The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Report: LGBTQ+ Afghans' lives have "dramatically worsened" since Taliban seized power

Researchers interviewed survivors of "gang rape, mob attacks" and people "hunted" by family members who joined the Taliban.

Axios · Jan 26, 2022

Lives of LGBTQ+ Afghans ‘dramatically worse’ under Taliban rule, finds survey

Human Rights Watch reports cases of mob attacks, gang-rape and death threats, with LGBTQ+ people living in fear and unable to flee

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2022

UN: More than 50 million people affected by urban conflicts

The United Nations chief says more than 50 million people are currently affected by conflict in urban areas from Afghanistan to Libya, Syria, Yemen and beyond where they face a much higher risk of being killed or injured

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022

Taliban talks in Oslo enter last day with bilateral format

The last day of talks between the Taliban and western diplomats has began in Oslo with a bilateral meeting with Norwegian government officials focused largely on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

More than half of Afghanistan's population facing famine

In Afghanistan, men, women and children are increasingly in dire straits: turning to begging, offering up their young daughters in marriage and even selling a kidney in order to be able to put food on the table. With most international aid cut off since the Taliban came back to power,…

France 24 · Jan 25, 2022

Scots teen recites Scots prayer for Burns Night to collect cash for food crisis in Afghanistan

Arya Bostani, whose father Abdul came to Scotland from Afghanistan 20 years ago, has recorded a version of "The Selkirk Grace".

Daily Record · Jan 25, 2022

Pakistan’s Imran Khan backs Gordon Brown’s call to aid starving in Afghanistan

More than 5,000 people have signed a Save The Children on line petition.

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Biden scrambles to defuse Ukraine crisis in first foreign policy test since Afghanistan debacle

Some experts believe Putin views US as being as vulnerable as Russia was after break-up of Soviet Union, writes Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Teenage boy recites Burns Night prayer for millions impacted by Afghan crisis

Arya Bostani recites ‘The Selkirk Grace’ to help raise funds for those facing extreme hunger.

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Your own CIA jail? Lithuania to sell secret U.S. 'rendition' site

A huge steel barn outside Lithuania's capital, whose long corridor and windowless rooms with carpets and soundproof doors once served as a CIA detention centre, will soon go on sale.

Reuters · Jan 24, 2022