The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Pressure Builds On Afghans Fearing Arrest In Pakistan

Convoys of Afghans pressured to leave Pakistan are driving to the border, fearing the "humiliation" of arrest, as the government's crackdown on migrants sees widespread public support.

International Business Times · Apr 9, 2025

Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family

Mohammed Ibrahim spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death

The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2025

A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2025

'Nearest thing to hell': British man held by Taliban with wife describes horrific conditions in Afghan jail

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 76, were captured by the terrorist group while returning to their home in central Afghanistan

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2025

Son of British couple detained by Taliban calls on US to help secure their release

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie Reynolds, 75, were arrested by Taliban officials in February

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2025

Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum

Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to return

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025

Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics

Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2025

‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babies

The need for women to be accompanied by a man in public is blocking access to healthcare and contributing to soaring mortality rates, say experts

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2025

‘Hope in my heart’: big Texas welcome for displaced Afghans on hold as Trump freezes refugee programs

Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being deported

The Guardian - US · Apr 2, 2025

Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest conflict ever for journalists, says report

More journalists killed in Gaza than in both world wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined, report finds.

Al Jazeera · Apr 2, 2025