NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Arshad Malik, Afghanistan country director for Save the Children, about the aftermath of the deadly floods that hit several provinces there last weekend. Three hundred ...

The United Nations World Food Programme has announced a lack of funding is forcing it to stop feeding some of the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan. The organization is scaling back just as hunger ...

Three years after the departure of the final US troops from Afghanistan, the situation in the country is bleak, with the Taliban tightening its grip as it introduces increasingly oppressive laws that ...

Afghanistan’s heavy reliance on international aid — in 2021 foreign aid comprised 75 percent of its total economy — has left it in a low equilibrium trap. The withdrawal of NATO and U.S. military ...

For a country whose economy remains deeply dependent on regional trade routes, migration, and external assistance, instability on multiple fronts can quickly translate into economic crisis. While ...

Zabet Qasim's forced return to Afghanistan after five years living in Pakistan is hardly a happy homecoming. The head of a household of 14, Qasim at the age of 62 must rebuild his family's life in a ...

Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit by aid cuts and an inflow of two million Afghans forced out of Iran and Pakistan.

Good afternoon, Representative McGovern and Representative Smith. Thank you for holding a hearing on this important and increasingly despairing topic. Human Rights Watch is an international ...

Since the Taliban reclaimed control of Afghanistan in 2021, the country has plummeted further into political and economic instability. Frequent natural disasters and shortfalls in donor funding make ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...