The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan's recent decision to revoke the licenses of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that continue to ...

Polio cases are surging in both countries. Can Pakistan and Afghanistan collaborate on eradicating the virus, even as their ...

How can the international community ensure that aid reaches the needy without empowering the Taliban or helping them ...

This, in Harpending’s view, is the only reason the war in Afghanistan failed to produce a stable, democratic government. Harpending’s work provided a great deal of the foundation for Nicholas Wade’s ...

Hundreds of Afghan refugees have settled in Vermont in recent years. Now, one of those families wants to make the state feel ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for Afghans in U.S. custody, a senior Taliban leader with direct ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, while the number of the world ...

Last September, there were reports authorities had also stopped medical training and courses for women. In Afghanistan, women ...

The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight.

The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight. Sanctions against the country’s new rulers, a halt on bank transfers and frozen ...

MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Risks Report 2025 ...

He extracted 22 employees for Bloomberg and Audible from Afghanistan. He said he never took money directly from Afghans, who CNN said in the piece were being exploited as they feared retribution ...