Afghanistan
Aid Cuts Leave 17 Million Afghans Facing Hunger
Donor reductions, forced returns and drought have combined to leave 40 per cent of the population facing acute food insecurity, with health facilities closing.
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Afghan Code Defines Shia Muslims as Heretics
A criminal procedure code issued in January restricts the legal definition of Muslim to Hanafi adherents, part of a steady codification of Taliban restrictions.
Millions Forced Back to Afghanistan as Aid Shrinks
Iran and Pakistan have expelled Afghans in their millions, including people born abroad, into a country where more than 400 health facilities closed last…
Afghanistan Has 3.8 Million Girls Out of School
A quarter of a million more are excluded from secondary education each year, in what UN officials have described as the creation of a…
Afghanistan Reaches Five Years of Taliban Rule
Restrictions on women and girls have been written into law and 21.9 million people need aid, as the fifth anniversary of the takeover approaches…
Rain Wipes Out Three Fixtures Without a Ball Bowled
Two World Cup qualifying matches at Dundee and an Ireland-Afghanistan ODI at Bready were abandoned in three days, with points shared rather than contested.