Kabul

'Why don’t you have mercy?': Afghanistan’s Hazara people increasingly face eviction, violence under Taliban rule

October 05, 2021

Members of the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan have faced discrimination and violent attacks for a long time. Under the new reality of Taliban rule, things appear to be getting worse.

Afghanistan

The Afghan government and the US lost popular support over corruption in Afghanistan, investigator general says

The World

October 04, 2021

"Although we had predicted major problems ... I think we were surprised, just like everybody else, at the speed to which the [Afghan] government and the military collapsed," John Sopko, head of SIGAR, told The World.

Afghanistan

Unaccompanied minors are among the thousands evacuated from Afghanistan

The World

September 24, 2021

In the chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the mass evacuation, a number of unaccompanied minors ended up on flights out of the country. Now comes the difficult task of reuniting them with their families or, for those who don’t have any relatives, helping them find new homes.

Afghanistan

'We are still here': Afghan UN employees worry about their safety

The World

September 23, 2021

Thousands of Afghans work for the UN in Afghanistan. Most remain there despite fears of being targeted by the Taliban for their work.

Afghanistan

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

The World

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

For journalists working under Taliban rule, there are 'no guarantees,' Afghan media network head says

The World

September 17, 2021

Saad Mohseni heads the MOBY Group, the media company that owns Tolo News in Afghanistan. He recently arrived in the US and spoke with The World's host Carol Hills from New York about the current situation in the country under Taliban rule.

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.

Afghanistan

Afghan women to the Taliban: #DoNotTouchMyClothes

The World

September 14, 2021

The Taliban has issued a decree calling for female university students to fully cover their bodies and most of their faces in a return to Afghan tradition. Historian Bahar Jalali fully disagrees. She started a now-viral campaign over the weekend to showcase the diversity of Afghan women's traditional dress.

Sacred Nation

Taliban’s 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' is based on specific ideology

The World

September 10, 2021

The Taliban have announced a new interim government. Islam is the key pillar of the group's vision, but which interpretation of Islam will guide their governance?

Kabul

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