The women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is an ongoing humanitarian calamity

What’s happening in Afghanistan is not simply gender discrimination; rather, it’s pushing an entire gender out of public ...
The Diplomat

Internet Shutdown in Afghanistan Threatens Women’s Education and Media Freedom

On September 15, 2025, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada announced the shutdown of fiber-optic internet across Afghanistan. The ban was implemented the next day in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh ...
Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan: Taliban Trample Media Freedom

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...
WISH-TV

‘WISHstory’: US troops in Afghanistan face challenges in economic rebuilding and aid efforts

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In 2005, WISH-TV sent Reporter Pam Elliot and Photographer Jerry Peck to Pakistan to document the story of Qudrat Wardak, a one-year-old from Afghanistan with severe heart ...
NPR

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to maintain a ceasefire — for now. Here's what to know

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After five days of on-and-off talks in Istanbul to resolve hostilities that flared in the first half of October, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to continue a ceasefire they ...
Time

Pakistan and Afghanistan Announce Pause in Fighting Over Eid

A mass funeral ceremony is held for victims killed in a strike on a drug treatment hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 18, 2026. Reporter Pakistan and Afghanistan have declared a temporary pause ...