The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Airstrikes, banditry, drones and a ban on girls’ education: four teachers on educating students amid conflict

Educators working in extremely challenging conditions in Lebanon, Niger, Ukraine and Afghanistan explain what drives them on

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Asia Cup

Follow all the action from Sheikh Zayed Stadium

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

Pakistan security forces kill 35 militants in raids on Pakistani Taliban

Twelve soldiers also killed during raids on two TTP hideouts on border with Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025

Afghanistan earthquake exposes Western inaction and new risks for women

In the wake of a series of earthquakes that have devastated eastern Afghanistan, the humanitarian response remains critically underfunded, with Western donors slow to act and gender-based restrictions compounding the crisis for Afghan women. Aid workers from French NGOs told RFI about the challenges on the ground.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 12, 2025

Afghanistan faces 'triple' returnee, climate and aid cut crisis, IOM mission chief says

The UN’s migration agency is being forced to make "difficult decisions" to "deprioritise" vulnerable Afghans returning home as deep aid cuts bite.

Euronews · Sep 12, 2025

UN confirms female staff being blocked by Taliban from working on earthquake response in Afghanistan

Taliban deploys armed guards outside UN compound in Kabul to prevent local female workers from coming in to work

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

UN agency appeals for funds to help tens of thousands of quake-hit Afghans, many still homeless

The U.N. migration agency is appealing for funds for around 134,000 people in Afghanistan who need help nearly two weeks after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people in the country’s mountainous east

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

‘I was lost but football gave me strength’: Afghan women refugees on their fight for recognition

Exiles from the Taliban in England and Australia are using the sport to battle prejudice and give a voice to women and girls in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025

‘I pray no one lives a life like mine’: Afghan women dream of freedom and cricket

Women’s rights have disappeared under the Taliban and more must be done to support athletes in exile

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025

India exploring ways to host sanctioned Taliban leader despite UN ban

Taliban’s acting foreign minister Muttaqi was due to make his first trip to India in August but failed to secure a waiver on his existing travel ban

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025