The 6.0-magnitude quake on September 1 killed more than 2,200 people, injured over 3,600, and left thousands homeless in eastern Afghanistan.
The UN agency has repeatedly warned that millions of Afghans face acute food insecurity, driven by persistent poverty, drought, economic isolation, and the return of refugees.
Only 53 percent of the $3.06 billion required for the 2024 response had been secured by May 2025, leaving a $1.43 billion gap that threatens to...
This year's forum comes on the heels of US President Donald Trump’s funding cuts to aid programs - many of which are directly linked to Afghanistan.
On February 11, 2022, Biden declared a national emergency to deal with Afghanistan's “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the...
Rahmon also expressed Tajikistan’s willingness to work with Afghanistan to help with the recovery and development of various sectors in the country
Five different types of slavery are especially prolific in the country. These are Forced Labor, Child Slavery, Forced and Early Marriage, Bonded Slavery and Human Trafficking
More than one in three people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger, driven mostly by climate shocks and high food prices.
The organization stated that currently 12.4 million people in Afghanistan are facing food insecurity.
The agency also added that the assistance was delivered within the framework of the People Together Through Ages international project.
The Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum has handed over 310 tons of food and winter aid to Afghan Authorities amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Twenty-two trucks...