RFE/RL's Radio Azadi is one of the most popular and trusted media outlets in Afghanistan. Nearly half of the country's adult audience accesses Azadi's reporting on a weekly basis.
The United States will end Temporary Protected Status for Afghans in July, leaving up to 12,000 at risk of deportation to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Human rights groups warn the move could be deadly, while DHS cites national security and claims conditions have "improved sufficiently."
Afghan women athletes who fled to Pakistan to escape Taliban restrictions now face poverty, lack of training facilities, and stalled asylum cases. Stranded in limbo for years, many are calling out the UN refugee agency for inaction as they struggle to survive and pursue their passion in exile.
The hard-line Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have “suspended” the holding of chess matches in the country, citing "religious considerations" and claiming it represents a form of “gambling.”
Russia's recent upgrade to ties with the Taliban have been followed by Indian overtures. China is already circling. “The great powers are starting to compete among themselves to recognize a terrorist organization,” says one Afghan analyst.
The Taliban carried out public executions of four individuals on April 11 -- the highest single-day number since it returned to power -- prompting a wave of condemnation from groups around the world.
A new immigration policy in Iran is depriving undocumented Afghans of accessing healthcare, education and even housing.
US citizen George Glezmann has been released from detention in Kabul following the first visit by a senior US official to Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the wake of the withdrawal of international troops from the war-torn country in August 2021.
Under the Taliban, Afghan women can't go to university or do most jobs. But 22-year-old Zahra Ali has created a business that brings in an income and provides a resource to her neighbors. At her home workshop, she builds rechargeable battery packs that help compensate for an unreliable power grid.
Under the Taliban, Afghan women can't study at universities or work in most jobs. But 22-year-old Zahra Ali has created a small business that provides a resource to her neighbors. At her home workshop, she builds battery packs that help supplement the country's unreliable power grid.
Afghan women face more than 100 restrictions -- controlling everything from their appearance and movement to their right to work and study. Those accused of violating the Taliban’s so-called "morality laws" are often detained and arrested by the Taliban.
Afghanistan’s Islamist Taliban rulers have banned education and most jobs for Afghan women, who are also barred from parks, gyms, and bathhouses. With such constraints, Afghan women are furious after photos and videos emerged of an American porn actor visiting their country.
Doctors at a hospital in the Afghan city of Kandahar say they've admitted 5,500 malnourished children in the last six months alone. Nearly 3 million children in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Afghanistan’s hard-line Islamist Taliban rulers say they no longer consider the Doha agreement -- a peace deal with the United States that paved the way for the withdrawal of Western forces from the country -- to be valid.
German police arrested an Afghan asylum seeker after he rammed a car into a crowd in Munich on February 13, injuring 28 people. The incident comes just before the high-profile Munich Security Conference and 10 days before German elections in which migration is a major political issue.
Police in Munich arrested an Afghan asylum seeker after he rammed a car into a crowd in the German city, injuring 28 people and leaving many Afghans in the country on edge amid calls during an election campaign for tougher immigration laws.
Tensions between Washington and Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are rising a week into President Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials alleging they are responsible for persecuting Afghan women and girls.
U.S. officials and media confirmed the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in exchange for a Taliban man imprisoned for life in California on drug and terrorism charges.
Afghans cleared for resettlement in the United States are fearful that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump will put them at grave risk. Some 1,660 Afghan refugees have been pulled from scheduled flights, according to an aid organization.
After a year of unprecedented trade and breaking ground on major mining projects in 2024, there's new momentum for Beijing's role in Afghanistan and deepening ties with the Taliban. But can the hard-line group finally calm China's security concerns and unleash a wave of much-needed investment?
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