The Taliban’s war on drug addiction [Short film]
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, visited the largest drug rehabilitation centre in Afghanistan to see how the Taliban government is dealing with the...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Taliban tackling crime in Kabul
In this exclusive interview, Dilly Hussain speaks with Khalid Zadran, the popular spokesman for Kabul Police, about tackling crime in the capital of the...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Is Afghanistan under the Taliban safe to invest in?
In this exclusive interview, Dilly Hussain speaks with Dr. Farooq Azizi, the chief advisor to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Islamic...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Road works under the Taliban
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, spoke with the Deputy Minister of Public Works for Afghanistan, Abdul Karim Fateh, about infrastructure development in the...
Pakistani military kills eight in airstrikes on Afghanistan
Pakistani military aircraft struck homes in two provinces of Afghanistan in pre-dawn attacks on Monday, Afghan spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Kabul said its forces retaliated...
300,000 refugees and migrants cross into Afghanistan from Pakistan
“Every day more than a thousand trucks are coming.”
An estimated 300,000 people have crossed into Afghanistan since Islamabad’s Nov 1st deadline for 1.7 million...
Afghanistan calls for international aid to help with huge refugee influx
The Afghan authorities are seeking international aid to manage the huge refugee influx as neighbouring Pakistan is expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals.
“We call on...
Afghanistan’s currency is best performing in the world
Afghanistan's national currency - the Afghani - is the world's best performing currency this financial quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The Afghani...
Afghanistan cracks down on opium production
Afghan farmers, who once cultivated opium poppies, are now harvesting roses.
In the Dara-I-Nur district of Nangarhar, approximately 700 to 800 farmers have embraced the...
OIC reminds Afghanistan that education is ‘Islamic obligation for women’
A delegation of Muslim scholars from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reminded Afghanistan’s government on that education is an “Islamic obligation for...
