The United Nations said more than 13.8 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity, with women and children among the hardest hit. The U.N. said in a new report that nearly five million children and pregnant or breastfeeding women in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition as hunger deepens across the country.

That's what most people think when it comes to the topic of the women's rights crisis under the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan. But this only tells part of the story. Focusing on the word "rights" hides something more serious underneath: how people live and survive in this situation.

For former player and activist Khalida Popal, the formal recognition of an Afghanistan women’s refugee team on the international stage isn’t just about soccer.

Afghanistan’s national powerlifting team won six medals at the 2026 World Powerlifting Championship in Belarus, delivering one of the country’s strongest international performances in the sport in recent years.

"It was impressed upon the Afghan side that Pakistan reserves the right to respond decisively against the perpetrators of this barbaric act," FO says.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced the official launch of the franchise acquisition process for the much-anticipated return of the Afghanistan Premier League. Click here to read the detailed story,

CBS News, citing U.S. officials, reported that Iran transferred some civilian aircraft to Afghanistan during recent tensions with the United States in an apparent effort to protec