The Taliban has shut down several private children’s homes across Afghanistan in recent weeks. The move is part of the ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 29 October 2002 As nighttime ...

Quake destroys Afghan homes, livestock, livelihoods Families shelter under tents as winter nears UNDP claims 1.3 mln animals affected in quake NRC: 7,000 livestock killed, irrigation damaged ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found 5,230 homes destroyed and 672 damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Ahmad Khan Safi had a good life in Afghanistan. The farmer raised livestock in the Dewagal Valley of Kunar Province, and people traveled from across the country to visit ...

“The students from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (northwest Pakistan) who were stuck on this side of the border, only they were permitted to cross and go to their homes,” said Abdullah Farooqi, Afghan border ...

Afghan-American Sayeda Qader leads The Kalaam Project, a humanitarian relief team providing emergency aid to local Afghans – including after August’s devastating quake. Afghans in Kunar Province ...

Afghan refugees, like all refugees, are those who are “persecuted or who (have) a well-founded fear of persecution” in their ...

Residents from surrounding towns and villages try to reach the quake-hit region to assist survivors after Sunday night's powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck several provinces, in the Nurgol ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found 5,230 homes destroyed and 672 damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been ...