Watch: Afghanistan War Commission Hearing

The Afghanistan War Commission holds a hearing in the Senate on Monday, June 23. America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan came to an ignoble end in 2021 with Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from the country. Billions of dollars or weapons and equipment were …

Women in Afghanistan Face a Total Lack of Autonomy

Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Education, Gender, Gender Identity, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Inequality, TerraViva United Nations, Women's Health A young Afghan girl studies at home following the …

Why America had to return from Afghanistan?

The roar of American tanks on the streets of Kabul, the flight of fighter jets in the sky and the deployment of foreign soldiers at every intersection… this picture had once become the identity of Afghanistan, but in the year 2021, the time came when …

Afghanistan’s Children in Dire Need of an ‘Acceleration in Nutrition Action’

Aid, Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Economy & Trade, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Food Sustainability, Food Systems, Health, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Children receiving humanitarian aid …

Afghanistan War Commission hears from vets as it tackles troop surge

At the peak of the war in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama’s troop surge in late 2009, about 110,000 service members were deployed to the country at a given time. At least some of those troops were gleaning insights from their vantage point on …

Flights over Afghanistan surge fivefold after Israel attack on Iran

Following Israel’s attack on Iran, airlines have rerouted flights over Afghanistan, leading to a fivefold increase in daily air traffic across the country airspace. Since Israel began its strikes on Iran, the number of flights using Afghanistan airspace …

Pakistan, Afghanistan discuss trade relations, regional projects

ISTANBUL: Afghan Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, on the sidelines of the 51st Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Foreign …

Afghanistan condemns U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities

KABUL, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan interim government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the U.S. strikes on the nuclear installations in Iran, a spokesman for the ministry said. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate …

LIVE: UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan

Will Trump use Munir to do US’s ‘dirty work’ and turn Iran into a new Afghanistan?

Speculation is rife that the US may be grooming Pakistani deep state to manage the ‘Iran crisis’ even as history is replete with examples of how West-led military interventions has often destabilised West AsiaFour days after Pakistan army chief Field …