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
Asia Afghanistan Afghanistan's women's national football team played its first competitive game in exile at the weekend, eight months after fleeing the Taliban
Asia Afghanistan Pakistani-Afghan trade via Torkham has doubled during the last three months and is likely to rise further; the number of vehicles taking Pakistani goods to Afghanistan via Torkham had dropped to just 80 vehicles soon after Kabul fell to the Taliban
Asia Afghanistan Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs said efforts are underway to decrease the unemployment rate in the troubled country by creating job opportunities through projects including Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI)
Asia Afghanistan The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to prevent women from boarding flights unless accompanied by a male relative; the latest restriction on women follows the closure of all girls' secondary schools
Asia Afghanistan Taliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools to girls above the 6th grade, reneging on a promise and opting for their hard-line base; the international community has urged to reopen schools and give girls their right to public spaces
Asia Afghanistan With 95% of families not getting enough to eat and World Food Programme funds to alleviate the humanitarian crisis are running out, it is estimated that $1,6 billion would be needed to assist 23 million Afghans