There are girls in Afghanistan who enjoy the same freedom as boys. Throughout history, women have disguised themselves as men to navigate entrenched social roles. They have dressed as men to fight ...

Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health facilities and clean drinking water. These ...

The Afghanistan Development Update provides a comprehensive report of the state of the Afghan economy. It covers recent economic developments and the medium-term outlook for Afghanistan. ... This ...

Mumbai: Mhada has submitted plans for the redevelopment of three slums on its land in partnership with the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). SRA CEO Mahendra Kalyankar said the authority has ...

Targeting terrorists in caves and mountains is tough; routing them out from urban slums is exponentially more difficult. Second, while Afghanistan was landlocked, Bangladesh borders the world’s ...

The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan remains one of the most severe in the world, with 28 million people depending on aid to survive. Hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated ...

In one large slum – in Kabul’s District 22 – evicted ... s regime of segregation and subjugation of women and girls in Afghanistan. The satellite analysis carried out by Afghan Witness ...

06 Sep 2024 To: Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Dear Excellencies, We, the undersigned Afghanistan and international human rights ...

In the distance, he could see white snow-capped mountains, greenery and blossoming trees spread across Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley. It was “one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to ...

Tensions between neighbors Pakistan and Afghanistan are running high as the Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said this week that his country plans to continue launching cross-border attacks ...

It refers to a geographical region spanning parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and the five post-Soviet states of Central Asia. Historically, cities across the region played a pivotal in Khorasan’s ...

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