India is planning to send 10,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan as it reels under a hunger crisis. Will Pakistan show sympathy and help Afghans dying of hunger? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: India to send 10,000 tonnes wheat to Afghans

In a bitterly cold bedroom at the start of winter in Kabul, 22-year Maryam sat with her baby son bundled up in a red jumper as he coughed days after being discharged for the third time from a hospital ward for suspected pneumonia.

Afghan hospital wards full with children suffering from pneumonia

Ever since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the country has been dealing with all sorts of crises and crimes. To prove it, the recent killing of an elderly taxi driver says it all.

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A plan to use more than $1 billion from a frozen Afghanistan trust fund to finance education, agriculture, health, and family programmes was approved by the World Bank's executive board on Tuesday, the bank announced.

Afghanistan to receive more than $1 billion in aid from the World Bank; funds to bypass Taliban

As a combat interpreter in Afghanistan, Sharif Azizi helped U.S. Special Forces hunt down Taliban targets, even after suffering leg and chest injuries from stepping on a land mine.

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As part of the outcome of the first India-Central Asia summit on Thursday, both sides have announced to establish joint working group on the use of Chabahar port and on Afghanistan issue.

India, Central Asia to establish joint working group on Afghanistan, Chabahar port

The Ministry of External Affairs has said that India will supply wheat consignments to Afghanistan through Pakistan in beginning of February. “Pakistan has allowed the transportation of Indian Wheat assistance for Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds on exceptional basis.

India to supply wheat consignments to Afghanistan through Pakistan in beginning of February

In Afghanistan, the ATMs will now be operational from Saturday (January 15) for the first time since the country's takeover by the Taliban, the central bank informed as per reports.

For the first time since Taliban takeover, ATMs to get operational in Afghanistan

The cash-starved Taliban administration seems to have adopted the age-old barter system to pay out its hundreds of employees. On Tuesday, the Taliban said that they will be paying the salaries of government employees with wheat donated to Afghanistan by foreign countries, including India, as they do not have any money to pay them.

Cash-starved Taliban paying salaries in wheat to govt employees as economic crisis deepens

The United States on Tuesday promised more than $308 million in an initial aid package for Afghanistan this year. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said in a statement that it will provide for food and nutrition for vulnerable people, health care facilities, winterisation programmes and logistics support.

United States pledges over $300 million in aid for Afghanistan

Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles. They have used the large stock of weapons and equipment left behind when the former Western-backed government collapsed in August to overhaul their forces.

Taliban hold military parade with US-made weapons in Kabul

Afghan women protest against killing of former troops, demand equal rights

Afghanistan has signed a new agreement with Tajikistan's "Tajik Electricity" company for the extension of the import of electricity for the next year, Xinhua news agency reported.

Afghanistan signs electricity supply contract with Tajikistan amid power crisis

Acting Afghan Higher Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani on Sunday said ''co-education is against Islamic values.'' During a press conference in Kabul, he said that his government does not oppose women's education but rather the concept of men and women studying together.

Afghan education minister says co-education is against Islamic values

The United States has lambasted the Taliban for executing scores of Afghan soldiers after they took power in the country. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) had released a report claiming that the Taliban had apprehended and killed 47 members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) after they captured Kabul in August.

'Contradiction of announced amnesty': US slams Taliban for execution of Afghan soldiers despite surrender

For decades, roughly 1,000 families called the low-slung mud-walled neighborhood of Firqa home. Some moved in during the 1990s civil war, while others were provided housing under the previous government.

In Afghanistan, ‘who has the guns gets the land’

A new report released by the Human Rights Watch has alleged that scores of members of the Afghan security forces were executed by Taliban after surrendering to them.

Despite surrendering, Taliban executed scores of Afghan soldiers: Report

The Saudi Arabian government has called for an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Ahead of winters, Saudi Arabia calls for OIC meeting to address Afghanistan humanitarian crisis

In a compromise plan, the World Bank may divert funds intended for rebuilding efforts to humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, reports claim. In an informal board meeting on Tuesday, the bank's management intends to discuss the proposal to re-direct funds from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) to support humanitarian efforts through the UN and other humanitarian agencies with presence and logistic capabilities in Afghanistan.

Humanitarian aid may be released to Afghanistan by the World Bank: Reports

United States officials will resume their talks with the Taliban next week in Qatar. This meet will focus, among other issues, on the fight against terrorism and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

United States to resume talks with Taliban next week

The Taliban claim to have complete control over Afghanistan. However, recent evidence points to the contrary. Despite the Taliban government's best efforts, even after three months of the group's takeover of the country, the National Resistance Front (NRF) remains a thorn in its side.

Afghanistan | 3 months since takeover, is NRF still a thorn in the Taliban's side?

Qatar will act as the United States' diplomatic representative in Afghanistan following the shuttering of its embassy during the Taliban takeover. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Friday that the country had signed an accord with Qatar to set up an interests section in Afghanistan.

'Protecting power': Qatar to act as US diplomatic representative in Afghanistan