The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Afghanistan world’s unhappiest country, even before Taliban

It is according to a so-called world happiness report released ahead of the UN-designated International Day of Happiness

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

Finding solace through helping a TV show understand war

When Associated Press journalist and Marine Corps veteran James LaPorta agreed to advise the NBC-TV show “This Is Us” about depicting the military authentically, he found more than he'd bargained for

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson's Guantanamo clients an issue for GOP

President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will face sharp questions from Republican lawmakers this coming week about the work she did as a public defender representing four Guantanamo Bay detainees

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

Taliban release three Afghan journalists after media crackdown

TOLOnews staffers were arrested after the channel broadcast a report on the Taliban’s ban on foreign drama series.

Al Jazeera · Mar 18, 2022

Off-the-record conversations heard at Ben Roberts-Smith trial offer rare insight into origins of defamation case

As the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial entered a seventh week for this year, the Federal Court heard off-the-record conversations from an SAS soldier revealed as a key source for two journalists.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Helping Afghanistan: On the UN mission in Afghanistan

The world must save Afghans from poverty, while pressuring the Taliban to end oppression

The Hindu · Mar 18, 2022

UN food agency official alarmed by Afghan food, fuel prices

An official with the U.N. food agency says that with Russia’s war in Ukraine taking an increasing toll on the global economy, the ripples of that conflict will further increase food and fuel prices in the desperately poor Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Harry praises the ‘amazing’ efforts of Ukrainian staff from landmine charity

Founded in Afghanistan in 1988, the Halo Trust employs 10,000 people in 28 countries and territories either at war or recovering from conflict.

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

His bus has been shot and blown up but this US veteran is still crossing Ukraine, saving lives

EXCLUSIVE: Project Dynamo’s cofounder Bryan Stern tells Rachel Sharp about both the heartbreaking goodbyes and the emotional reunions as he carries out dangerous rescue missions to evacuate people out of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Admission of foreign students picking up in University of Mysore

148 joined this year, including 90 from Afghanistan

The Hindu · Mar 18, 2022