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 10 million doses of polio vaccine will be sent to Afghanistan as a form of Indonesia's commitment to help the country tackle the polio endemic
Asia Afghanistan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban condemn a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as Afghanistan is now drug-free
Asia Afghanistan Human Rights Watch has urged the International Criminal Court to investigate the sexual abuse and harassment of women and girls in Afghanistan as a "crime against humanity"
Asia Afghanistan The International Organization for Migration Afghanistan has reopened its local office in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan to provide assistance to returning Afghan refugees and displaced people in the region