Press Releases

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

By Reshad Jalali Five years ago, the world watched in horror as the Taliban entered Kabul.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

From July 30 to August 8, 2026, Special Envoy on Afghan Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yue Xiaoyong visited Türkiye, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

UNESCO

Five years after the takeover by the de facto authorities, Afghanistan remains the only country in the world to formally prohibit girls and women from accessing education beyond the primary level, reversing two decades of progress in expanding...

UNESCO

Afghanistan is the only country in the world to formally prohibit access to education for girls and women beyond the primary level.

UNESCO

Since 2021, more than 69,000 learners have benefited from these programmes, 73 per cent of whom are women.

International Committee of the Red Cross

The ICRC improved access to essential primary healthcare by providing medical supplies and technical assistance to Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) primary health centres.

UN Human Settlements Program

The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Nearly 6 million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan since late 2023, placing severe pressure on already overstretched housing, public services and infrastructure across Afghanistan, the UN Human Settlements...

UN International Training and Research Center

Zarif strongly disagrees that accounting is dull or narrow, and points to the widening role of accountants as they embrace a wider view of business success including environmental and social sustainability.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health announced on Sunday the signing of a $4.31 million agreement with the Bu Ali Rehabilitation and Aid Network aimed at improving access to essential healthcare services in the central province of...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Afghanistan on Wednesday accused Pakistan of conducting fresh airstrikes in eastern regions of the country, alleging that the strikes killed 13 civilians, including 11 children, amid rising tensions between the neighboring states,...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Afghan authorities have accused Pakistan of conducting fresh airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan that reportedly resulted in the deaths of 13 civilians, including children, amid already strained relations between the two countries....

DVIDS - Georgia

BOLESLAWIEC, Poland — On June 25, 2026, during a ceremony at Forward Operating Site Boleslawiec, Poland, U.S. Army Col. Michael Filanowski, deputy chief of staff- operations, Multinational Division North East, NATO, was presented the Purple Heart...

EIN Presswire

Documentary follows 10 Afghanistan combat veterans who reunited more than a decade later in the data center, digital infrastructure industry.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) According to reports, Afghan police carried out a crackdown on illegal drug trafficking in northern Afghanistan’s Takhar province on Sunday, resulting in the arrest of two suspected smugglers and the seizure of narcotics.

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, including Afghan diaspora organisations across Europe, are profoundly concerned, outraged, and deeply disappointed by reports that the European Union (EU) intends to host representatives of the...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Afghanistan on Tuesday dismissed Pakistan’s accusations that a deadly assault targeting police officers in the country’s north had been organized from Afghan territory, while calling for what it described as “genuine cooperation” between...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) A child was killed and six others were injured on Saturday after two unexploded ordnance devices detonated in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, according to local officials cited in reports.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Pakistan declared Wednesday that its military had eliminated at least 26 militants in a fresh wave of targeted airstrikes along the Afghanistan border, even as Kabul pushed back sharply, claiming the strikes killed civilians — including...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) At least 408 Afghan nationals held in Iranian prisons have been handed over to Afghanistan, where they will complete their remaining sentences, Afghan prison authorities confirmed Thursday.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Thirteen civilians have been killed in a series of Pakistani strikes across border regions in Afghanistan, according to Afghan officials, as renewed hostilities escalated overnight along the frontier.