An Afghan boy stands with other Afghans as they wait to cross into their home country at the border post in Torkham
An Afghan boy stands with other Afghans as they wait to cross into their home country at the border post in Torkham, Pakistan, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Afghan fighting pressures hospitals, clinics -children's rights group
Almost a third of the population of more than 30 million lacks access to basic health services
INTERVIEW-Violence is the biggest challenge facing women, says top women's rights advocate
Meanwhile, gender pay gap is "the biggest robber" of women: "No one fights for women to be paid equally"
Afghan family with U.S. visas detained on arrival in Los Angeles
Couple and their three children granted Special Immigrant Visas because the father's work for the U.S. government in Afghanistan put the family's lives at risk
Skiers from Bamiyan hope to become Afghanistan's first winter Olympians
After winning three championships at Afghanistan's national competition, Sajjad Husaini and Sayed Ali Shah Farhang have been training as slalom skiers in Switzerland for three winters
UN says tide of refugees from South Sudan rising fast
"We have already in the first two months of this year received 120,00 new arrivals"
Bosses at top UK aid contractor to step down after probe
Adam Smith International's three founding executives and executive chairman to step down
Bangladesh law allowing child brides may legitimise rape - charities
"We are concerned that this new act could lead to widespread abuse, legitimise statutory rape"
Taliban claim attacks in Afghan capital, at least 15 dead
Eleven civilians were killed in the attack