The decline of ashar in rural Afghanistan is about more than labour. When reciprocal community work disappears, part of the village's social contract disappears with it. #Afghanistan #RuralDevelopment bit.ly/43fRlQd
Climate change in Afghanistan is a story of drought, floods, water scarcity and survival. On #WorldEnvironmentDay, explore our new dossier bringing together our reporting on the environmental challenges shaping Afghanistan's future. bit.ly/43erfgs
Can Afghanistan feed itself?
The answer is complicated.
Our report looks at wheat, imports, climate stress and why food security is about more than just growing more food.
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#Afghanistan #FoodSecurity
A young woman in #Afghanistan lost her education, her job & her future in 2021. After her family arranged a marriage to a man in Europe she had never met, she found herself trapped with abusive in-laws. Her story is one of many.
#Afghanistan #Women #HumanRights
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What does it take to keep women’s healthcare going in Afghanistan?
@clarkkate.bsky.social & Fabrizio Foschini take a look at clinics, training and health education supported by NAC #Afghanistan and how women and children are still accessing care.
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Afghanistan’s courts have been transformed & defence lawyers are being pushed to the margins. In our new report, we hear from lawyers about what this means for fair trials and access to justice. #Afghanistan
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“Affordable” used to mean something a family could comfortably buy. Now it means something they can still manage after cutting back, borrowing, and going without.
A striking personal account of life in today’s Afghanistan.
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A century ago in Afghanistan’s Shughnan district, a small Ismaili community rebelled—not against reform itself, but against how it was imposed. Heavy taxation, abusive officials, and the loss of local mediation pushed people to the brink. bit.ly/3OC3BXh #Afghanistan #History
AAN's new series, Expert Opinion, features short reflections on AAN reports from specialists. First up, Vincent Ploton draws on his experience in #Syria to examine what Afghanistan’s UN-backed accountability mechanism can (and cannot) do. #Afghanistan #HumanRights #InternationalLaw bit.ly/4tVcomy
“This was more than a bird count. It was a reconnection of Afghanistan to the global flyway.”
Powerful report from #Afghanistan documents disappearing wetlands, migratory birds and fragile ecosystems across - and the urgent fight to protect what remains.
#Conservation #Afghanistan
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After the fall of the Islamic Republic, the newly empowered Islamic Emirate radically overhauled the courts and the criminal justice system, elevating sharia as the sole source of law, along with the ...
The pressures on Afghanistan’s environment are increasingly urgent as the climate crisis bites. Our last dossier of reports on this subject was published in November 2022 when Afghanistan – one of the...
AAN has considered women’s health in Afghanistan from several angles in recent years, with bleak conclusions. We found provision for women living in rural areas under particular threat, with clinics c...
After the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan returned to power in August 2021, women and girls were barred from continuing their education beyond grade six. Women were also banned from working in most gov...
Afghanistan’s food system is under growing strain. Domestic harvests remain insufficient and uneven and trade routes have shifted repeatedly in recent years. This spring’s rainfall has been good enoug...
The first survey of birds to be carried out by an Afghan organisation since the fall of the Islamic Republic has taken place. It was also the first time that Afghanistan has taken part in the annual I...
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Today, we launch a new type of publication, an Expert Opinion, a short piece of analysis filed by someone from a particular academic discipline or with relevant experience who wants to respond to an A...
For generations, the tradition of ashar – voluntary, unpaid communal labour – was one of the strongest expressions of solidarity in rural Afghan society. Whether harvesting a neighbour’s wheat, buildi...
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An Afghan proverb, tang amad, ba jang amad sums up the circumstances which led to rebellion in a northeasterly corner of Afghanistan, the poor and isolated Shughnan district of Badakhshan province, a ...
What happens when a family that once enjoyed a comfortable life can no longer afford the things it once took for granted? This is the situation for many Afghan households still struggling in the wake ...
