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Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium

The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer.

Reuters · Apr 3, 2022

US man held hostage in Afghanistan seen alive for 1st time in 2 years in new video

An American man kidnapped by the Taliban in early 2020 was seen alive for the first time since then on Friday in a hostage video.

Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2022

Two detainees released from Afghanistan -U.S. State Dept

An American and a U.S. resident have been freed from detention in Afghanistan, the State Department said on Friday, and one of the pair identified themselves as brothers who were engaged in humanitarian work when the Taliban arrested them.

Reuters · Apr 1, 2022

UN donor conference falls billions short of $4.4bn target to help Afghanistan

Conference raises only $2.44bn as Russian foreign minister says west is responsible for country’s humanitarian crisis

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022

In Afghanistan, Private Aid Fills Void Left by Bureaucratic Failure

Small, private groups are working to feed the hungry and evacuate the endangered.

Reason · Mar 31, 2022

Afghan evacuees lack a clear path for resettlement in the U.S., 7 months after Taliban takeover

Russia’s war against Ukraine has resulted in more than 4 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country.

The Conversation · Mar 31, 2022

UN Seeks Record $4.4B for Afghans Struggling Under Taliban

The UN's aid coordination office, backed by Britain, Germany and Qatar, is launching its biggest-ever appeal for funds for a single country in hopes of collecting $4.4 billion to help Afghanistan, a decidedly ambitious call to assist the impoverished country again run by Taliban militants when much of the world´s…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 31, 2022

AP News Digest 3:25 am

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The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022

In Afghanistan, ‘people selling babies, young girls to survive’

Dire economic situation sees children dying of starvation as millions of Afghans struggle to put food on their tables.

Al Jazeera · Mar 31, 2022

China's Xi strongly backs Afghanistan at regional conference

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has issued strong backing for Afghanistan at a regional conference, while making no mention of human rights abuses by the country's Taliban leaders

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022