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Afghans fear that the winter will be worse than the last.
A 50-year-old Afghan woman named Mari Jaan waits in a long food line in Kabul every couple of weeks. She says she always waits for cooking oil, flour and lentils. “With the disappearing of jobs…we’re now seeing people standing in line for food assistance who never would’ve believed in their lives they’d be standing in…
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Afghan women are left with tears and anger when the Taliban enforces an education ban.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack at an education centre in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed at least five people and injured 27 others. The attack was the latest in a string of attacks on schools and education centres by the Taliban in recent months. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan…
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Since the killing of al Qaeda’s leader, top US officials have met with the Taliban.
The US State Department said that no Afghan or Afghans want to return to an Afghanistan “that lacks opportunity, that lacks security, and certainly lacks prosperity”. This comes after CNN reported that an American reporter and his Afghan producer were arrested in Kabul this year while in Afghanistan. “No Afghan or Afghans want to return…
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There was a year under the Taliban.
A suicide attack on an educational center in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has killed at least 19 people, most of whom were young female students. At least 27 people were wounded in the blast at the school, Taliban officials said. Marzia and Hajar, two of the girls who were killed, had a list of things they…