Afghanistan News News Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s capital is in the grip of a water crisis
Potable water is trucked into the neighborhood on three-wheeled motorcycles and sold. For many, the price is too steep. “We have no money for food. How can we get water?” said Wali Mohammad, 90, ...
News Afghanistan: China says Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to explore a 'comprehensive solution' to conflict
Afghanistan and Pakistan said that they won’t “take actions that would escalate or complicate the situation” while China mediates over the deadly cross-border conflict.
News Afghanistan: Women and girls in Afghanistan
In this special coverage, Global Voices is publishing stories of nine Afghan girls who share how the Taliban restrictions have affected their lives and what hopes they bear for the future.
News Afghanistan: Afghanistan says peace talks held in China to end fighting with Pakistan have been constructive
Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry says peace talks held in China between Afghanistan and Pakistan to halt cross-border fighting between the two neighbors have been constructive.
News Afghanistan: “There’s no interest”: Iran war worsens and overshadows the crisis in Afghanistan
Days before the United States and Israel launched their airstrikes on Iran, Pakistan was declaring “open war” on Afghanistan. Few seemed to notice.
News Afghanistan: US dispatch: UN women’s conference day 4—Taliban institutionalizing ‘gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan
Note: This story is part of a series of coverage from the first week of the 2026 UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Read Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. The fourth day of the Commission ...
News Afghanistan: Former Australian soldier to be charged with committing 5 war crime murders in Afghanistan
Australia’s most decorated living veteran Ben Roberts-Smith faces war crime charges on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012.
News Afghanistan: China says peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing
Peace talks between Afghanistan’s Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, China’s government said Friday, two days after those countries resumed conversations following weeks of fighting that ...
News Afghanistan: Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain in Afghanistan leave 77 dead in 10 days, authorities say
More rain has been forecast for the coming days throughout Afghanistan, and authorities warned the public to stay away from river banks and areas prone to flooding.
News Afghanistan: Afghanistan is starting its fifth year of Taliban rule. Here are 5 things to know
The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out ...
News Afghanistan: Pakistan says a new round of peace talks with Afghanistan is underway in China after deadly fighting
Pakistan on Thursday confirmed it was holding peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban government in China, where Beijing is mediating to broker a lasting ceasefire after weeks of fighting that have ...