Strong economic growth during the pre-transition period of 2007-08 to 2011-12 did not reduce poverty and contributed instead to widening inequality in Afghanistan. According to the latest Afghanistan ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has stated that war, poverty, and over-exploitation of trees have led to widespread destruction of pistachio forests in Afghanistan. In a statement released ...

These economic struggles have increased unemployment and pushed half of the population into poverty ... out of 10 people in Afghanistan are not able to meet their basic life requirements and ...

For some, the new way of life is “their first experience ... The takeover accelerated “Afghanistan’s decade-long slide into poverty”, UN News said, as it is among the countries with ...

A poverty and disaster-stricken Afghanistan abandoned by the international community can only be a source of instability in the region. To break the cycle of hunger and poverty permanently ...

Through revamping rural institutions, infrastructure and technology, Afghanistan has the opportunity of more-rapid agricultural growth, poverty reduction, and boosting of shared prosperity. More than ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan's recent decision to revoke the licenses of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that continue to ...

Hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated, with Pakistan conducting airstrikes on Afghan territory in response to attacks by the Pakistani Taliban. The Afghan Taliban rounded out the year ...