No home ground but the Afghan way persists

Decades of conflict have turned Afghan life into a sort of moving caravan across borders. And yet, their culture never leaves ...
The New York Times

In Afghanistan, a Trail of Hunger and Death Behind U.S. Aid Cuts

Since the Trump administration slashed foreign aid to Afghanistan a year ago, child malnutrition has risen to levels not seen in 25 years. Two recent deadly earthquakes have killed thousands. Some 2.8 ...
dw

Germany: Afghanistan's consulates pose threat to refugees

Afghanistan's consulates in Germany are being taken over by Taliban officials, putting Afghan people at the mercy of the regime they fled. The Taliban are sending more officials to staff its ...
The Conversation

Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement

Mehr Mumtaz receives funding from the Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Grant, and the Mershon Center for International Security's Graduate Research Grant. In January 2025, Seema received an email ...
NBC News

Afghanistan launches $100 million food security program as hunger crisis deepens

Afghanistan will roll out a $100 million food security project, the United Nations said on Thursday, as it contends with a worsening hunger crisis driven by mass deportations of Afghans from ...
Couriermail

‘Dire’: Australia sends additional $50m in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan amid Taliban’s brutality

A worsening humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the Taliban’s rule has prompted a massive increase in Australia’s aid package to Afghanistan. “The people of Afghanistan are enduring one of the world’s ...
The New York Times

Congress Nixes Visas for Afghan Partners, Closing Off a Key Path

President Trump froze a program to allow Afghans who had worked with American troops to come to the United States. Now Congress has quietly scrapped the visas, leaving little hope of reviving them. By ...
The Guardian

The death of medical care for Afghan women

Dr Carol Mann says the world is silent while women in Afghanistan face a bleak future, in response to an article on the Taliban’s birth control ban Your article on contraception in Afghanistan ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences

A third-century B.C.E. plaque unearthed at Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan depicts the mother goddess Cybele in a chariot driven by Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet via ...
The Guardian

Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages

Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception Parwana* no longer recognises her own children. Once known for her beauty in her village in Kandahar ...
The Independent

Confronting a catastrophic water crisis as millions forced to return to Afghanistan

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...