Human Rights Report Says Situation in Afghanistan Has Deteriorated on All Fronts

Afghanistan, April 3 -- A new report by the Afghanistan Human Rights Center says rights and freedoms have been systematically violated across the country, with women, journalists, activists and former... Read More

Sima Samar Says Silence Over Girls' Education Has Deepened Afghanistan's Crisis

Afghanistan, April 3 -- Former Afghanistan Human Rights Commission chief Sima Samar says men in Afghanistan have failed to meaningfully resist the continued denial of education to girls and women, war... Read More

Pakistan Hikes Fuel Prices Again as Iran War Pushes Oil Higher

Afghanistan, April 3 -- Pakistan on Thursday sharply increased petrol and diesel prices for the second time in less than a month, as the war in the Middle East and surging global oil prices continue t... Read More

Eight Muslim Nations Condemn Israel's New Palestinian Death Penalty Law

Afghanistan, April 3 -- Eight Muslim-majority countries have strongly condemned a new Israeli law that imposes the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis, calling it a dangerous e... Read More

Afghanistan Flood Death Toll Rises to 51

Afghanistan, April 3 -- Flooding across Afghanistan has killed at least 51 people and injured 89 others over the past eight days, according to figures released by Taliban authorities, as heavy rain an... Read More

Richard Bennett Urges More Funding for Mine Clearance in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, April 3 -- UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett has called on the international community to increase funding for mine clearance and unexploded ordnance re... Read More

Iran Death Toll From U.S.-Israeli Strikes Rises Above 2,000

Afghanistan, April 3 -- Iran's Health Ministry says the death toll from joint U.S. and Israeli attacks across the country has risen to 2,076, with 26,500 people wounded since the war began in late Feb... Read More

NRC Calls for Urgent Aid for Families Displaced by Pakistan Attacks in Eastern Afghanistan

Afghanistan, April 3 -- The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called for urgent humanitarian aid for families displaced by recent fighting between Taliban forces and Pakistan in Afghanistan. The gro... Read More

Missile, Drone Strikes Hit Kuwait Refinery and Water Plant

Afghanistan, April 3 -- Kuwait said missile and drone attacks hit a power and desalination plant as well as the Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery on Friday, marking a fresh escalation in retaliatory strikes... Read More

Iran Warns It Will Strike U.S., Israeli Energy Sites if Attacked

Afghanistan, April 3 -- Iran has warned that its armed forces will target the economic, fuel, energy and power assets of the United States, Israel and their allies if Iranian infrastructure comes unde... Read More

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