Asia Afghanistan The Turkish Co-operation and Co-ordination Agency has commissioned renovation of the building hosting Centre for Women's Empowerment and Professional Development, located in Herat Province in Afghanistan, to employ around 100 women
Asia Afghanistan Authorities in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia have declared that girls' high schools have been opened in recent days, although the measure has not been officially approved
Asia Afghanistan One year after the Taliban retook the country, a group of 32 NGOs called on the international community not to abandon the population and instead address the underlying reasons for the economic crisis, defend human rights and increase humanitarian aid
Asia Afghanistan Amid spiralling poverty, the lack of jobs and 40% inflation, girls have no future: local culture contemplating the habit of selling young daughters into marriage for dowry adds to the Taliban veto on schooling over grade 6
Asia Afghanistan There are fears over construction work at the site of the Bamiyan Buddhas, with Unesco saying it was not consulted on the project and local experts alarmed by the Taliban's plans
Asia Afghanistan The number of members of the Islamic State terrorist organisation in Afghanistan has increased threefold to 6.000 since the Taliban came to power last year, said Zamir Kabulov, head of the second Asian department of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Asia Afghanistan The United Nations Development Programme has signed a $20 million partnership agreement with the World Bank to support humanitarian, economic and social development initiatives in all eight regions and 34 provinces of Afghanistan
Asia Afghanistan EU has allocated €15 million for child protection and €25 million for polio vaccines; according to UNICEF, children suffer violence and various dangers due to the economic and humanitarian conditions
Asia Afghanistan The Taliban vowed not to interfere with the international aid supplies flowing into Afghanistan after last week’s devastating earthquake
Asia Afghanistan Engineers and railway specialists from Turkmenistan arrived in Akina with machinery and equipment to resume construction of the Akina-Andkhoy railway line, connecting Turkmenistan and Afghanistan
Asia Afghanistan Tens of millions of dollars disappeared from Afghan government bank accounts during the Taliban takeover in August, according to a US government watchdog report released Monday
Asia Afghanistan As of yesterday night, all female TV speakers were forced to work with full face coverage as a result of pressure to the TV stations were speakers opposed to the requirement
Asia Afghanistan Several dozen women's rights activists marched through the streets of Kabul, despite intimidation by officers, against a Taliban order making it compulsory for women to wear the full burqa, including a face veil, when in public