Breaking News

Multimedia

Saturday 27 November 2021

?
November 2021
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
31	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	1	2	3	4

November 26, 2021
In The Balance: Urgent Calls For Taliban, UNESCO To Safeguard Famed Minaret

Afghan experts say urgent action is needed to protect the famed Minaret of Jam after guards disappeared and critical damage became visible on the cultural treasure.

November 24, 2021
Afghan Kids Put To Work Sorting Garbage in Tehran Despite Child Labor Ban

Iranian officials say around 4,600 children collect recyclable garbage on the streets of Tehran to sell and that the numbers are growing. It's estimated that 95 percent are foreigners and most of them are young Afghans. Many other children work at markets or cleaning cars in the Iranian capital.
November 22, 2021
Afghanistan, Human Rights, Energy, COVID-19 On Agenda At EU-Central Asia Meeting

The EU's foreign affairs representative, Josep Borrell, has met with foreign ministers from the five countries in Central Asia in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The November 22 meeting focused on the issue of security in the region following the Taliban takeover in neighboring Afghanistan in August.
November 19, 2021
Afghan Poppy Crops Continue To Grow, Despite Talk Of Taliban Ban

After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August, the group's leaders said they would put an end to the cultivation of opium poppies in the country, but they have yet to enact those plans. In the Marja district of Helmand Province, poppy cultivation continues to expand amid an economic crisis.
November 15, 2021
'They Sold Everything': Facing Hunger, Afghans In Ghor Province Give Up Belongings For Food

Since the Taliban takeover in August, Afghanistan's economy has been collapsing while a severe drought has worsened the risk of hunger in much of the country. Afghans like Homaira, a young resident of Ghor Province, are selling off their possessions just to buy food.
November 10, 2021
Afghan Students, Teachers Renew Calls For Taliban To Let Girls Go To High School

Three months after the Taliban seized power in Kabul, high schools remain closed to girls in all but two Afghan provinces. Taliban leaders have said that all female students can study if classes fit strict interpretation Islamic law, but they have yet to issue a clear policy.
November 08, 2021
Poverty, Hunger, And Fear Of The Taliban Drive Afghans To Iran And Pakistan

Since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August, many thousands of Afghans have fled their homes and crossed into Iran and Pakistan, sometimes with the help of human traffickers. Migrants say they're desperate for jobs, food, and medical care as the economy collapses in their home country.
November 05, 2021
Homeless In Kabul, Displaced Afghan Families Plead For Help

Thousands of people who fled violence across Afghanistan are living in makeshift tent cities in Kabul. Authorities in the capital have sent some of the displaced home, but a lot of them say they can't return to houses and communities destroyed by conflict.
November 02, 2021
'We Have Nothing For Winter': Humanitarian Crisis Looms In Afghanistan's Farah Province

Since the Taliban's return to power in August, Afghanistan's economic situation has rapidly worsened. Salaries have gone unpaid and jobs have disappeared. The impact of the crisis is apparent in Farah Province, in the country's southwest, where work and emergency aid are both scarce.
October 28, 2021
'Poverty Has Us In Its Grip': Afghan Activist Laments Taliban's Treatment Of Women

The Taliban's prohibition against women working has severely hit the budgets of many Afghan families whose main breadwinners were educated females, a co-organizer of Afghan women's protests has told RFE/RL's Radio Azadi.
October 27, 2021
Islamabad Braces For Islamist Protests Over Muhammad Caricatures

Pakistani authorities used shipping containers and earth-moving equipment to block roads leading to Islamabad and Rawalpindi ahead of planned protest marches by followers of a radical Islamist organization.
October 27, 2021
Afghans Challenge Taliban Spokesman Over Fair Aid Distribution

During a program on RFE/RL's Radio Azadi, a Taliban spokesman was challenged by several Afghans who contradicted his claim that aid was being distributed fairly to those who need it most.

XS

SM

MD

LG