KABUL, Afghanistan — Poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan rose sharply over the past year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said on Thursday, describing it as the first significant increase since the country’s Taliban rulers imposed a…
From the Khanate of Kalat to the disputed accession of 1948 and the uprisings that followed, Balochistan’s history raises a question that military power cannot answer: who has the right to determine the future of a nation? The Baloch question is…
Poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan rose sharply over the past year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said on Thursday, describing it as the first significant increase since the country’s Taliban rulers imposed a narcotics ban…
Brief by Riley McCabe Published October 21, 2024 This analysis focuses on terrorism, which is defined here as the deliberate use or threat of premeditated violence by nonstate actors with the intent to achieve political goals by creating a broad psychological impact…
BABA YUSUF, Afghanistan, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Carpets still hang on the walls of Mohammad Dawood's home in a northern Afghanistan village, and ornate mirrors still catch the light, relics of the years when a single poppy harvest could carry his family…
Editor's note: this story was translated from the original VOA Pashto article. The United States says the Taliban’s violations of Afghan women’s rights are “unacceptable” and must stop immediately. Bruce went on to say that the Taliban have continued to…
Editor's note: this story was translated from the original VOA Dari article. Pakistani officials and the Afghan Taliban blamed each other this week for what they described as “unprovoked” attacks at a border crossing. A Pakistani official in South Waziristan…
Citing reports by the UN Secretary-General and the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Harish highlighted the scale of the challenges facing women in conflict-affected regions Updated On: 29 October, 2026 10:04 AM IST | United Nations | mid-day online correspondent Citing reports by…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Germany has deported 40 Afghan asylum seekers convicted of various crimes to Afghanistan, a media report said on Thursday. German broadcaster WDR quoted a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior as saying that the charter flight carrying…
The situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has escalated again following fresh clashes between the two countries' military forces, resulting in casualties on both sides. Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes leave dead and injured on both sides The situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border…
1979–1989: insurgency, occupation, and withdrawal.
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