Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from September 27 to October 3 across the country, a UN agency has announced. In the northeastern region, over 173,000 vulnerable people received food assistance in Baghlan, Badakhshan and Kunduz provinces, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan said in a report.

Thousands of Afghans receive assistance: UN agency

Something unexpected is happening at U.S. military bases hosting Afghan evacuees. Nearly 700 of them are simply leaving before receiving U.S. resettlement services, this has raised alarms over immigration advocates concerned about risks to Afghans.

Nearly 700 Afghan evacuees leave military bases in U.S. before resettlement

The UN High Commissioner for refugees has said that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is very deep. He said that the Afghans need urgent assistance.

Afghans need urgent assistance: UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi

Britain MP Chris Bryant has revealed that people stranded in Afghanistan who have connections to the UK have faced horrors including being raped, shot, and tortured after missing out on evacuations out of the Taliban-controlled country.

'Shot, raped and tortured': UK MP reveals horrors faced by stranded Afghans

About 1,000 people, including Americans and Afghans holding visas for the US and other countries, are still stuck in Afghanistan. 6 days after the US troops withdrawal many people await the Taliban clearance for flights out of the country.

Over 1,000 await Taliban clearance for flights out of Afghanistan

The Taliban are parading their loot from Americans. Panjshir Valley is gearing up for action once again. Afghans are struggling for cash, thousands are waiting outside banks. Palki Sharma tells you what life is like under Taliban rule.

Gravitas: What is life like under Taliban rule?

Defending Britain's withdrawal from Afghanistan after the Taliban swept across the country, UK foreign minister Dominic Raab said intelligence assessment indicated that Kabul's fall this year was unlikely.

Intelligence said Kabul will not fall this year; UK's Raab defends handling of Afghan evacuation

EU countries agreed to step up humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. But EU nations also fear Afghan exodus with millions likely to take refuge in these countries.

EU countries divided on stance over Afghan refugees

The British government acknowledged that more can be done to help and assist Afghan nationals and their families settle in Britain as they escape from Afghanistan following its takeover by the Taliban.

UK says more can be done for Afghans who have arrived in Britain

U.S. troops were seen evacuating military dogs on a plane meant for Afghans. Germany has flown 65,000 cans of beer back home but evacuated only 7 Afghans on its first flight. Palki Sharma tells you how the misplaced priorities of the West are making Afghans suffer

Gravitas: U.S. Military evacuates dogs on 'reserved seats' from Afghanistan

Thousands of Afghans at the Kabul airport could be sitting ducks for a terrorist strike. The US believes ISIS poses an "acute threat" to the evacuation efforts at the Kabul airport. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: ISIS terror threat at Kabul airport

United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that most Afghans are unable to leave their homeland and those in danger "have no clear way out". Spokesperson of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Shabia Mantoo reiterated UN's call to neighbour countries of Afghanistan to keep their borders open to allow people to seek asylum.

Afghans in danger 'have no clear way out': UN

More than 60 countries issued a joint statement saying Afghans and international citizens, who want to leave Afghanistan must be allowed to depart and added that airports and border crossings must remain open, the US State Department said late on Sunday.

Over 60 countries say Afghans, others must be allowed to leave Afghanistan

The US House of Representatives approved a plan on Thursday to allow an extra 8,000 special immigration visas for Afghans who helped the United States and are at risk of retaliation as US troops complete their pullout from Afghanistan after a 20 year war.

US House approves bid to add 8,000 visas for at-risk Afghans

As American troops left their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, marking a symbolic end to the longest war in U.S history, locals living in the shadow of the base and in nearby Kabul were left ruing the past and bracing for what comes next.

'What was the point?' Afghans rue decades of war as US quits Bagram

The Biden administration is exploring having three Central Asian countries temporarily take in thousands of Afghans who worked with US forces and face threats from the Taliban now that American troops are withdrawing after 20 years, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

US looks into having 3 Central Asian states take in at-risk Afghans: Sources

US President Joe Biden met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his former political foe, Abdullah Abdullah, on Friday at the White House where he called on Afghans to decide the future of their country as the last US troops pack up after 20 years of war and government forces struggle to repel Taliban advances.

Biden calls on Afghans to 'decide their future' as withdrawal nears end

Squatting in the dust by the main road to Afghanistan's biggest airbase, Mir Salam sifts through a pile of broken electronics in front of him, salvaged from departing US troops.

Junkyard of empires: Afghans sift through leftovers of US occupation

As the US military completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan in the coming weeks, the Biden administration says it is adding staff to hurry up the visa process for Afghans, who worked for the US government and want to flee to avoid Taliban reprisals.

US speeds visas for vulnerable Afghans as pullout looms, but Congress wants more

A Greek court on Saturday sentenced four Afghan asylum-seekers convicted of starting fires that burnt down Europe's largest migrant camp last year to 10 years in prison each.

Four Afghans get 10-year jail terms for Greek migrant camp fire

The coronavirus is pushing millions more Afghans into poverty, overwhelming Afghanistan's basic health care system and exacerbating food insecurity in one of the world's poorest countries, a US watchdog said Friday.

Coronavirus pushing millions more Afghans into poverty: US watchdog

More than 1,280 Afghan civilians have been killed in the first six months of the year as fighting rages in Afghanistan despite a pact between the United States and Taliban militants, the United Nations said on Monday.

UN says nearly 3,500 Afghans killed or hurt in first half of 2020

Nearly 70,000 Afghans have returned from virus-hit Iran in the past 20 days, an official said Monday, overwhelming health workers at border crossings and raising fears of a major outbreak in the impoverished country.

COVID-19: Thousands of Afghans return from Iran as virus hits economy

Hundreds of Afghans many needing urgent medical treatment gathered near the Pakistani embassy in Kabul on Monday, waiting for word of when the visa section might re-open.

Sick Afghans await Pakistan visas as consular office shuts

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