Khaama: The official said that an avalanche that hit a vehicle in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province on Saturday resulted in two fatalities and six injuries. In the recent past, several people have died in freezing temperatures in Afghanistan, and about 70,000 livestock had also perished in the coldest winter in a decade in the country,
AP: Under the Taliban, the mannequins in women’s dress shops across the Afghan capital of Kabul are a haunting sight, their heads cloaked in cloth sacks or wrapped in black plastic bags. Click here to read more (external link). Related Photos: Under The Taliban: Even Mannequins Must Be Hooded And Masked
AP: Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban has banned sports for Afghan female athletes as part of an escalating campaign of restrictions that have hindered daily life for women. Fearing reprisals, these women posed for portraits in their burqas with the equipment of the sports they love but are officially banned from participating
AP: The number of children put to work in Afghanistan is growing, fueled by the collapse of the economy after the Taliban took over the country and the world cut off financial aid just over a year ago. Click here to read more (external link). Related Photos: Backbreaking work for kids in Afghan brick kilns
The Guardian (UK): Drought, economic collapse and soaring food prices have pushed millions into hunger. Cash aid from the Disasters Emergency Committee is helping families feed their children and send them back to school. Click here to view photos (external link).
Al Jazeera: Drug addiction has long been a problem in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium and heroin and now a chief source of methamphetamine. Drug use has been driven by persistent poverty and decades of war that left few families unscarred. It appears to be getting worse since the country’s economy collapsed following
VOA News June 23, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban appealed for international aid Thursday as the war-ravaged country struggles to deal with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, injured many more and destroyed nearly 2,000 households. The 6.1 magnitude quake struck eastern and southeastern Afghan provinces, bordering Pakistan, during the
AP: There are cemeteries all over Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, many of them filled with the dead from the country’s decades of war. They are incorporated casually into Afghans’ lives. They provide open spaces where children play soccer or cricket or fly kites, where adults hang out, smoking, talking and joking, since there are few public
EPA-EFE: Afghan volunteers have organized a mobile educational program to tour remote areas, giving children hope after the Taliban closed schools for girls in March. An Afghan NGO, Pen Path, gives lessons and library books to children who might otherwise be starved of any opportunity to learn. Click here to view photo essay (external link).
Khaama: Anti-Taliban forces fire a mounted heavy machine gun into a deep valley from the top of a rocky mountain that has defied foreign invaders for decades. They are members of the National Resistance Front (NRF), which has emerged as the most visible Afghan opposition organization since the Taliban took control of Kabul ten days