4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (416+ words) Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid called Wednesday for international health assistance to Afghanistan to continue and said such aid should not become “politicized,” as the country’s health system faces declining international funding. Speaking at a news conference in Kabul, Mujahid said…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (404+ words) Wednesday marks 25 years since the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a prominent commander who fought Soviet forces and later the Taliban and was declared a national hero by the former government. Massoud was assassinated on Sept. 9, 2001, in Khwaja Bahauddin district…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1604+ words) An entire generation of Afghan children risks long-term and “potentially irreversible harm” as Taliban restrictions, widespread poverty, hunger and the dismantling of child protection systems deepen a crisis affecting millions of children, the UN special rapporteur on Afghanistan has warned…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (566+ words) Historic sites in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province are deteriorating because of natural disasters, years of conflict and inadequate preservation, prompting residents and visitors to call for urgent restoration work. Sites including the Bala Hissar, the Ghaznain fortress and Ghazni’s old city…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (582+ words) Iran has accused the United States of striking a house where a wedding celebration was taking place in the southern county of Sirik, killing at least five people, including a child, and wounding dozens of others. Esmaeil Baghaei, a spokesman…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (422+ words) An Amu review of reports by Iranian human rights organizations found that at least 20 Afghan citizens have been executed in Iranian prisons since the beginning of 2026, amid concerns over access to lawyers, fair trials and a lack of transparency surrounding…...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago   (309+ words) The United States has deported 12 Afghan nationals to the Central African Republic. Among them is a young Afghan man whom a US judge had previously protected from deportation to Afghanistan because of fears he could face persecution by the Taliban....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (397+ words) Aisha Wahab, an Afghan American member-elect of Congress, says the United States should pursue diplomacy and maintain a relationship with Afghanistan “regardless of which group is in power,” while criticizing restrictions on women and girls under Taliban rule. In an…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (335+ words) Hasib Panjshiri, a commander of the National Resistance Front, was buried in Panjshir on Monday, four days after his death, after the International Committee of the Red Cross mediated the return of his body to his family, relatives told Amu....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (645+ words) The World Food Program says it is turning away six out of every seven acutely malnourished women and children seeking treatment in Afghanistan because of funding shortages, as wasting among children worsens across more than 75% of the country’s provinces. The…...