Afghanistan

The busy border crossing closed on Wednesday after Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces started firing at each other.

We turned our back on the people, including women and children, whom we said we were going to protect.

Israel's Sheba Medical Center initiated and is funding a program to transport Afghan children with the disease into Pakistan for treatment.

It was not clear why the Taliban detained the journalist, though the Taliban have cracked down on media since they took over the country two years ago.

The Biden administration presented human rights as its hallmark promise. But it may oversee two catastrophic global failures of human rights: Abandoning women in Iran and Afghanistan.

Mohammad Hossein Velayati, an Iranian photojournalist working for the Tasnim News Agency, was arrested by the Taliban in Kabul.

Removing half of the population from the workforce has worsened the already deteriorating economic situation

The Taliban have stopped most Afghan female staff from working, closed beauty salons, barred women from parks, and curtailed travel for women in the absence of a male guardian.

Security was tight in the capital on Tuesday, which was declared a holiday, with soldiers stepping up checks.

Afghan women have pushed back, taking to the streets to oppose the Taliban, and moving their protests indoors and online amid arrests and violent crackdowns.