The U.N. Security Council is telling Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until they ...

Strong economic growth during the pre-transition period of 2007-08 to 2011-12 did not reduce poverty and contributed instead to widening inequality in Afghanistan. According to the latest Afghanistan ...

The 2025 World Happiness Report highlights Finland as the happiest nation, while Afghanistan remains the saddest, plagued by ...

According to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2019, opium harvesting provided the equivalent of up to 119,000 full-time ...

Pakistani authorities have intensified abusive tactics and other pressure on Afghan refugees to return to Afghanistan, where ...

Without major financial and logistical support, the people of Afghanistan face a future of poverty and humanitarian crisis, warns Achim Steiner. Disclaimer - All opinions in this column reflect ...

Persistent high poverty levels, unemployment, limited resources, and weak purchasing power continue to leave millions of Afghans vulnerable in a country reeling from years of conflict and natural disa ...

Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan nearly four years ago, human rights have begun diminishing for over 14 ...

KABUL, March 14 (Xinhua) - Construction has commenced on four development projects in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province, the state-owned Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday.

KABUL, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The reconstruction of 32 school buildings will begin in various parts of eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province, a local media outlet TOLOnews reported Saturday.

Being a single mother in Afghanistan often means fighting for survival. Under the Taliban, options to earn money are few and ...

This occurs at the same time that human rights organisations are becoming increasingly concerned about Afghanistan's rising rates of poverty and malnutrition, particularly among women. Afghan ...