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Two young children sit outdoors in Afghanistan eating biscuits, with a WFP-branded package on a girl's lap

Record Hunger in Afghanistan as UN Reports Women Stopped at Clinics

The IPC says acute hunger and malnutrition in Afghanistan are the highest ever recorded, with 19.2 million projected at crisis level or worse this winter. UNAMA's update, published the same day, documents

October 15, 2026

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Entrance of the International Criminal Court headquarters in The Hague beside its blue sign

ICC Unseals Four Taliban Warrants, but the Case Stops at January 2025

The ICC has unsealed warrants for four Taliban leaders over gender persecution, finding reasonable grounds that they ordered it from August 2021 to at least January 2025. The UN's count of 53

October 14, 2026

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US troops in Afghanistan after 9/11, a conflict that inadvertently boosted Iran's regional influence

How 9/11 Built Iran’s Regional Power: Twenty-Five Years of America’s Strategic Miscalculation

The twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 passed last week with American commemoration and Iranian quiet vindication: the quarter-century of US wars that followed produced the most dramatic expansion of Iranian regional influence in

September 16, 2026

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Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al Ansari addresses media briefing on US Iran sanctions Operation Economic Outcast

Qatar Calls US Iran Sanctions ‘Unilateral’ as Operation Economic Outcast Puts Mediator in the Middle

Qatar's foreign ministry labeled the United States' sweeping Operation Economic Outcast against Iran 'unilateral' on Tuesday, as the Gulf state's dual role hosting Al Udeid Air Base and mediating between Washington and

August 26, 2026

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An Afghan woman in a burqa walks past a mural marking the fifth anniversary of Taliban rule in Ghazni province, Afghanistan

Afghan Women Face Aid Collapse as UN Marks Five Years of Taliban Rule

On the exact fifth anniversary of the Taliban's return to power, UN Women revealed that just 25 percent of the $1.7 billion humanitarian appeal for Afghanistan has been funded, with more than

August 15, 2026

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Taliban through Russia offered agreement to Afghan vice president

Taliban asked Russia to relay a peace message to Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh in Panjshir, signaling preference for dialogue as the resistance held the only region outside their control. Saleh had declared

August 22, 2021

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