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Afghan people working in a field in Dasht-e-Padula, southern Kabul

More than half of Afghans face 'acute' food crisis - UN

More than 22 million Afghans will suffer "acute food insecurity" this winter, United Nations agencies have said, warning the already unstable country faces one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

World • 25 Oct 21

20 years on: One bid to cross into Afghanistan

Twenty years ago, RTÉ reporter Paul Cunningham and cameraman Neilus Dennehy were situated on the Pakistan border as the invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan was about to begin.

Afghanistan • 24 Oct 21

Afghan children attend their class at a school at Babro village in Arghandab district (Pic Getty)

Taliban plan for girls' education expected 'soon' - UN

The Taliban is to announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan "soon," a senior United Nations official said.

World • 16 Oct 21

Aimal, brother of Ezmarai Ahmadi, stands next to the wreckage of a vehicle that was damaged in a US drone strike in the Kwaja Burga neighbourhood of Kabul

US offers compensation over botched Afghan drone strike

The US has said it has offered to pay unspecified compensation to relatives of 10 people in Afghanistan including seven children who were killed by mistake in a US drone strike as American forces were completing their withdrawal.

World • 16 Oct 21

An injured victim of the bomb blast receives treatment at a hospital in Kandahar

IS group carried out Afghan suicide bomb that killed 35

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack at a Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar which left dozens killed and injured, according to a statement posted by the group's Amaq news agency.

World • 15 Oct 21

Mario Draghi speaks during a press conference following a G20 virtual summit focused on Afghanistan in Rome

G20 leaders agree to step up Afghan humanitarian effort

G20 leaders have agreed to work together to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, as the EU pledged a €1bn aid package and host Italy stressed the need to maintain contacts with the Taliban.

World • 13 Oct 21

A Taliban fighter stands at a gate as people wait with their documents outside the passport office in Kabul

US, Taliban first in-person talks since Afghan pullout

The United States and the Taliban will this weekend hold their first in-person talks since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August.

World • 09 Oct 21

Senior British envoy holds talks with Taliban in Kabul

A senior British envoy held talks with top Taliban officials in Kabul today - the first since foreign forces evacuated from Afghanistan - as the country's new masters seek a path out of international isolation.

Afghanistan • 05 Oct 21

A child reportedly suffering from malnutrition receives treatment at the Mirwais hospital in Kandahar

Warning over impact of malnutrition in Afghanistan

Children are dying of starvation in Afghanistan, local and international sources has said, following warnings that a million youngsters there could face life-threatening malnutrition by the end of the year.

World • 02 Oct 21

Roderic O'Gorman said those arriving from Afghanistan will not go into direct provision (Kabul airport file image)

Up to 500 extra places for Afghan family members

The Government has agreed to provide up to 500 additional places for Afghan family members.

Ireland • 28 Sep 21

Queues for a bank in Kabul earlier this month

Afghan economy on brink of collapse, diplomat warns

The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council has warned that Afghanistan's economy is on the brink of collapse.

World • 27 Sep 21

Taliban fighters stand guard along a road in Herat (File pic)

Taliban hang bodies of 'kidnappers' in Herat city

The Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them during a shootout in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, a senior official said.

World • 25 Sep 21

When the Taliban last ruled, the ambassador of the Afghan government they toppled remained the UN representative

Taliban asks to address world leaders at UN Assembly

The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's UN ambassador.

World • 21 Sep 21

The Taliban said they were 'finalising things'

Afghan girls to be allowed return to school 'soon'

Girls in Afghanistan will be allowed to return to school as soon as possible, the have Taliban said, after announcing the remaining positions in its all-male cabinet.

World • 21 Sep 21

Afghan women staged a 'silent protest opposite the Ministry of Education in Kabul

Afghan women 'beside themselves' over new restrictions

The Taliban's effective ban on women working has sparked outrage over the dramatic loss of rights after millions of female teachers and girls were barred from secondary school education.

World • 20 Sep 21

Simon Coveney said coordination will continue with key partners in the coming period to return the citizens back to Ireland

Further 11 Irish citizens are moved out of Afghanistan

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has confirmed that a further 11 Irish citizens and direct family members have been moved out of Afghanistan, and are currently in Doha.

Ireland • 19 Sep 21

Most of the protesters are drawn from Ireland's Afghan community, many of who came here when the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in the 1990s

Ireland's Afghan community protests against Taliban

Several hundred people gathered at the GPO in Dublin this afternoon to protest against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Ireland • 19 Sep 21

Aimal, brother of Ezmarai Ahmadi, stands next to the wreckage of a vehicle that was damaged in a US drone strike

US must compensate over drone killings, relatives say

Relatives of the victims of a US drone strike that killed 10 members of an Afghan family in a "tragic mistake" demanded a face-to-face apology and compensation.

World • 19 Sep 21

Boys attend their class at a school in Kabul today

Girls excluded from secondary school in Afghanistan

Girls were excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan today, after the country's new Taliban rulers ordered only boys and male teachers back to the classroom.

World • 18 Sep 21

Sigrid Kaag speaking to reporters after resigning

Dutch foreign minister quits over Afghan crisis censure

Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag resigned from her job today after the Netherlands parliament formally condemned her handling of the Afghanistan evacuation crisis.

World • 16 Sep 21

The increasing economic crisis following the Taliban takeover has led some low-income Afghans to sell their household goods

UN envoy meets Afghan interior minister wanted by US

Afghanistan needs urgent and sustained support from the international community to prevent a larger humanitarian crisis, the head of the UN refugee agency has said.

World • 16 Sep 21

The Taliban banned women from playing all sport during their first rule in the 1990s

Afghan girls' football team flees to Pakistan

Members of Afghanistan's national girls' football team have fled across the border into Pakistan, a month after the Taliban swept back into power.

World • 15 Sep 21

While it's unclear who the dogs belonged to, many were found in the section of the airport that was used by American forces (Getty Images)

Afghan dogs find new home after US evacuation

In a makeshift training centre at Kabul airport, dozens of dogs that were left behind during last month's evacuations from Afghanistan have found a new home - and new handlers.

World • 13 Sep 21

Women students show their support for the Taliban at a Kabul university

Taliban ban women from studying at university with men

Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban's new higher education minister has said.

World • 12 Sep 21

A child lies in a malnutrition treatment ward at the Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul (pic: UNICEF)

Afghan children facing threat of malnutrition - UNICEF

UNICEF is warning that close to one million children in Afghanistan are facing the threat of acute malnutrition, as a result of drought and the ongoing conflict there.

World • 12 Sep 21