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| Jul 28, 2026 | Months of fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan have killed nearly 500 Afghan civilians, UN says | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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Cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in Afghanistan and wounded over 1,000 others between October and the end of June, the Unite... |
| Apr 5, 2026 | Afghan mother seeks justice after Pakistani bombing kills hundreds | KABUL: Samira Muhammadi hopes an international investigation can "extinguish" her pain after a Pakistani bombing killed her son and hundreds of other Afghans in the capital Kabul last month.
The Mar 16 attack hit a drug treatment ... |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Afghanistan, Pakistan truce talks reach third day | KABUL: Afghanistan and Pakistan held a third day of negotiations in Istanbul on Monday (Oct 27), seeking a lasting truce after their bloodiest clashes in years.
Fighting between the South Asian neighbours broke out after explosions in Kabul... |
| Jan 13, 2025 | The Shadows of Justice: A Tale of Two Struggles | In the heart of France, a chilling tale unfolded. Dominique Pelicot, a name now synonymous with horror, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. His crime? Drugging his ex-wife, Gisele Pelicot, and orchestrating a decade-long nightmare where do... |
| Jan 12, 2025 | Malala Yousafzai at Muslim girls' education summit snubbed by Taliban | ISLAMABAD: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Saturday (Jan 11) joined a global summit on the education of Muslim girls that was snubbed by Afghanistan's Taliban government.
The two-day conference hosted by Pakistan has brought ... |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Taliban bars UN human rights special rapporteur from Afghanistan: Report | KABUL: The Taliban have barred United Nations-appointed special rapporteur Richard Bennett from entering Afghanistan, the administration's spokesperson told local broadcaster Tolo, accusing the human rights watchdog of "spreading propa... |
| Aug 12, 2024 | Pakistan and the Middle East’s evolving approach to Afghanistan | With the third anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan approaching, the plight of ordinary Afghans is by no means over. Throughout its history, the strategic location of this landlocked country has proven to be more of a curse ... |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed since Taliban takeover: UN | The United Nations says it has recorded a significant number of civilians killed and wounded in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover – despite a stark reduction in casualties compared with previous years of war and armed confli... |
| Apr 11, 2023 | U.N. to review presence in Afghanistan after Taliban bars Afghan women workers | The United Nations said Tuesday it is reviewing its presence in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred Afghan women from working for the world organization — a veiled suggestion the U.N. could move to suspend its mission and operations in the... |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Afghanistan Requires a Change from Humanitarian Business as Usual | International humanitarian aid is critical in responding to natural disasters and other short-term emergencies. But as the U.N. itself recognizes, such aid is not well positioned to respond to—let alone resolve—a prolonged economic crisis s... |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Civilian Harm Mitigation: An Opportunity for Values-Based U.S. Leadership at NATO | A new push by the U.S. Department of Defense to implement a proactive and pragmatic strategy for addressing civilian harm mitigation and response (CHMR) provides a unique opportunity to lead by example while supporting U.S. allies at the No... |
| Nov 22, 2022 | Critics lament exclusion of Afghanistan from COP27 | Afghan climate activist Abdulhadi Achakzai was the only representative of his country at the United Nations COP27 climate conference held recently in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh.
The South Asian nation was excluded from the ... |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Defense Department Finally Prioritizes Civilians in Conflict | Human rights advocates and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have called on the Pentagon to improve how it handles civilian harm in war for the past 20 years. In January, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin promised change, though how and whe... |
| Aug 28, 2022 | One year after the Taliban reclaimed power, an Afghan judge reflects on her work overseeing domestic violence cases and adjusting to a new life: 'You take a tree from one place, it's not able to grow tomorrow' | Wahida Rahimi now lives in Vancouver, Canada with her husband and their three sons. Wahida Rahimi; Alyssa Powell/Insider
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Wahida Rahimi was one of 270 female judges trying to leave Afghanistan after the Taliban regained control.
