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Five years on: UNESCO calls for the full restoration of the right to education for Afghan girls and women
UNESCO
Afghanistan is the only country in the world to formally prohibit access to education for girls and women beyond the primary level.
Five years on: Keeping learning alive for girls and women in Afghanistan
UNESCO
Since 2021, more than 69,000 learners have benefited from these programmes, 73 per cent of whom are women.
Afghanistan: five years after takeover, UNESCO presents new figures on girls banned from education
UNESCO
Five years after the takeover by the de facto authorities, Afghanistan remains the only country in the world to formally prohibit girls and women from accessing education beyond the primary level, reversing two decades of progress in expanding...
Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchanges Funding Iran’s IRGC and Enabling Illicit Finance
U.S. Department of the Treasury
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is moving against digital asset exchanges that the Iranian regime relies on to launder billions of dollars, maintain covert access to international...
Afghanistan: Operational Facts and Figures – January to June 2026
International Committee of the Red Cross
The ICRC improved access to essential primary healthcare by providing medical supplies and technical assistance to Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) primary health centres.
Nearly 6 million Afghans have returned since late 2023, UN-Habitat says
UN Human Settlements Program
The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Nearly 6 million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan since late 2023, placing severe pressure on already overstretched housing, public services and infrastructure across Afghanistan, the UN Human Settlements...
EagleNXT Names Head of Sales and Business Development for Counter-UAS
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
21-Year Army Aviation Veteran Named Head of C-UAS Sales and Business Development for EagleNXT ALLEN, Texas, Aug. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc. (dba, EagleNXT) (the “Company” or “EagleNXT”) (NYSE: UAVS), a leading...
The Independence Fund to Reunite Nearly 100 Marines and Corpsmen in Lake Havasu for Operation Resilience
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
Lake Havasu City, Aug. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Independence Fund is reuniting nearly 100 Marines who served with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment for an urgent Operation Resilience retreat in Lake Havasu from August 13–16. This four-day...
Finding the 1-181's Best Squad
DVIDS - Georgia
BOURNE, Mass – Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment gathered on the parade field on Camp Edwards early in the morning of July 29, 2026, for the annual Dupont Challenge, a battalion-wide Best Squad Competition.
Once an Alum, Now a Strategic Partner: Afghan Leader Shows Accountancy Can Serve the Public Good
UN International Training and Research Center
Zarif strongly disagrees that accounting is dull or narrow, and points to the widening role of accountants as they embrace a wider view of business success including environmental and social sustainability.
Ernst Delivers Remarks at 2026 Entrepreneur Expo
U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
AMES, IOWA- “Thank you, President Cook, for the kind introduction and for hosting the Expo again at Iowa State this year.
Afghanistan Launches New Healthcare Support Plan for Isolated Region
MENAFN
(MENAFN) Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health announced on Sunday the signing of a $4.31 million agreement with the Bu Ali Rehabilitation and Aid Network aimed at improving access to essential healthcare services in the central province of...
Afghanistan Claims Fresh Pakistani Airstrikes Kill Thirteen Civilians
MENAFN
(MENAFN) Afghanistan on Wednesday accused Pakistan of conducting fresh airstrikes in eastern regions of the country, alleging that the strikes killed 13 civilians, including 11 children, amid rising tensions between the neighboring states,...
Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Cross-Border Airstrikes Killing Civilians
MENAFN
(MENAFN) Afghan authorities have accused Pakistan of conducting fresh airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan that reportedly resulted in the deaths of 13 civilians, including children, amid already strained relations between the two countries....
Purple Heart awarded in Poland for 2005 combat actions in Afghanistan
DVIDS - Georgia
BOLESLAWIEC, Poland — On June 25, 2026, during a ceremony at Forward Operating Site Boleslawiec, Poland, U.S. Army Col. Michael Filanowski, deputy chief of staff- operations, Multinational Division North East, NATO, was presented the Purple Heart...
Afghan Police Seize Twenty kg of Opium, Arrest Two in Takhar Province
MENAFN
(MENAFN) According to reports, Afghan police carried out a crackdown on illegal drug trafficking in northern Afghanistan’s Takhar province on Sunday, resulting in the arrest of two suspected smugglers and the seizure of narcotics.
TIIF-2026 Showed Uzbekistan’s New Ambition: To Become the Financial and Logistics Hub of the Region – Alona Lebedieva
EIN Presswire
KYIV, UKRAINE, June 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The fifth Tashkent International Investment Forum, one of the key investment events in Central Asia, has concluded in Tashkent.
Unexploded War Devices Kill Child, Injure Six in Southern Afghanistan
MENAFN
(MENAFN) A child was killed and six others were injured on Saturday after two unexploded ordnance devices detonated in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, according to local officials cited in reports.
Military Drones Market - Opportunities, Share, Growth and Competitive Analysis and Forecast 2030
EIN Presswire
The Business Research Company's Military Drones Market Report 2026 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2026-2035 LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, June 11, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- "The military drones sector is experiencing...
Pakistan Kills 26 Militants in Afghan Border Airstrikes
MENAFN
(MENAFN) Pakistan declared Wednesday that its military had eliminated at least 26 militants in a fresh wave of targeted airstrikes along the Afghanistan border, even as Kabul pushed back sharply, claiming the strikes killed civilians — including...
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