Satar Furogh is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan.
Gul Hotak and her family survive on just one meal per day -- often leftovers from neighbors. They are among the millions of people in Afghanistan, the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, who are going hungry.
In August 2021, a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport killed 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. soldiers, in one of the deadliest attacks of the entire 19-year U.S.-led war. The attack became a grisly symbol of the United States’ chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Hosna Jalil, 26, has made history as the first Afghan woman to be appointed as a deputy minister in the Interior Ministry. But her critics say she is too young and inexperienced to be a leader in the country's crucial security apparatus.
A shocking honor beating video of a woman in northern Afghanistan reveals that the government's reliance on anti-Taliban militias for security in "secure" regions has unintended consequences.
A scheme uncovered by Afghan police that allegedly involved smuggling children to Pakistan for training as suicide bombers has focused new attention on the Taliban's practice of forceably enlisting children as foot soldiers in their fight.
