Afghanistan

Reporters for Tolo News cover their faces as they attend an editorial meeting at Tolo TV station in Kabul on May 22, 2022. © WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images

The Afghan Women Journalists Defying the Taleban

Against all odds and despite constant danger, a brave few continue to report.

8 Mar 24

After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 the female population have had to quit jobs and young girls after the age of 12 can no longer go to school or complete further education. Most art, culture and pastimes have also been banned. © Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images

Afghanistan: “I Don’t Want to Live. I Want to Die”

Two decades of efforts to protect women and girls has been systematically dismantled.

6 Mar 24

A delegation of Afghanistan's ministry of economic development checked the development of the Qosh Tepa, an irrigation canal, which will direct the water from the Amu Darya river to the country's arid northern region. The conduit however will reduce the supply for downstream Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which rely heavily on the river. © Afghanistan's deputy minister of economic development

Water Conflicts Loom in Central Asia

An ambitious infrastructure project in Afghanistan risks exacerbating scarcities in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

4 Aug 23

A woman cries as a child receives treatment for malnutrition at Indira Gandhi hospital on August 13, 2022 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The collapse of the economy and the freezing of Afghan and donor funds after the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021 created a humanitarian crisis. © Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images

Afghanistan’s Healthcare Crisis

Women and girls hard hit by increasingly desperate lack of access to medical services.

13 Jun 23

Ukraine’s Afghan Diaspora Sees Change Coming

Unlike previous incomers, recent arrivals are expected to be awarded asylum or complementary protection.

5 Nov 21

Levan Jangriashvili (in sunglasses), who worked in Afghanistan for many years, on his evacuation flight out of the country after the Taliban takeover © Levan Jangriashvili

Georgia Faces Afghan Drug Threat

Country at particular risk due to lack of control over its occupied territories.

17 Sep 21

The economic collapse and freezing of Afghan and donor funds following the Taliban's takeover in August 2021 triggered a severe humanitarian crisis, prompting many individuals to seek to leave the country. © Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images

Central Asia Refuses to Accept Afghan Refugees

With the exception of Dushanbe, all other regional powers will strictly limit numbers.

8 Sep 21

The Taleban in Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan.

Central Asia Braces for Impact of Taleban Takeover

Analysts fear that the new Kabul regime will inspire extremist organisations across the region.

31 Aug 21

41 migrants from Iraq had to make a camp right on the border between Belarus and Latvia, while none of the border guards allowed them to enter neither Belarus, nor Latvia. © Rawa Yasen

Belarus: Migrants Stuck in Limbo

Cold, hungry, and trapped, Afghans and Iraqis are amongst those caught between countries.

27 Aug 21

A group of refugees from Afghanistan on Tajikistan border. © Tajikistan's Government Committee for National Security (GKNB)

Could Taleban Gains in Northern Afghanistan Threaten Tajikistan?

Insecurity increases as insurgents appear energised by imminent US withdrawal.

30 Jun 21

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