A dramatic shortfall in international funding has left nearly 23 million Afghans — nearly half the country’s population — in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, said on Wednesday, warning that hard-won humanitarian progress is now at risk of unraveling. According to OCHA, an estimated 22.9 million people — including 5.7 […]

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a raid on what it described as an ISIS hideout in Kabul, saying two members of the militant group were killed during the operation. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid announced on Tuesday that the raid took place on Monday night in the 15th security district of the Afghan capital. He said Taliban forces discovered and […]