Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan ends Monday. Here's what happens next

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Abdul Feraji, investigative journalist from Afghanistan about the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Afghans in the U.S. on July 14. Sponsor Message SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan …

Afghanistan now in very advantageous position

Afghanistan, long a theater of war and humanitarian crises, is re-emerging as a central node in the evolving geopolitics of Asia and Eurasian alignment—the one driven by economics, regional interest, and realism rather than ideological divides. This time …

Russia Recognizes Taliban’s Apartheid Regime in Afghanistan

On July 3, Russia won itself the dubious distinction of becoming the world’s first nation to formally recognize the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” The same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin had an hour-long conversation with President Donald Trump. …

Kazakhstan Strengthens Ties with Afghanistan

ASTANA – Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu paid a working visit to Afghanistan on July 10, where he met with senior Afghan officials to deepen cooperation in trade, transit, agriculture, and infrastructure, the Kazakh Foreign …

Viral promo invites Americans to vacation in Afghanistan

The video features a blend of dark comedy, views of the Afghan countryside, and military visuals A bizarre promotional video targeting American tourists and inviting them to travel to Afghanistan has been released by a local tour operator. The 50second …

The BBC’s Lyse Doucet reflects on the turbulent recent history of Afghanistan through the story of Kabul’s Inter-Con ...

It feels somehow appropriate to be interviewing Lyse Doucet – the BBC’s chief international correspondent – on a rooftop. Still vivid in the memory are her reports from a Kyiv rooftop, days after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. …

Digging Deeper: Kazakhmys Barlau’s Plan for Exploration, Talent, and Afghanistan’s Geology

ASTANA — President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has set an ambitious national goal: to bring the level of Kazakhstan’s subsoil exploration to 2.2 million square kilometers. To put that in perspective, this is larger than the entire area of Saudi Arabia. One of …

1 miner killed, another injured as coalmine tunnel collapses in Afghanistan's Samangan

KABUL, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A coalmine worker lost his life and another sustained injury as a tunnel of a coalmine collapsed in northern Afghanistan's Samangan province on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Hashmatullah Rahmani said Friday. The …

Bradford NHS team supports health research in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has played a key role in the international project, aimed supporting mental and physical health in the two countries. The initiative is part of a wider programme funded by the National Institute for Health and …

Afghanistan taxi drivers turn to handmade coolers to beat the heat