‘The war is still ongoing, so amputations will increase’ By Stefanie Glinski Regular IRIN contributor A record number of Afghans with physical disabilities are seeking specialised medical care as...
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Afghans battle with flood aftermath
By Stefanie Glinski Regular IRIN contributor Besieged by months of drought and long-term conflict, rural communities in large swathes of Afghanistan are facing yet another emergency: widespread...
As Afghanistan’s capital grows, its residents scramble for clean water
“Here, we were told the government would help us, but nothing has happened so far” Stefanie Glinski | KABUL, 19 February 2019 Twice a week, Farid Rahimi gets up at dawn, wraps a blanket around his...
Oasis amid the drought: Local water systems give Afghans a reason to stay home
Stefanie Glinski, Regular IRIN contributor ABKAMARI DISTRICT/Afghanistan, 11 October 2018, The dusty, barren hills of western Afghanistan stretch far into the horizon. Here in Badghis Province, a...
“If the water finishes, we will leave”: Drought is forcing hundreds of thousands of Afghans from their homes
Stefanie Glinski, Regular IRIN contributor Afghanistan is besieged by decades of conflict, but more people this year have been displaced by drought than war. Read more on IRIN.
A day in the life of a Kabul emergency room
Conflict killed or injured more than 10,000 civilians in Afghanistan last year – hovering near the peak of a decade-long escalation. The UN has acknowledged that the “low-intensity conflict” has...
Afghanistan battles polio: Rumours, mistrust, and negotiating with the Taliban
Behind an iron gate in a mud-brick home in southern Afghanistan, one of the country’s newest polio patients is still learning how to walk. Three-year-old Farid Ahmad teeters forward, his uncle...
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Afghanistan: Where home is a battlefield
Aid agencies in Afghanistan are bracing for another refugee influx, but long-term reintegration plans are absent. After two decades in Pakistan, 35-year-old Durkhane is finally back in her native...
As conflict spreads, chronic displacement becomes a powderkeg in Afghanistan
Aid is in short supply for thousands of families forced to etch new homes into once-barren land BEHSUD DISTRICT, 9 April 2018 | Thirty-year-old Mohammad isn’t sure who shelled his home in eastern...
Afghan attacks force aid rethink, leave local NGOs more exposed
Mohsin Khan JALALABAD, 8 February 2018 Days after militants attacked international NGO Save the Children’s office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, Jehanzeb Sherzad, an employee at a local...
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Europe sends Afghans back to danger
In a cafe in Kabul, Mohammad Elham’s eyes dart back and forth between a steaming cup of tea and the front entrance: the months since his return to Afghanistan have been spent in a state of constant...
Afghan healthcare under siege as escalating conflict cuts off access
Ihsanullah, 17 months, suffers from a virulent, drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, which has alarmed his father and challenged the doctors. "There are injections and so many pills,” said his...
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Pushed out of Pakistan into war-torn Afghanistan, refugees are told to be 'patient'
Ali M Latifi DARONTA/AFGHANISTAN, 13 April 2017 Afghan refugees pressured by Pakistan to return to their volatile homeland where they face hunger and homelessness should be “patient”, according to an...
Red Cross killings in Afghanistan reveal the limits of aid access
The news last week that six members of the International Committee of the Red Cross were killed in Jawzjan, Afghanistan was a tragic echo of an attack 20 years earlier when another six ICRC workers...
Afghanistan now a ‘continual emergency’, as war drives record numbers from their homes
By: Bilal Sarwary Bibi Mariam was milking her cow when it suddenly let out a wild howl and collapsed in a pool of blood. The so-called Islamic State and the Taliban were fighting near her village in...
Why are Afghan refugees being forced back to a worsening war?
First in an in-depth series on Afghanistan's migration crisis Jared Ferrie Asia Editor Andrew Quilty Freelance photojournalist The UN planned to provide assistance to about 250,000 displaced people...
Afghan forces regain control of Kunduz, allowing residents to return
By Jared Ferrie Afghan government forces have largely regained control of the provincial capital of Kunduz from the Taliban, and the UN now expects the almost 40,000 residents who fled during the...
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Afghanistan overwhelmed as refugees return from Pakistan
By Jared Ferrie Asia Editor A humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan as 5,000 refugees return each day from Pakistan, where they are being pressured to leave and join hundreds of thousands...
Medical care cut off as Taliban assaults key Afghan city
By Jared Ferrie Civilians cannot access medical care in Lashkar Gah and aid agencies are preparing for a possible Taliban takeover as militants lay siege to the city, which is the capital of...
Will probe of "executions" at Afghan clinic bring justice?
By Jared Ferrie Past investigations have done little or nothing Both Afghanistan's government and NATO are investigating an Afghan special forces raid on a clinic in which three people were said to...