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20 October 2026NEW DATA

No women have been enrolled at Afghan universities since 2024, and just over 100 women professors remain, down from about 2,600 in 2019, a UNESCO and UNICEF report finds.

Source: UNESCO and UNICEF, reported by KabulNow

Photo: Master Sgt. Tracy DeMarco, Public domain

20 October 2026NEWS

One-third of Afghanistan’s nutrition centres have closed or suspended services because of funding cuts. The UN has received less than 30% of the money it needs.

Source: UN OCHA, reported by KabulNow

Photo: U.S. Armed Forces, Public domain

15 October 2026NEW DATA

More than 4 million Afghan children are expected to need treatment for acute malnutrition in 2027, the highest number in five years.

Source: UNICEF

Photo: Spc. Lorenzo Ware, Public domain

15 October 2026NEWS

The Taliban’s morality police arbitrarily detained at least 443 people between July and September, including a 13-year-old girl over hijab rules. 28 people were publicly flogged.

Source: UNAMA

Photo: Leonhard Lenz, CC0

11 October 2026NEW DATA

Nearly 3 in 10 young Afghan women were married before 18, and in some areas one girl in two, UNICEF says.

Source: UNICEF, reported by KabulNow

Photo: Leonhard Lenz, CC0

3 October 2026

Girls' education is not simply a women's issue. Afghanistan cannot rebuild its human capital while half its population is excluded from secondary and higher education.

Photo: Der Südstern, Public domain

2 October 2026STATEMENT

Statement No. 1

On the opening of the Forum.

Photo: Der Südstern, Public domain

September 2026NEWS

Afghanistan's men's cricket team opened the Asian Games in Japan with a 48-run win over the hosts.

Source: Gulf News

Photo: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0

September 2026NEWS

UNAMA: more than 40,000 Afghan civilians were killed in the conflict between 2009 and 2021, and victims still await justice.

Source: KabulNow

11 August 2026NEW DATA

2.4 million girls are now barred from secondary school, up 200,000 in a year.

Source: UNESCO, reported by Al Jazeera

Photo: USAID Afghanistan, Public domain

July 2026NEW DATA

Young people under 25 make up 63% of Afghanistan’s population, UNFPA reports.

Source: UNFPA, reported by KabulNow

June 2026NEWS

More than 6 million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan since September 2023, UNHCR reports.

Source: UNHCR

Photo: Staff Sgt. Ryan Matson, Public domain

May 2026NEW DATA

UNAMA verifies at least 269 civilians killed by cross-border strikes in the first quarter of 2026.

Source: UNAMA

29 April 2026NEWS

FIFA changed its rules so the exiled Afghan women’s football team can represent Afghanistan in official matches.

Source: Human Rights Watch

Photo: U.S. Federal Government, Public domain

April 2026NEWS

Afghanistan ranks 175th of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index.

Source: RSF, reported by KabulNow

February 2026NEWS

Afghanistan falls to 169th of 182 countries in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, with a score of 16.

Source: Transparency International, reported by KabulNow

January 2026NEWS

The UN’s 2026 humanitarian plan counts nearly 22 million people in need and asks for $1.71 billion.

Source: UN OCHA

10 December 2025ANALYSIS

Afghanistan's economy, 2021–2026

Growth has returned, but income per person is falling again.

Source: World Bank

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November 2025NEW DATA

Opium cultivation fell to 10,200 hectares in 2025, from 232,000 in 2022. UNODC calls the gains fragile.

Source: UNODC

October 2025NEWS

Border hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan on 10–17 October killed 47 civilians and injured 456.

Source: UNAMA

29 September 2025NEWS

A nationwide internet and telecom blackout cut Afghanistan off for 48 hours, from 29 September to 1 October.

Source: Al Arabiya

31 August 2025NEWS

An earthquake in Kunar province killed about 2,200 people and injured more than 4,000, the deadliest in Afghanistan since 1998.

Source: Wikipedia: 2025 Kunar earthquake

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8 July 2025NEWS

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Taliban’s Supreme Leader and Chief Justice for persecution on gender grounds.

Source: JURIST

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3 July 2025NEWS

Russia became the first state to recognise the Taliban government.

Source: International Crisis Group

June 2025NEWS

A record 256,000 Afghans returned from Iran in June 2025, more than 28,000 of them on a single day.

Source: IOM

February 2025NEW DATA

The Economist Democracy Index scores Afghanistan 0.25 out of 10, the lowest of 167 countries, down from 2.85 in 2020.

Source: Afghanistan International

October 2023NEWS

Four earthquakes of magnitude 6.3 struck Herat province. WHO counted 1,482 deaths.

Source: Wikipedia: 2023 Herat earthquakes

Photo: Voice of America, Public domain

15 August 2021NEWS

Kabul fell to the Taliban and the Republic collapsed.

Photo: Voice of America, Public domain