Asia Afghanistan 231 newspapers have had to close and 6400 journalists have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control of the country, according to a survey conducted by Reporters without Borders, RSF, and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association
Asia Afghanistan Several Afghan families are returning to carpet making, a very old, traditional but exhausting activity that many had abandoned for more comfortable jobs, seeking a source of income as the economy teeters on the brink of ruin
Asia Afghanistan Sharbat Gula, the 'Afghan girl' on the 1985 National Geographic cover, joins the thousands of Afghans who have fled to Europe
Asia Afghanistan The Taliban have asked the EU for help with the country's airports, promising that Afghans and foreigners will be allowed to leave if they wish and assistance with airport operations should guarantee this can take place
Asia Afghanistan While economic crisis gets harsher in a country estimated to have over a trillion dollars in natural resources, local miners in natural marvelous and material-rich Nuristan have reported spotting foreigners staking out areas for future exploitation
Asia Afghanistan A nationwide polio vaccination campaign has begun for the first time since the Taliban took control of the country in August; according to Unicef, the UN agency has received authorization to carry out the campaign in the country
Asia Afghanistan Taliban rulers are pressing for the release of billions in assets Afghanistan parked with central bank reserves, blocked as the the government was ousted in August, while the nation faces drought, mass starvation and a new migration crisis
Asia Afghanistan During nighttime expeditions under the bridges of Kabul, Taliban are allegedly picking up hundreds of homeless people addicted to heroin or methamphetamine; often violently, these are then detained and forced into detoxification centers
Asia Afghanistan The Ministry of Interior has reopened the department for issuing passports, announcing that 25.000 documents are ready, for now with the inscription 'Islamic Republic of Afghanistan'; in the last two months, 170.000 Afghans have applied
Asia Afghanistan Health care in the country crumbles amid a growing humanitarian crisis: hundreds of facilities closed for running out of aid money, female staff is banned from working and to female patients is denied treatment
Asia Afghanistan The women's national football team managed to cross the border and escape to Pakistan Together with their families, while the players belonging to the junior women's national team faced threats from the Taliban because of their involvement in sport
Asia Afghanistan The members of the new interim government have been announced, with Mohammad Hasan Akhund, Taliban leader on the UN list of international terrorists, as premier; demonstrations by women and activists are taking place all over the country
Asia Afghanistan Two explosions outside the capital's airport left more than 90 people dead and over 160 injured; the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Khorasan Province (Isis-K) claimed the attack, while the Taliban denounced it