In Afghanistan, the rate of opium addiction is still rising even after 20 years of government treatment programs and a Taliban-imposed ban on poppy cultivation.Some Afghans who are addicted to drugs say the Taliban should crack down harder on the sales and purchase of illicit drugs.
In Afghanistan, Nadio Momand studied law while working as a journalist. She has left her home and her dreams behind when the Taliban has retaken power.
The path that Afghan journalist Sadiq Torabzai took to escape from Taliban rule went through almost a dozen countries. He is currently waiting to be reunited with his children in Canada.
Amid a severe economic situation, radio stations in the northern Faryab region of Afghanistan are trying to keep broadcasting.
After fleeing Taliban repression back home, a former political reporter for TOLOnews in Afghanistan found a new job with a Canadian broadcaster.
The Pakistan’s government started deporting Afghans who had been living there illegally on November 1. Since then, thousands of refugees have returned to Afghanistan and living near the border in makeshift camps. These family say that with winter is approaching, they need jobs and housing.
The ongoing deportations of undocumented Afghan refugees by Pakistan, according to the Afghan owners of textile mills there, have left them with multiple problems in operating their businesses.
Pakistan has decided to forcibly deport all undocumented refugees starting on November 1. Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have expressed concern about this decision.
All Afghans without documents are required to leave Pakistan by November 1. As part of that crackdown, the government now requires that residents show their passports or visas in order to cross the border—documents that many do not possess.
For the last three years, Inayat Amran, a resident of the eastern province of Khost, has been working as a poliovirus vaccination volunteer.There are just two countries in the world where polio is still endemic: Afghanistan and Pakistan.