Afghanistan

Australia has announced an aid top-up of $40 million to its $100 million for humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan for vulnerable groups, including women and children.

Australian media reported Tuesday that foreign minister Marise Payne said in a statement that the &economic collapse and a lack of essential services are exacerbating the...

The majority of Afghans want to leave their homeland for good, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday.

The survey of 2,002 Afghan adults in August and September last year found that a record 53 percent would leave their country if they had the chance.

Gallup said that the percentage, one of the highest in the world in 2021, is potentially...

North Korea opposes war, but if South Korea chooses military confrontation or makes a preemptive strike, then the North&s nuclear forces will have to attack, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the government and ruling party, said it was a &very big...

Following the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) recent decision to not reopen girls& schools, the US State Department&s Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West spoke with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the issue.

West tweeted Monday: &We discussed the desire of the Afghan people for girls to...