Asia Afghanistan Over 90% of the people killed by the earthquake last weekend were women and children, UN officials reported
Asia Afghanistan The death toll from earthquakes in western Afghanistan has risen to more than 2.000 after hard-to-reach areas were hit by Saturday's magnitude 6,3 tremors
Asia Afghanistan 10 million doses of polio vaccine will be sent to Afghanistan as a form of Indonesia's commitment to help the country tackle the polio endemic
Asia Afghanistan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban condemn a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as Afghanistan is now drug-free
Asia Afghanistan Human Rights Watch has urged the International Criminal Court to investigate the sexual abuse and harassment of women and girls in Afghanistan as a "crime against humanity"
Asia Afghanistan The International Organization for Migration Afghanistan has reopened its local office in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan to provide assistance to returning Afghan refugees and displaced people in the region
Asia Afghanistan The Afghan Taliban government celebrated the second anniversary of its seizure of power with festivities and a public holiday on Tuesday
Asia Afghanistan Rohullah Nekpa, a former member of Afghanistan’s national taekwondo team and a two-time Olympic medalist, has been appointed as the head coach of the New Zealand national taekwondo team
Asia Afghanistan Carpet production across the country will be increased in a move by Ministry of Industry and Trade with the aim of employing 1,5 million people in the sector to meet growing demand, especially from China
Asia Afghanistan University professors, women's rights activists and religious clerics in Afghanistan have launched a campaign - 'Education of Afghan Girls' - with the aim of opening schools and universities for girls in the country
Asia Afghanistan The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time that British special forces are at the centre of a war crimes investigation in Afghanistan
Asia Afghanistan 12 million euros have been allocated by the European Union for its partners, the Aga Khan Foundation, the Danish Refugee Council and the Association for Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development for Afghanistan, to support vulnerable Afghans
Asia Afghanistan Around 1,6 million children are involved in child labour in the country according to international statistics