Strong economic growth during the pre-transition period of 2007-08 to 2011-12 did not reduce poverty and contributed instead to widening inequality in Afghanistan. According to the latest Afghanistan ...

Given the implications for security and stability, Central Asian countries must develop a common, coordinated approach to Afghanistan. Uzbekistan is seeking to lead the way. While the focus on ...

Moreover, high levels of informal labor and the limited formalization of businesses restricts access to secure livelihoods and social safety nets, further deepening poverty for millions of Afghans.

A recent report by UNICEF stated that 213 children suffering from malnutrition were treated in January this year. The report highlighted that all of these children were under the age of five, ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stated that it has provided winter clothing to 35,000 children in Afghanistan ...

The takeover accelerated “Afghanistan’s decade-long slide into poverty”, UN News said, as it is among the countries with the lowest per capita income in the world. For now, the Taliban ...

The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight. Sanctions against the country’s new rulers, a halt on bank transfers and frozen ...

While the global community observes World Cancer Day, Afghanistan continues to endure heartbreaking losses from cancer, with thousands of people affected by the dual challenges of poverty and a ...

Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping ... The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight.