Afghanistan

The Afghan Admission Programme allows Afghan nationals residing in Ireland since before September 1st, 2021, to apply for residency on behalf of up to four close family members. As of July this year, the programme has benefitted 896 individuals

Despite three years of severe restrictions on women, education activists remain dedicated to providing covert educational opportunities for girls across the country

Director Ibrahim Nash’at and producer Odessa Rae on their nerve-racking journey to film inside the glamorously named former American base

Aidan O’Leary was described as a ‘true leader’ by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

Willie Guerin donated house for two years in 2021 and is now struggling to get it back, while a family of eight is facing homelessness

Friends and former colleagues hear Night of Power delves into events, people and ideas that have shaped the Middle East

‘Silent diplomacy will only embolden the Taliban’, says Dublin-based Afghan journalist and film-maker

Judge rejected David McBride’s argument that he did not believe he was breaking the law and was acting in national interest

Shortages of food, water and shelter reported in country considered by UN to be one of world’s most vulnerable to climate change

At least 1,000 houses destroyed and several injured as floods cause ‘significant financial losses’

This is Dublin’s only Afghan restaurant with dishes you won’t find anywhere else

Mistakes in dealing with terrorism in Northern Ireland are being repeated elsewhere, argues Prof Richard English in a new book

Some Irish soldiers - often looking for more pay - have worked in private security in overseas countries while on leave

Analysts say Isis-K — a group blamed for the recent Moscow concert hall attack — gained strength after the US withdrawal

Masterful analysis of horribly familiar case studies yields deep insights into the flawed tactics of states in their efforts to eradicate terrorists

Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly said ‘very worrying’ drugs such as drugs fentanyl will replace heroin in Ireland when Afghan ‘heroin eradication’ hits supply chain

International Protection applicants are arriving to find themselves living on the street. But ‘at least there are no bullets’

Chaos and carnage that unfolded continues to be investigated in Congress

Many countries, including Ireland, advise against travel to the impoverished region

Afghan student Yama Hassani fled Kabul after the Taliban seized power in 2021, starting a 19-month odyssey to his sister Galway during which he survived the sinking of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean in which at least 94 people drowned

The Taliban say the restrictions are justified by their conservative interpretation of Islamic law. Unicef, the UN children’s fund, estimates the ban has affected more than 1mn girls

Women still face a spectrum starts with an almost concealed disdain, a certain contempt, an ingrained prejudice, and runs all the way to violent hatred

Businessman and devoted parent and family man left a deep impression on all those who knew him

Cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 95% after ban by Taliban in 2022

40 heroin overdoses in recent days linked to banning of opium production in Afghanistan

Order to expand border facilities could double flow of migrants being forced to return to Taliban-ruled neighbour

Deadline passes for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan

Islamabad’s threat has torn families apart and pushed even Afghans with valid papers to leave

Disaster follows a series of deadly quakes over the weekend which left more than 2,000 dead and entire villages flattened

At least 2,400 dead and 2,000 injured following powerful quakes, says Taliban government, with chances of finding survivors diminished

Aftershocks continue to shake affected areas, forcing people out of their homes, say officials

Country’s ministry of disasters reports 1,320 houses damaged or destroyed after 6.3 magnitude quake

Move comes after Islamabad reveals over half of 24 suicide bombings in country this year were carried out by Afghan nationals

Island has the highest number of migrants per capita in the EU, and the country’s far-right party is exploiting opposition to further arrivals

Conservative MP made comments praising the Taliban after a visit to Afghanistan in July

From Afghanistan to South Sudan and Nairobi, the practical and dauntless Mary Ellen McGrogarty of the World Food Programme focuses on respecting the dignity and individuality of people in desperate need

AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT/WFP (TV, PIX):UN food agency cuts rations to 2 million Afghans as funds dry up

New to the Parish: Manizha Khan came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021

Widows and divorcees among hardest-hit by strict restrictions

Róisín Ingle: The weight on my daughters’ schoolbooks has nothing on the burden placed on women and girls in Afghanistan