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...
Who Are Afghanistan’s ‘Morality Police’? [Short Film]
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, accompanies Afghanistan’s controversial ‘morality police’ on one of their shifts in Kabul. In this short film, Dilly looks...
Iran deported 1.6 million Afghan migrants in 2025
An Iranian official announced that around 1.6 million undocumented Afghans have been deported from the country since Tehran launched a crackdown on unauthorised migrants...
Did UK Special Forces execute unarmed civilians in Afghanistan?
It has emerged that the government withheld evidence from a court which suggested that SAS soldiers had executed 33 civilians in Afghanistan in early 2011.
The Guardian reports...
At least 800 dead in Afghanistan earthquake
The death toll from a 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on late Sunday, when most of the residents were asleep, has...
Ramadan campaign launched for Dr Aafia Siddiqui
The Justice for Aafia Coalition have launched a Ramadan campaign for Dr Aafia Siddiqui and are calling on all supporters and human rights activists...
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to ceasefire after bloody border clashes
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire following days of deadly clashes along their shared border, which have left scores dead and...
Taliban’s Mullah Omar ‘lived close to U.S. bases’ in Afghanistan, book claims
The Taliban’s most wanted leader Mullah Mohammed Omar lived within walking distance of U.S. military bases in Afghanistan, a new book has claimed.
Bette Dam's...
Taliban capture SAS spy dog in Afghanistan
A British military dog captured by the Taliban has been paraded on television when it went missing during an SAS mission.
Early reports had suggested...
United States and Taliban sign peace deal to end Afghanistan war
The United States and the Taliban have signed a final peace deal in Qatar's capital Doha to end the United States's longest ever war,...
