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Sources & MethodAfghanistan: UN tells Taliban to open up on abuses committed by security forces
Five years into Taliban rule, Afghans still have almost no way of knowing whether soldiers, police and morality officers who abuse their power ever face consequences – and that secrecy is corroding trust in the State, the UN said Monday.
Source confidence: strong
UN News - All
Press Release: Report on De Facto Security Sector Accountability Efforts by the De Facto Authorities | United Nations Peace Operations
Press Release: Report on De Facto Security Sector Accountability Efforts by the De Facto Authorities | United Nations Peace Operations
Source confidence: strong
ReliefWeb: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Afghanistan | Northern - Earthquake - DREF Operational Update #4 (MDRAF019), 7 August 2026
Afghanistan | Northern - Earthquake - DREF Operational Update #4 (MDRAF019), 7 August 2026
Source confidence: strong
ReliefWeb: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Afghanistan: Assisted Afghan returnees from Pakistan, Iran and other countries (from 02 August to 08 August 2026)
Afghanistan: Assisted Afghan returnees from Pakistan, Iran and other countries (from 02 August to 08 August 2026)
Source confidence: strong
ReliefWeb: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Is the Iran war at risk of becoming a quagmire?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to John Sopko, who served as Special Inspector General for Afghanistan under Obama, Trump and Biden, about the back-and-forth around bringing the Iran war to an end.
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation Monitoring (HSM) Round 13 - The District Tables Factsheet (June 2026)
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation Monitoring (HSM) Round 13 - The District Tables Factsheet (June 2026)
Source confidence: strong
ReliefWeb: REACH Initiative
Signature of a Grant Agreement in the Amount of USD 2,500,000 to Contribute to Supporting the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund in Afghanistan [EN/AR]
Signature of a Grant Agreement in the Amount of USD 2,500,000 to Contribute to Supporting the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund in Afghanistan [EN/AR]
Source confidence: strong
ReliefWeb: Government of Kuwait
Pakistan’s attacks on Afghanistan are about more than the TTP
Islamabad is using a domestic insurgency to justify its broader pursuit of strategic dominance.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Deadly attack on police checkpoint in Pakistan leaves 15 dead
The assault on a checkpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa comes days after another deadly clash in the volatile border province, where authorities have blamed a growing wave of attacks on militants operating from neighbouring Afghanistan.
Source confidence: medium
France 24 - English
‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons
From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown “It rained for 10 days and 10 nights, non-stop – I’d never seen anything like it,” says Anar Gul, a construction worker who lives in the remote district of Dur Baba in eastern Afghanistan. The houses in his village are built from stone and mud, which makes them extremely vulnerable to heavy rains. After days of rain, Gul’s kitchen collapsed and his neighbour...
Source confidence: medium
The Guardian - World
‘It felt like being in a disaster movie’: uncertainty after evacuation from France’s Gironde wildfire
Residents describe their fear as they were forced to leave their homes because of the ‘extremely intense’ blaze Sitting in their suburban apartment in Mérignac on the outskirts of Bordeaux, Krishma, an interpreter, and her husband, Nassir, first felt a sense of dread when a strange black cloud turned the sky dark in the middle of the day. Then a bitter burning smell filled the air outside. “The sky changed colour. It seemed like a cloud but it was smoke co...
Source confidence: medium
The Guardian - World
Car bomb attack kills 27 in northwest Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban said four suicide bombers carried out the assault in the country's northwest.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Deadly Afghanistan floods kill at least 26 as aid agencies race to reach survivors
Flash floods have killed at least 26 people across eastern Afghanistan, including 23 in the mountainous province of Nuristan, where homes, markets and roads were swept away and search teams continued looking for people reported missing.
Source confidence: strong
UN News - All
Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?
U.S. presidents have promised short, decisive wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. All have proved much more difficult than advertised and fallen far short of the political goals set at the beginning.
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
Pakistani forces kill 24 militants in border raids near Afghanistan
The military said Friday it used intelligence sources to target militants over the previous 24 hours. The operations were in response to attacks by militants earlier in the week.
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
Biden, whose term spanned Gaza genocide, Ukraine war, Afghanistan withdrawal, announces memoir
Biden, whose term spanned Gaza genocide, Ukraine war, Afghanistan withdrawal, announces memoir
Source confidence: low
Google News: TRT World