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| Dec 20, 2020 | Afghanistan Will Be the Biden Administration’s First Foreign Policy Crisis | Editor’s Note: The U.S. war in Afghanistan will continue under its fourth president, but it will not be the same war President-elect Joe Biden dealt with during his time as vice president. The situation on the ground may be even worse, but ... |
| Nov 3, 2020 | ‘They Were Shooting in All Directions’: Kabul University Students Recall Terror | Mohammad Rahid never failed to inspire. As a gifted student at Kabul University, captain of the debate club and an English language tutor, the 20-year-old student was an achiever. In his free time, Rahid created inspirational videos as a wa... |
| Oct 9, 2019 | The U.S. Military Killed Dozens of Civilians While Trying to Bomb Meth Labs, U.N. Alleges | At least 30 civilians, including women and children, were killed by U.S. forces in May airstrikes on alleged methamphetamine labs in western Afghanistan, a UN agency alleged in a report on Wednesday.
The majority of those killed or injured ... |
| Feb 25, 2019 | 2018 was the deadliest year on record for civilians in Afghanistan | A record number of civilians — including the highest ever number of children — were killed in Afghanistan last year, the United Nations said Sunday.
The report from the U.N. Assistance Mission to Afghanistan said that 3,804 civilians were k... |
| Jan 19, 2018 | The Scope of the Endless War After One Year Under Trump | “We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world militarily and what we’re doing,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the Senate’s most knowledgeable military experts, about U.S. global counterterrorism operations last October. In this post... |
| Sep 1, 2017 | Part II: The Case Against Involvement in Afghanistan | In my previous essay, I laid out arguments for continued involvement in Afghanistan. In this essay, I present the opposing view.
The Case Against Involvement
The case for involvement prioritizes future risk; the case against involvement foc... |
| Aug 23, 2015 | In Afghanistan, the Glass is Still Better Seen as Half Full: A Response to Gary Owen | Editor's Note: In the latest entry in our ongoing dialogue on the future of Afghanistan, Stephen Watts and Sean Mann respond to Gary Owen's critique of their piece on the future of Afghanistan, arguing that although things may not be going ... |
| Jul 5, 2015 | Afghanistan After the Drawdown | Editor’s Note: Afghanistan was once the poster child for the war on terrorism but, almost 15 years after the fall of the Taliban, many Americans see it as yet another failed intervention in the greater Middle East. However, Stephen Watts an... |
| Jul 24, 2014 | Don't Ask Who's Being Killed by Drones In Afghanistan | This story comes to VICE News from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
On the afternoon of September 7 last year, in the Watapur region of Afghanistan’s Kunar province, a farmer named Miya Jan heard a buzzing overhead. He looked up to s... |
| Feb 20, 2013 | U.N. Report on Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan | Yesterday, as I noted in today’s news roundup, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan released its annual report on civilian casualties (defined as both direct and indirect deaths and injuries) in the conflict, and for the fir... |
| Feb 12, 2013 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | Going against U.N. Security Council orders, North Korea successfully tested a nuclear bomb today, reports just about every major news source. Here are the AP and the New York Times.
The bad news just keeps coming from Afghanistan: a governm... |
| Jan 23, 2013 | UN Assistance Mission Report on Torture in Afghan Detention Centers | Over the weekend, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ("UNAMA") released its report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan prisons. Needless to say, it's not terribly uplifting. From the executiv... |
| Oct 10, 2011 | U.N. Report on Treatment of Detainees in Afghan Custody | The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has released its report on the treatment of detainees in the custody of the Afghan government.
Here is the executive summary:
From October 2010 to August 2011, the United Nations Assistan... |
| New Ideas for Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism in Afghanistan | Editor’s Note: Managing the terrorism threat in the Taliban’s Afghanistan is both difficult and necessary. The U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban’s return to power, however, have made it far harder for the United States to monitor and strike t... |
| UN compound in Herat, Afghanistan attacked by ‘anti-government elements’ | The main UN compound in Herat, Afghanistan was attacked by “anti-government elements” on Friday and at least one security guard was killed, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
Rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire were us... |
