Atlas - Le Monde - EN : Afghanistan

24 march 18h03

In Afghanistan, as elsewhere, stories about drugs are also stories about power and society’

The Taliban has only been able to curb opium production in the country because of the regime’s deeply repressive nature.

18 march 17h33

Afghanistan announces release of detained US citizen

The Taliban government announced that researcher Dennis Coyle had arrived in the UAE on Tuesday, after first being reunited with his family in Kabul,...

17 march 17h09

Pakistan and Afghanistan announce pause in conflict for Eid al-Fitr

In separate statements, authorities in Islamabad and Kabul said they would respect a halt in increasingly deadly fighting following a request from...

28 february 08h45

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing hundreds of civilians in Kabul strike

A Taliban government spokesman said that the Pakistani military’s airstrikes on Kabul were ’an act of inhumanity,’ following Monday’s strikes that...

27 february 07h17

Risk of open war between Afghanistan and Pakistan appears contained for now

In response to concerns voiced by their respective allies through diplomatic channels, the authorities in Kabul and Islamabad appeared aware of the...

25 january 11h38

Pakistan and Afghanistan escalate conflict, with unpredictable consequences

Islamabad launched airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar, and southeastern Afghanistan on Friday in retaliation for an attack the previous day against...

20 january 06h33

Pakistan bombs Kabul in ’open war’ on Afghanistan’s Taliban government

Pakistan’s latest operation came after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night over earlier air strikes by Islamabad....

18 december 07h02

The challenge of medical access in rural Afghanistan: ’Before the clinic was set up, we used to give birth at home, and three or four women died every month’

French photographer Elise Blanchard visited doctors, nurses and patients in Afghanistan’s rural areas. After decades of war and under Taliban rule,...

03 december 06h45

Trump praises UK troops after outrage from NATO allies over Afghanistan comments

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said Donald Trump’s comments were ’insulting’ after the US president said in a TV interview that NATO had...

19 october 10h11

Snow and heavy rain kill 61 in three days in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s disaster management authority also said ’initial figures’ included 110 injured people and 458 houses that were either partially or...

06 october 12h36

Blast at Chinese restaurant in Kabul kills at least 7

The Islamic State armed group claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack in a statement, the SITE Intelligence Group reported, saying it was a...

Afghanistan: The realities behind the economic recovery claimed by the Taliban

The Kabul authorities, eager to repair their badly-damaged image, frequently publicize the completion of road infrastructure projects. In reality,...

Afghan man pleads not guilty to murder charges in US National Guard shooting

Attorney General Pam Bondi has said she plans to seek the death penalty for Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, who allegedly drove cross-country to carry out...

Afghanistan and Pakistan blame each other for deadly cross-border fire

Despite ongoing peace talks in Turkey following previous deadly clashes, Pakistan and Afghanistan traded blame for cross-border shooting on Thursday,...

Secluded Kalash tribe fights for survival in Pakistan

This ethnic and religious minority now numbers just 4,000 members and faces intrusive tourism and the degradation of their environment, which is...

Earthquake in northern Afghanistan kills more than 20 and injures hundreds

This new earthquake comes two months after the one that killed more than 2,200 people in the east of the country.

France arrests Afghan with suspected links to Islamic State offshoot

The suspect, a 20-year-old man who was arrested in Lyon last week, was placed in pre-trial detention. He was charged with participating in a criminal...

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to ’immediate ceasefire’

Embroiled in fighting that has killed dozens of people, the two countries pledged on Sunday to respect a ceasefire. The truce, mediated by Turkey and...

Pakistan to hold talks with Afghanistan in Qatar after deadly border strikes

Kabul said that at least 10 civilians were killed when Pakistan broke a fragile 48-hour ceasefire, as both sides prepare for high-level talks in Doha.

UN launches probe into human rights violations in Afghanistan

The scope of the investigation notably includes violations and abuses against women and girls. It will also prepare files to facilitate independent...