The UN food agency said on April 10 that it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghanistan, which is at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century.
An operation on April 9 carried out by forces of the Taliban-led Afghan government killed two Islamic State (IS) fighters and took a third militant into custody during an operation in the country's southwest, a regional official said.
Huddled crowds of drug addicts in Afghanistan's southwestern Nimroz Province illustrate the country's growing opium and heroin crisis. International aid for fighting addiction has dried up since the Taliban seized power in 2021. And United Nations data shows addiction is rising alongside poverty with the country's economy largely frozen.
Smoke rises from a hotel building after an explosions and gunfire in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo, File) ISLAMABAD (AP) Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight .
ZARANJ, Afghanistan, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) Afghan police have discovered and destroyed a drug lab in Afghanistan western Nimroz province, provincial director of c