3, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Monday that flash floods in Afghanistan, caused by extreme weather events related to climate change, are impacting tens of thousands of children, especially in northern and western provinces. The impoverished South Asian country has experienced unusually heavy seasonal rainfall and flash flooding over
Afghanistan International: Over the past two years, the Taliban has repeatedly auctioned Panjshir emeralds. Due to the economic crisis, the group has focused on extracting Afghanistan’s mines, a practice that Taliban opponents consider illegal due to the Taliban’s lack of legitimacy. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes: It was easy to blame the 2021 collapse of the Afghan economy on the abrupt withdrawal of foreign aid after the fall of Kabul, which overnight effectively cut the country’s GDP nearly in half. In fact, even the most advanced economies would take years to heal from the type of blow Afghanistan took
8am: In the nearly three years since the Taliban’s rise to power, they have significantly expanded the unregulated and illegal extraction of the country’s mineral resources. The group has announced that during this period, they have signed contracts for the extraction of over 150 small mines with domestic companies and 30 large mines with Chinese,
AFP: Every day, 3,500 tons of flour and 1,500 tons of wheat are unloaded by hand at the border town of Hairatan in northern Afghanistan to trucks that brave mountain passes and war-damaged roads to ferry goods around the country. Renovations are under way to connect the rundown track with Mazar-i-Sharif, the north’s largest city,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and Abubakar Siddique May 29, 2024 An increasing number of Afghans are taking out their money from banks and closing their accounts, a trend spurred by mistrust in the unrecognized Taliban government and concerns about the country’s bleak economic outlook. The Taliban takeover in 2021 triggered a cash and banking crisis.