Asia Afghanistan The name of the American University of Afghanistan has been changed to the Afghan International University, reportedly declared newly appointed Minister of Higher Education Mawlawi Neda Mohammad Nadim
Asia Afghanistan Women have banned from visiting all parks in Kabul, further excluding them activities out of home; a spokesman for the Ministry of Vice and Virtue reportedly said that managers of parks in the capital have been told not to let women in
Asia Afghanistan More than 200 media professionals have suffered abuses, such as arbitrary arrests, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power, the United Nations said, noting a significant increase in press freedom violations
Asia Afghanistan US assured the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan that Washington will not fund any armed group or non-state actor in the country
Asia Afghanistan Funds illegally blocked in Afghanistan must be unblocked, Russian President Putin said, stressing that the 'failed policies' of the US and NATO are the main cause of the current situation in the country
Asia Afghanistan Threats against women are now common in Afghanistan, with victims' advocates claiming that sexual violence is on the rise under the Taliban government and that previous help to which women had access is no longer available
Asia Afghanistan The United States has approved a new $327 million humanitarian aid programme to fund emergency support and health services
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