Afghanistan is one of the most fragile nations when it comes to dealing with climate change. According to global rankings, it ...

Hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated, with Pakistan conducting airstrikes on Afghan territory in response to attacks by the Pakistani Taliban. The Afghan Taliban rounded out the year ...

Afghanistan has been facing a drought-induced hunger crisis since last year. This summer’s political upheaval has kneecapped response efforts, pushing the country into famine. It’s an emergency of ...

Issues like drought and water scarcity are particularly ... where droughts have devastated local agriculture and livestock. Afghanistan has also struggled with a weak economy.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan announced that Denmark has ...

The area is also home to communities displaced by war and drought, making it difficult ... the acting country representative for MSF in Afghanistan. "However, many of them do not have homes ...

The IRC is working in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, to help people rebuild their lives after devastation caused by flooding. Fawad Latifi, who helps deliver IRC’s cash work, tells us about stories ...

When I first met him in 2002, he said, “Afghanistan is where all the woes of developing nations are concentrated.” He also noted that drought was at the root of poverty, armed conflict and ...

The earth's climate experienced its hottest year in 2024. Extreme flooding in April killed hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A year-long drought has left Amazon river levels at an ...

In 2000, when Afghanistan was suffering from a severe drought, Nakamura started a project to build wells. Nakamura carried out irrigation projects on about 16,500 hectares of land, turning the ...