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 The National Statistics and Information Authority of Afghanistan has announced the issuing and distributing of over 320.000 electronic identity cards in the sole month of November
Asia Afghanistan Some 200.000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in a month, ahead of the deadline announced by Islamabad, which has issued an ultimatum for 1,7 million undocumented refugees from Afghanistan
Asia Afghanistan Afghanistan has been ranked least advanced country for women's rights, out of 177, in a research by George Washington Institute and Oslo Peace Research Institute; director of Oslo Peace Institute said this is "a wake-up call for world leaders"
Asia Afghanistan Afghanistan beat Pakistan for the first time in cricket, achieving its highest success in the World Cup