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Former Pakistani Envoy Calls on Pakistan to Allow Afghan Medical Students to Complete Studies

Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan’s former ambassador to Afghanistan, has urged the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to reconsider its decision ordering Afghan medical...

UN Warns Afghanistan Faces One of the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crises After 4 Decades of War

The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan remains one of the world's largest humanitarian crises after more than four decades of conflict and recurring...

France Begins Trial of 14 Men Over English Channel Disaster That Killed 31 Migrants, Including 4 Afghans

The trial of 14 men accused of organizing the deadliest migrant crossing of the English Channel opened in Paris on Tuesday, nearly five years...

Richard Bennett Says Afghan Children Are Growing Up in Fear and Hopelessness

UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Bennett told the UN Human Rights Council that Afghanistan’s children are growing up in an environment defined by...

World Literacy Day: Afghanistan’s Children Face Major Barriers to Education, OCHA Says

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that millions of children in Afghanistan continue to face severe barriers...

Richard Bennett Says Afghanistan’s 2004 Constitution Was Suspended

Richard Bennett, the U.N. special rapporteur on Afghanistan, says the Taliban suspended Afghanistan’s 2004 Constitution after returning to power and replaced it with decrees...

Pakistan Suspends Medical and Dental Education for Afghan Students, Orders Current Students to Leave

Pakistan has suspended all medical and dental education processes for Afghan students, ordering universities to halt admissions, transfers and academic facilitation, while instructing Afghan...

Tajikistan’s Asia-Plus Launches Persian-Language Service on 35th Independence Anniversary

Tajikistan's leading independent media group Asia-Plus has launched a Persian-language news service to coincide with the country's 35th anniversary of independence, in a move...

Guterres Calls for Immediate Lifting of UN Work Ban on Women in Afghanistan

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the Taliban to immediately lift their ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations, warning...

Rights Group Says Iran Executed Disabled Afghan Prisoner From Wheelchair

Iranian authorities executed an Afghan national with a physical disability in Rafsanjan Central Prison, according to the Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw, which said...

Nearly 100 Afghan Women Graduate From Zan Online University

Nearly 100 Afghan women have graduated from the Online Women’s University, marking another milestone for an institution created after women were banned from attending...

UN Expert Warns Nearly 9 Million Afghan Children Face Severe Hunger Crisis

A new United Nations report warns that Afghanistan’s children are facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with nearly one-third of all children...

Anti-Immigration AfD Poised for Major Victory in German State Election

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a historic victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, emerging as the largest party with more than 44%...

Mujahid Says Government Shares Similarities With Iran, Calls It an Advantage for Engagement

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's chief spokesman, said their government shares significant similarities with the Islamic Republic of Iran because both political systems are based...

UN Rapporteur Raises Concerns Over Expansion of Madrassas in Afghanistan

The expansion of religious schools (Madrassas) under current rule could permanently reshape Afghanistan’s social fabric and deepen the country’s education crisis, Richard Bennett, the...

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