Khaama: The Russian Embassy in Kabul said Saturday that it was concerned about the continuation of the military confrontation between the two neighboring countries. The statement came after Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces earlier this week. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirmed that at least 10 civilians were killed
Afghanistan International: The UN said the Afghanistan Freedom Front, National Resistance Front, Green Unit of Afghanistan Green Trend, Afghanistan Guardians National Front, the Afghanistan Independence Front, the Afghanistan Liberation Movement, the Afghanistan Republican Front, the Afghanistan United Front, the Andarab Resistance Front, the Freedom and Justice Movement, Homeland Soldiers Front, the Islamic Liberation Front of
Khaama: More than 40,000 people were killed and over 77,000 injured during Afghanistan’s armed conflict between 2009 and 2021, according to a new report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which documents the long-term human cost of two decades of war. The period between 2009 and 2021 was the deadliest phase of
Khaama: At least 33 Ismaili prayer halls in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province were closed over the past three months, the United Nations said on Tuesday, raising fresh concerns over religious freedom and the rights of minority communities under the Taliban administration. The closures add to growing international scrutiny over the treatment of Afghanistan’s religious minorities
Amu: Alexander Zuev, acting under-secretary-general of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, has said that Al Qaeda continues to maintain a presence in Afghanistan despite a decline in its operational activity. Click here to read more (external link).
Amu: Amnesty International has called on the European Union and its member states to abandon plans to deport Afghan nationals and halt talks with Taliban on migrant returns, saying that Afghanistan remains unsafe and that any cooperation on deportations would violate international human rights obligations. In a statement issued Tuesday, the organization urged European governments
Amu: The report, submitted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to the UN Security Council and General Assembly, paints a picture of a country struggling with rising insecurity, a worsening humanitarian crisis, economic fragility, large-scale returns of migrants and continuing restrictions on women and girls under Taliban rule. Despite the increase in security incidents, the report
8am: Tajudeen Oyewale, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said that Afghanistan is experiencing one of the largest return crises in the world. On Saturday, May 23, Oyewale wrote on his X account that UN teams are working to ensure that returning children and families have access to health, nutrition, water,
Amu: Nearly three-quarters of Afghanistan’s population remains unable to meet basic living needs, according to a new report by the UN Development Program, which warned that worsening economic pressures, mass returns from neighboring countries and severe drought conditions are deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis. The report found that 74 percent of Afghans were classified as
Afghanistan International: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said arrests and killings of former Afghan security personnel continued in early 2026, documenting 23 arbitrary detentions, nine torture cases and five killings. UNAMA said former government officials and members of the former Afghan National Defence and Security Forces were being forcibly deported to Afghanistan and faced