Displacement

September 20, 2021

The Taliban have ordered all schools in Afghanistan to reopen after months of closure amid the pandemic and the war. But they haven’t allowed girls to return to school and the future for millions of female students remains unclear.

Afghanistan

The Taliban want international recognition. Countries are debating.

The World

September 17, 2021

The Taliban are back in power, and they want the world to recognize them as the new government in Afghanistan. Foreign powers are each making their own calculations.

Afghanistan

'It is a catastrophe': Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says

The World

September 16, 2021

Astrid Sletten, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council’s office in Kabul, spoke to The World’s Carol Hills about the level of need in Afghanistan and what aid organizations are able to deliver in the current environment.

Refugees

'We cannot close the door or turn the page': Belarusian dissidents in Lithuania fear Lukashenko's crackdown

The World

September 16, 2021

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been brutally cracking down on opposition both at home and abroad. Many have fled to neighboring Lithuania.

Violence

Ethiopia officials accuse Tigray rebels of massacre as conflict expands

The World

September 10, 2021

Tigrayan forces have killed more than 120 people in the neighboring Amhara region, according to Ethiopian officials. It’s the latest sign of how the 10-month conflict has extended far beyond Tigray, with deadly consequences.

Climate Change

Drought in Iraq and Syria could totally collapse food system for millions, aid groups warn

The World

September 10, 2021

Unprecedented drought — driven by climate change and exacerbated by upstream irrigation — is wreaking havoc on some of the world’s oldest river-fed farmlands in Iraq and Syria.

Borders

Afghan migrants remain stranded at Poland-Belarus border as leaders punt responsibility

The World

September 03, 2021

For almost a month, a group of more than 30 Afghan migrants have been stuck at the Poland-Belarus border, sandwiched between border guards from each country. Polish President Andrzej Duda has declared a state of emergency — the first such declaration since communist times.

Afghanistan

EU's top migration official calls for global response to help Afghans in order to avoid migration crisis in Europe

The World

September 02, 2021

Ylva Johansson, home affairs commissioner for the European Union, joined The World's host Marco Werman to discuss the EU's plans to avoid a repeat migration crisis like the one experienced in 2015.

Afghanistan

'We are so afraid': An Afghan women's rights activist is left behind in Afghanistan

The World

August 31, 2021

A women's rights expert joins The World's host Marco Werman to talk about what life is like in Kabul, now that the US military has completely withdrawn and the Taliban is in full control.

Afghanistan

Women’s shelters in Afghanistan face an uncertain future

The World

August 30, 2021

This summer, as the Taliban took over district after district in Afghanistan, women’s shelters were shuttered out of fear for the women’s safety. Those benefiting from the shelters are already vulnerable women who have no other place to go.

Displacement

Afghan women sidelined under new Taliban rule: ‘This country places no value on me as a woman’

The Taliban want international recognition. Countries are debating.

'It is a catastrophe': Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says

'We cannot close the door or turn the page': Belarusian dissidents in Lithuania fear Lukashenko's crackdown

Ethiopia officials accuse Tigray rebels of massacre as conflict expands

Drought in Iraq and Syria could totally collapse food system for millions, aid groups warn

Afghan migrants remain stranded at Poland-Belarus border as leaders punt responsibility

EU's top migration official calls for global response to help Afghans in order to avoid migration crisis in Europe

'We are so afraid': An Afghan women's rights activist is left behind in Afghanistan

Women’s shelters in Afghanistan face an uncertain future

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