UNHCR ‘s report recently shows that nearly 150000 Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan so far this year, adding to an unprecedented 2.9 million returns in 2025 and about 5.4 million since October 2023. Many of these returns have occurred under extremely difficult circumstances.
This survey, conducted with the direct participation of 1,800 families and indirectly covering nearly 15,000 residents across 20 districts of Kabul, reflects the state of groundwater and people’s access to water in the city. The findings paint a worrying picture of the water crisis facing the Afghan capital.
UNICEF’s Afghanistan office has rebuilt water supply systems in four provinces to provide children and their families with reliable access to clean water.
Many children across different provinces of Afghanistan says that poverty and the absence of parental care have kept them from attending school. Instead they are
Hundreds of Palestinians have joined protests in northern Gaza, shouting anti-Hamas slogans and calling for an end to the war with Israel, in what has been described as the largest protest against the militant group inside the territory since the 7 October attacks.
Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters on Monday, as Palestinian health authorities said Israeli strikes had killed at least 65 people in the enclave in the previous 24 hours.
A senior Hamas leader has been killed in a predawn strike in southern Gaza, as Israel has intensified attacks across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 634 Palestinians since breaking the ceasefire deal on Tuesday.
Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people on Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities said, shattering nearly two months of relative calm since a ceasefire began, as Israel warned the onslaught was “just the beginning.”
Afghanistan remains one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with nearly half the population—some 22.9 million people—in urgent need, according to the 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan.
Israel will adopt the proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods, the prime minister’s office said early on Sunday, hours after the first phase of the previously agreed ceasefire was set to expire.
Officials at the Ministry of Economy of the Islamic Emirate, however, argue that while the reduction in global aid has impacted Afghanistan’s overall economy, the humanitarian situation is not as severe as described.
U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham dismissed President Donald Trump’s proposal to seize Gaza and force out the Palestinians, while Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal said he expects Arab states to put forward a workable alternative.
