Afghanistan

| IRAN - AFGHANISTAN

Maryam Marof Arwin, founder of the Purple Saturdays Movement, spoke to AsiaNews about often inhumane conditions of Afghan refugees in Iran, which got worse following Israel’s recent strikes. At least one Afghan has died so far from an airstrike. Women, children, dissidents, and activists risk their lives if repatriated, but even in exile they face hunger, precariousness, and discrimination. For the activist, human rights defenders must promote respect for humanitarian law.


The directive applies to both Card holders and those without documents. From 1st April they will be forcibly expelled, but the advice is to ‘leave voluntarily’ before the deadline. Human rights groups are concerned. Meanwhile, at the Torkham crossing, tribal leaders from both sides have signed a truce.

| 11/03/2025
| PAKISTAN - AFGHANISTAN

“Brave Business in a Bus” is a new project by OTB Foundation and She Works for Peace to help Afghan women build a future of independence and dignity through entrepreneurship. The aim is to provide training, support and concrete tools, despite the extremely precarious and poor conditions in Afghanistan today.

| 22/02/2025
| AFGHANISTAN

A Taliban delegation is in Tokyo to meet Japanese officials and discuss humanitarian assistance and possible investments, while the Japanese government reiterated the importance of respect for human rights. The talks, organised by a private institution, end this Sunday. Afghanistan’s opposition slammed the meeting with government officials.

| 20/02/2025
| AFGHANISTAN – JAPAN

The ICC chief prosecutor charged the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and Judge Abdul Hakim Haqqani of persecuting Afghan women and girls. Recently, a senior Taliban official called for reopening schools for women. This and other criticisms suggest a divided leadership.

| 24/01/2025
| AFGHANISTAN

The people involved worked with the United States in Afghanistan and had already received approval for resettlement. The programme, which grants a Special Immigrant Visa, was established in 2009 and covers the family members of selected people. The day before Trump's inauguration, 200 Afghans made it in time to leave the Philippines, where they had been moved for final paperwork.

| 21/01/2025
| AFGHANISTAN
by Daniele Frison

The British journalist of Afghan-Pakistani origin in a documentary recounts the work of the Italian NGO Emergency, which since 1999 has accompanied the many dramatic pages of life in the country with its assistance to the wounded and sick. “After the bombs, today the problem of domestic and family violence emerges more and more.” Filippo Bongiovanni, anesthesiologist-reanimator: “Disproportion between care needs and available resources.”

| 17/01/2025
| AFGHANISTAN - ITALY
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