Asia Afghanistan The UN Security Council examined the report on violations of women's rights; Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan called for the lifting of restrictions against Afghan women
Asia Afghanistan The Afghan Taliban government has refused to participate in a regional meeting on Afghanistan to be held in Tehran
Asia Afghanistan The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in which three Spanish tourists and three Afghans were killed on Friday, in the province of Bamiyan, near a well-known tourist site
Asia Afghanistan Reporters Without Borders called on the Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture to lift the ban on Afghan journalists working for the London-based Afghanistan International television channel
Asia Afghanistan Afghan tourism industry experts are thinking about how to attract tourists to the country and the Taliban are working together to encourage tourists to visit Afghanistan, the Associated Press reports
Asia Afghanistan Recent rains and floods have destroyed nearly 70 schools and madrasas in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, and lack of sufficient funds is hampering repair work
Asia Afghanistan Despite the challenges they face, women-run businesses in Afghanistan continue to demonstrate remarkable resilience, serving as vital pillars of economic stability and hope amid adversity, according to UNDP report
Asia Afghanistan Turkey-based construction company 77 INSAAT has reportedly expressed interest in establishing a cement plant in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan, near the border with Turkmenistan
Asia Afghanistan Abdul Rashid Iqbal, president of Kabul Polytechnic University, said the first international water conference of this atheneum will be held by the end of September this year
Asia Afghanistan Kyrgyz mining company "ALLATOY" expressed interest in investing in Afghanistan's mineral resources, particularly gold mines, during a meeting with the Taliban movement's acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum
Asia Afghanistan 10 million doses of bivalent oral polio vaccine have been donated to Afghanistan by the Indonesian Agency for International Development
Asia Afghanistan Researchers claim that dozens of archaeological sites have been demolished to allow 'systematic looting', with satellite images providing first visual evidence that looting trends began under the previous government and continued under the Taliban
Asia Afghanistan The World Food Programme announced it has provided food and cash assistance to nearly 19 million people in Afghanistan over the past year to strengthen local communities, prevent malnutrition and improve student learning