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The European Union says that the shooting of civilians in Injil district of Herat is unjustifiable.The EU Delegation to Afghanistan, last night (Saturday, April 11), described the attack on civilians at the Sayyid Mohammad Agha shrine in Deh...

The Taliban Supreme Court has announced that 16 people in Kabul were flogged in public on charges of buying and selling drugs and alcoholic beverages.The institution said in a statement released this afternoon (Saturday, April 11) that these...

Tajudeen Oyewale, the UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, says that education is the right of every child, and access to it helps both girls and boys learn, think, and shape their future.Oyewale wrote this afternoon (Saturday, April 11), quoting...

Nasir Ahmad Faiq, Acting Head of Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, has described the shooting of civilians in Injil district of Herat as a terrorist attack and condemned it.Faiq wrote today (Saturday, April 11) on X...

The World Health Organization says that by delivering essential care to pregnant women in remote areas of Afghanistan, it is helping to save lives.The Afghanistan office of the organization said today (Thursday, April 9) that providing care to...

in accessing healthcare services.Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rightsin Afghanistan, says that women and girls continue to face significant barriers inaccessing healthcare services.Bennett said this afternoon (Tuesday, April 7) on the...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has delivered healthcare services to more than 20 million people in 2025, 60 percent of whom were women.UNICEF Afghanistan wrote today (Tuesday, April 7) on X that these services were...

The United Nations says that sports have a unique capacity to foster connection, inclusion, and peace in an increasingly fragmented world.The UN stated today (Monday, April 6) on the occasion of the International Day of Sport for Development...

The World Health Organization says that violence against women in the home should never be considered a “private matter.”In a post shared late Sunday night (Monday, April 5) on X, the organization stated that violence by an intimate...

The Taliban Supreme Court has announced that 15 people were flogged in Kabul on charges of buying and selling narcotics in public.The court said today (Sunday, April 5) in a statement that the individuals had been sentenced to...

The World Health Organization has announced that, with financial support from the European Union, it has opened a 50-bed treatment center for communicable diseases in Kunduz.The WHO Afghanistan office said today (Sunday, April 5) in a post on...

The newspaper Hasht-e Subh has reported that the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice officials have threatened doctors at Herat’s maternity hospital for providing birth control pills and condoms to women.The outlet wrote...