Strong economic growth during the pre-transition period of 2007-08 to 2011-12 did not reduce poverty and contributed instead to widening inequality in Afghanistan. According to the latest Afghanistan ...

Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan nearly four years ago, human rights have begun diminishing for over 14 million women. Heightened gender inequality has exacerbated the pre-existing ...

In 2010, 27.6 percent of Afghanistan’s urban population lived below the national poverty line, while, in 2005, almost 89 percent of the urban population lived in slums. An analysis of nighttime lights ...

The World Bank reported Monday that the economic recovery in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan remains precarious ... latest report that persistent high poverty levels, unemployment, limited ...

Without major financial and logistical support, the people of Afghanistan face a future of poverty and humanitarian crisis, warns Achim Steiner. Disclaimer - All opinions in this column reflect ...

as Afghan women struggle to support themselves and their families in a country where 85% of the population already lives below the poverty line. The healthcare system in Afghanistan is collapsing ...