Afghan Women’s Participation in Humanitarian Aid Is Becoming Conditional

Afghan Women’s Participation in Humanitarian Aid Is Becoming Conditional

By Elsa Chandio A new survey shows how Taliban restrictions and donor cuts are narrowing women’s role in aid, even...
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21 of 26 WFP vehicles carrying aid enter Afghanistan via Torkham border

21 of 26 WFP vehicles carrying aid enter Afghanistan via Torkham border

 Twenty-one of a total of 26 vehicles loaded with World Food Programme (WFP) aid items crossed into Afghanistan via the...
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Pakistan’s Afghan deportation drive: When ‘voluntary return’ is not a choice

Pakistan’s Afghan deportation drive: When ‘voluntary return’ is not a choice

By Elsa Imdad More than 10,000 Afghans a day have been crossing into Afghanistan since Islamabad’s July 10 deadline. The...
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OIC, Muslim World League discuss support for Afghanistan on sidelines of Islamabad conference

OIC, Muslim World League discuss support for Afghanistan on sidelines of Islamabad conference

Senior officials from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Muslim World League (MWL) have discussed ways to strengthen...
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UN chief nominates Bangladeshi diplomat Rabab Fatima as special envoy for Afghanistan

UN chief nominates Bangladeshi diplomat Rabab Fatima as special envoy for Afghanistan

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has nominated Bangladeshi diplomat Rabab Fatima as his Special Representative for Afghanistan and submitted her...
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Pakistan orders undocumented Afghan nationals to leave by July 10

Pakistan orders undocumented Afghan nationals to leave by July 10

Pakistan has set July 10 as the final deadline for undocumented Afghan nationals to leave the country, with authorities ordered...
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Kabul Delegation Attends Brussels Migration Talks: Balki

Kabul Delegation Attends Brussels Migration Talks: Balki

A Taliban delegation attended talks in Brussels on migration and consular services after receiving a one-day Belgian visa, marking the...
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Over 1,020 security personnel killed as militancy reached ‘peak’ in 2025 — minister

Over 1,020 security personnel killed as militancy reached ‘peak’ in 2025 — minister

Pakistan’s State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry said on Monday more than 1,020 law enforcement personnel had been killed in...
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Pakistan defense minister says talks with Taliban have failed to yield results

Pakistan defense minister says talks with Taliban have failed to yield results

Pakistan’s defense minister, Khawaja Asif, said efforts to resolve security disputes with the Taliban through dialogue have failed, arguing that...
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Pakistan warns of rising militant threat from Afghanistan, urges evidence-based UN reporting

Pakistan warns of rising militant threat from Afghanistan, urges evidence-based UN reporting

Pakistan warned on Monday of an “alarming rise” in militant threats emanating from Afghanistan and called for evidence-based and balanced...
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Clerics from Pakistan, Afghanistan appeal to authorities to extend pause in fighting till Eidul Azha

A group of clerics from Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday appealed to the authorities on both sides to extend the…

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Experts Call for Renewed Dialogue, Humanitarian Easing, and Stability in Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties

Religious scholars, tribal elders, and policy experts from Pakistan and Afghanistan called for an urgent revival of dialogue, practical confidence-building…

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Eminent Pak-Afghan Ulema Voice Support for Girls Education in Afghanistan

The return of the Taliban in Afghanistan meant that the nature of relevant stakeholders in the region had changed, and…

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AFGHANISTAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY UNHAPPY WITH PAKISTAN

In this interview with Matrix Media, veteran economist Haroon Sharif sheds light on what lies behind the Afghans’ (especially the…

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Girls’ Education: The Major Unfulfilled Commitment

Depriving Afghan girls of education was one of the Taliban regime’s systematic and devastating abuses against women, which has been…

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