OCHA: 21.9 Million Afghans Will Need Humanitarian Assistance in 2026
The agency warned that food insecurity is rapidly deteriorating, with 17.4 million people projected to face acute food insecurity next year.
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Opium Farming in Afghanistan Shrinks by 20pct in 2025: UN Survey
There has been a massive drop in 2023 that followed the Taliban’s announcement in 2022 that it was outlawing narcotics production.
India Must Seize the Moment in Afghanistan
By Aditi Bhaduri At the recently concluded Astana International Forum 2025, in Kazakhstan, I had
India has no alternative but to engage with the Taliban
Undoubtedly, the fissures between Pakistan and Afghanistan make the case for greater Indian engagement with the Taliban but it would be shortsighted to attribute such engagement as being solely contongent on Pak-Afghan relations. Regional security, trade and real politik demand that India engages with the Taliban. And India has quietly been doing that for awhile now.
Media: Pakistan, Turkmenistan hope for early completion of TAPI gas pipeline project
By IAR Desk Pakistan and Turkmenistan hope for early completion of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project,
UAE’s entry into Afghanistan is good news for India
The UAE’s entry into Afghanistan is expected to increase in scope there, giving it a lever over the Taliban. For India, which has sent its high-level delegation to Kabul for talks, and which has forged a unique partnership with the UAE, this is only good news
Former Afghanistan officials announce govt in exile, Saleh to lead
By ANI KABUL: Former officials of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistanwho left the war-torn nation after
The long shadow of the Medieval Ages in Afghanistan
By Anwar A. Khan From drunken brawls to rapes and mass killings, violence cast a
Afghanistan withdraws from General Assembly debate, UN says
By AFP United Nations: Afghanistan‘s ambassador to the United Nations pulled out of delivering an address to
Afghan girls must not be excluded from schools: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday welcomed the news that secondary schools are due to reopen in Afghanistan on Saturday, after months of closure due to COVID-19, but stressed that girls must not be kept from the classroom.