Poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan have risen sharply for the first time since 2021, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
WorldAid cuts to Afghanistan are hitting the most vulnerable hard. Malika, 25, has already lost a child because there was not enough food. Now her three-year-old daughter is being treated for malnutrition. “I worry that she might die,” says Malika from a children’s hospital in Kabul.
WorldA man who shot and killed 13 people at a U.S. Army base will be executed. The government announced that the public will be able to watch the execution live.
WorldThe red-green parties strongly criticize the government's late announcement on quota refugees, which means that 350 people will receive protection this year. At the same time, the parties disagree among themselves about how many refugees Sweden should accept.
SwedenThe International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issues arrest warrants for two high-ranking figures in Afghanistan’s Taliban regime.
WorldPakistan has carried out new airstrikes in Afghanistan in a fresh escalation between the neighboring countries. Reports of casualties vary.
WorldAt least four civilians have been killed in Pakistani attacks on Afghanistan, while the neighboring country says it has struck ten different locations.
WorldAfghan cyclist Fariba Hashimi dressed as a man to escape the Taliban's reign of terror. Now the 23-year-old has won silver at the Asian Games in Japan. "I can't describe my feelings," Hashimi says, according to The Guardian.
SportsAt least 28 people are reported to have been killed in Pakistani airstrikes on “militant strongholds” in Afghanistan. Authorities in Kabul claim that significantly fewer, three people, have been killed.
WorldAt least 31 people, including 16 police officers, are reported to have been killed in Friday's attack at a mosque in Kohat in northern Pakistan.
WorldAt least 21 people have been killed in a powerful explosion at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, local authorities say.
WorldThe number of asylum applications fell in the first half of 2026 to the lowest level in five years, the EU asylum agency EUAA announced.
WorldThe September sky was clear, the morning light shone over New York. The horizon was endless. A sky that was soon darkened by a pillar of smoke. The World Trade Center collapsed. A quarter of a century later, the American horizon remains dark.
WorldAt least 1,063 people were killed or injured by cluster munitions in 2025. 927 of them were recorded in Ukraine.
WorldSince the Taliban regained power, Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans teenage girls from attending school. But many are trying to get around the ban. One example is the Afghan girls' school that has now reopened - in Rwanda. “I am so grateful for the welcome we have received here,” says school director Shabana Basij-Rasikh.
WorldOne million children in Afghanistan are suffering from such severe malnutrition that their lives are in danger, warns the UN children's fund Unicef.
WorldPakistani security forces have carried out raids against militant groups in the country's northwest and southwest, killing a total of 49 militants in recent days, authorities said.
WorldAfghanistan's Taliban regime is celebrating five years in power with rallies, flags and ceremonies. But women, who have found life increasingly difficult since the takeover, are barely visible.
WorldThe head of Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan has been killed in an explosion, local authorities say.
WorldGrainy films, most taken from American military planes, but also Swedish "ghost rockets," are included in the Pentagon's fifth release of files on unidentified flying objects.
WorldThe UN warns that malnutrition among women and children in Afghanistan has reached critical levels.
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