Death toll rising in Afghanistan floods: once again, a grim reminder of the urgent need to work with the Taliban on climate adaptation. The country must have water infrastructure despite the pariah status of the regime. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…

Dringender Spendenaufruf: #Fluthilfe #Afghanistan thruttig.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/dri…

End of 3 year drought in #Afghanistan : recent satellite #rainfall estimates shows east & south of Afg have received up to 25% more precipitation than a normal year(green). Rest of the country has received near normal precipitation(white) & some region lacks 10% rainfall (yellow).

A week after Pakistan began its second around of expulsions of Afghans, hundreds of people, dozens of families, continue to arrive each day to Kandahar province. Including people who held Afghan Citizen Cards

I normally do all my Afghanistan writing on Twitter, not S'bst'ck. But now I have to change my approach.

The Pentagon sent me a copy of the second Abbey Gate investigation: one thousand two hundred fourteen pages after redactions.

Where else am I supposed to put it?

Thread.

Our new commentary Crisis Group offers ideas about how diplomats could get better results from talks with the Taliban. So far, negotiations with the Taliban have failed to make their regime more politically inclusive or respectful of women’s rights. 1/ crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…

flooding in #Sangin bazaar, #Helmand #Afghanistan

Our joint investigation into Pylos shipwreck last year is nominated for the European press prize migration category w/the formidable Lydia Emmanouilidou, Giorgos Christides & Julian Busch (@guardian) & similarly formidable colleagues Solomon, Forensis & ARD europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/yea…

Our joint investigation into the Pylos shipwreck is shortlisted for the 2024 European Press Prize in the migration category.

Nearly a year after the greatest tragedy ever recorded in the Med, victims and their families are waiting for justice

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This annoucment is made as private madrassas were enrolling girls to study beyond grade 6. During the Republic, there were religious schools that taught formal schooling subjects as well. Some #Taliban local officials were allowing this to continue despite the ban but seems the

Recent Flooding Across Afghanistan Claims 50 Lives | TOLOnews tolonews.com/afghanistan-18…

'Among those facing deportation [from Pakistan] are many girls and women who would now be unable to study beyond the sixth grade in Afghanistan' for the The New Humanitarian on Islamabad's threat to restart expulsion of Afghans
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Seit September 2023 sind bereits eine halbe Millionen Afghan*innen aus #Pakistan nach #Afghanistan zurückgekehrt.

Nun steht eine Ausweitung der Abschiebungen unmittelbar bevor.

Die Pläne für erneute Abschiebungen müssen gestoppt werden! 👇

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“I swear to God, if they [Islamic Emirate] reopen the [girls’] schools I will come back tomorrow” to Afghanistan (A friend of mine in Istanbul was saying exactly this two weeks ago, it’s a surprisingly common sentiment)

Amnesty International called on the Pakistani government to stop ignoring global pleas and halt the “unlawful” deportation of Afghan refugees, following the announcement of the second phase of refugee deportation from the country.

Read more here: kabulnow.com/?p=35253

#Afghanistan & #Pakistan agree to abandon barter trade for #banking relationships. Key agreements include preferential #tariffs & facilitating goods transfer. Positive developments for #regional stability. Imtiaz Gul Elsa Imdad Hussain Junaid Khan ariananews.af/afghanistan-pa…

The World Bank has approved a $16 million grant to support financing for micro and small enterprises in Afghanistan, with a particular focus on women and businesses led by women.

Read more here: kabulnow.com/?p=35256

bin ehrlich gesagt sprachlos, wie schamlos dieses Argument ist. Wenn 30.000+ getötete palästinensische Menschen vor dem WCK-Vorfall als Signifikant eines „Irrwegs“ nicht ausreichen, sollten wir alle mal *d r i n g e n d* unsere Maßstäbe überdenken.

Die sieben durch eine Drone getöteten World Central Kitchen-Mitarbeiter waren in zwei gepanzerten Fahrzeugen in einer von Israel ausgewiesenen 'konfliktfreien Zone' in #Gaza unterwegs, auf dem Dach das WCK-Logo. Zudem war Fahrt zuvor mit der IDF koordiniert worden…

Voicemail from North Gaza: 26 minutes of misery, my text in English qantara.de/en/article/voi…