Asia Afghanistan During nighttime expeditions under the bridges of Kabul, Taliban are allegedly picking up hundreds of homeless people addicted to heroin or methamphetamine; often violently, these are then detained and forced into detoxification centers
Asia Afghanistan The Ministry of Interior has reopened the department for issuing passports, announcing that 25.000 documents are ready, for now with the inscription 'Islamic Republic of Afghanistan'; in the last two months, 170.000 Afghans have applied
Asia Afghanistan Health care in the country crumbles amid a growing humanitarian crisis: hundreds of facilities closed for running out of aid money, female staff is banned from working and to female patients is denied treatment
Asia Afghanistan The women's national football team managed to cross the border and escape to Pakistan Together with their families, while the players belonging to the junior women's national team faced threats from the Taliban because of their involvement in sport
Asia Afghanistan The members of the new interim government have been announced, with Mohammad Hasan Akhund, Taliban leader on the UN list of international terrorists, as premier; demonstrations by women and activists are taking place all over the country
Asia Afghanistan Two explosions outside the capital's airport left more than 90 people dead and over 160 injured; the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Khorasan Province (Isis-K) claimed the attack, while the Taliban denounced it
Asia Afghanistan A series of provincial capitals have fallen into Taliban control, in an advance that has taken over the country's major centers after the withdrawal of US troops
Asia Afghanistan In his address to parliament, the president attributed the problems to the US withdrawal and urged support for a national mobilisation against the Taliban, arguing that Afghan forces are capable of pushing back the insurgents in the next six months
Asia Afghanistan A new US bill increases by 8.000 the number of special immigration visas for Afghan interpreters, contractors and other vulnerable Afghans who have worked with the US military
Asia Afghanistan In exchange for 7,000 prisoners, the Taliban have offered a three-month truce, which could be crucial given the militia's advancement
Asia Afghanistan After most European troops have withdrawn from the country, the US are expected to complete these operations shortly
Asia Afghanistan Acting Minister of Information and Culture invited citizens across the territory to work together to preserve cultural heritage, especially in insecure areas of the country
Asia Afghanistan An Afghan refugee woman, Hangama Amiri, designed the Twitter emoji for World Refugee Day, which falls today