KABUL, March 14 (Xinhua) - Construction has commenced on four development projects in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province, the state-owned Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday.

Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan nearly four years ago, human rights have begun diminishing for over 14 million women. Heightened gender inequality has exacerbated the pre-existing ...

The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, ...

Panama was supposed to be a stopover, but for those unwilling to return home — mostly out of well-founded fear — Panama sent ...

Afghanistan is grappling with one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. More than half the population needs humanitarian assistance, the health care system is collapsing, the growing impacts of ...

Any thought of “making poverty history” and pledges of “economic justice ... The bottom line, Haig says, is that we should be on the G7’s agenda now that Afghanistan has been abandoned to extremists, ...

Poverty is a growing problem in the United States, and Ridgecrest is no exception. Roughly 25% of Ridgecrest is considered to be struggling with their finances with no real solution for the problem; ...

A British couple in their 70s who run education programs in Afghanistan have lost contact with their family after being detained by the Taliban early this month, their children say. The family ...

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Afghanistan’s Rahmat Shah scored a fighting 90 but South Africa’s seamers stifled the run-rate and picked up regular wickets as their opponents battled to stay in the contest and fell well short as ...

security and society Rick Noack is The Washington Post's Afghanistan bureau chief, leading coverage of the legacy of America's longest war. He also covers developments in Pakistan. Previously at ...