Afghanistan’s passport at the bottom of the global rankings; Symbol of International Isolation and Legitimacy Crisis. According to the latest ranking of the Passport Index by the prestigious institution “Henley & Partners” for 2025, the Afghan passport has once again been ranked last in the world; a situation that reflects the increasing isolation and sharp
More than 20 workers killed in Baghlan coal mine explosion. More than 20 people have been killed and several others seriously injured in a deadly explosion at the Karkar coal mine in Pul-i-Khumri city, Baghlan province. The incident occurred around noon on Tuesday, July 22, and efforts are still underway to pull the victims out
Repeated incompetence in project management; The Taliban are once again blocking the Salang Highway. Continuing the Taliban’s lack of planning and poor management of infrastructure projects, the group’s Ministry of Public Works has announced that the strategic Salang Highway will be closed to trucks from the first of Asad. According to the ministry, the purpose
Afghan Evac chief: Afghans no longer allowed to work in US The head of Afghan Evac has warned that thousands of Afghans in the US could lose their work permits and face deportation if Temporary Protected Status (TPS) ends. “With the end of the TPS program, Afghans no longer have legal permission to work in
Kandahar; Where Women Beg for Survival, Not Life In the heart of Kandahar, a city that the Taliban consider their political capital, women wander the streets with empty hands and sad looks; not to shop, not to walk, but to find a piece of bread to survive. Dozens of women, from elderly mothers to teenage
Taliban bureaucracy: A costly, corrupt and frustrating process for Afghan citizens The Afghanistan Analysts Network has announced in a new report that the process of obtaining official documents in Taliban-controlled offices is extremely complicated, costly and fraught with corruption. The report states that a large number of citizens are forced to go through long and
Government indifference, people’s cooperation; free transfer of 2,000 migrants from Islam Qala to Herat in 300 private cars. While the Taliban government was unable to provide the most basic services to migrants expelled from Iran, ordinary citizens of Herat took an unprecedented step by transporting 2,000 migrants from the Islam Qala border to the provincial
Widespread fire in the forests of Haska Mina in Nangarhar; efforts to contain it continue Local sources report a widespread fire in the forests of Haska Mina district of Nangarhar province. According to these sources, the fire started late Thursday night and has not been contained yet. Witnesses say that local residents are trying to
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime announced in its latest report that opium trafficking, especially heroin, generates about $10 billion in gross revenue from Afghanistan annually; a figure that is more than the annual budget of many countries in the region. The report, which is related to the year 2025 and its data
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has announced in a new report that 139,000 Afghan families have access to clean water, while warning of the widespread consequences of the water shortage crisis in the country. The report, released on Thursday, July 25, stated that the lack of water resources in many regions of Afghanistan has
