Human Rights Watch in a statement on Wednesday called for the release of two UN staffers and six NGO workers in Afghanistan. HRW said that six...
Regarding the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mujahid said the group operates in Pakistan, while claiming that al-Qaeda is not present in the region and “does not exist...
Speaking to Ariana News, WHO Representative in Afghanistan said cuts in humanitarian assistance have placed the country's health sector under increasing pressure.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for $38.3 million in urgent funding to help protect Afghanistan’s 2027 wheat harvest, warning...
A powerful El Niño weather event could push an additional nearly 49 million people into acute food insecurity across some of the world’s most vulnerable regions...
Meanwhile, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that millions of Afghans continue to face severe humanitarian challenges despite improvements in the...
The United Nations Security Council’s 1988 Sanctions Committee has amended the sanctions list entries of five Islamic Emirate officials, updating their identifying information while leaving the...
The humanitarian situation has also been worsened by the return of nearly six million Afghans from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan since late 2023.
Al-Qaeda’s activities in Afghanistan have declined, but the group continues to maintain a presence in the country, Alexander Zuyev, acting UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism, has said....
The European Union has welcomed the appointment of Rabab Fatima as the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, saying it looks forward to...
The European Union Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva has hosted a meeting on Afghanistan, reaffirming its commitment to supporting the Afghan people amid what...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced that Turhan Saleh has officially assumed his duties as the agency’s new Resident Representative in Afghanistan, effective July...
Fatima currently serves as the UN's Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
The United Nations’ top humanitarian official in Afghanistan has warned that prolonged drought and the effects of climate change are placing increasing pressure on communities in...
The agency estimated that the country recorded 638 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in 2024 — the highest rate in Asia and the seventh...
According to Khan, the Islamic Emirate had previously informed the United Nations that its humanitarian shipments would be permitted to enter Afghanistan through Torkham.
Children under the age of two are the hardest hit, accounting for 83 percent of severe acute malnutrition cases and 77 percent of moderate acute malnutrition...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has nominated Bangladeshi diplomat Rabab Fatima as his Special Representative for Afghanistan and submitted her nomination to the UN Security Council,...
Afghanistan’s Interior Minister, Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani, met on Wednesday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Barham Salih, UNHCR’s representative in Afghanistan, Arafat Jamal,...
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, met on Wednesday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). During the meeting,...