For Afghanistan, this has served as a crucial factor in maintaining economic stability, while for Uzbekistan, particularly ...

Nine in 10 Afghan families skip meals, take on debt: UNDP 4.5 million returnees since 2023 strain collapsing economy Women's workforce share falls to 6% UNDP warns of worsening hunger, migration ...

Escalating tensions between Islamabad and Kabul are threatening the interests of China, the dominant economic player in the ...

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The ongoing closure of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border since October 11 has dealt a severe blow to Pakistan's trade, ...

When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned since 1996. I, along with World Bank education expert Raja Bentaouet Kattan ...

“Pakistan and Sri Lanka have experienced the most political tumult in South Asia, and in both cases it’s been driven by economic stress.” Potential wealth from Afghanistan’s untapped mining sector has ...

Afghanistan's Commerce Minister, Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi, has made a compelling offer to Indian businesses, highlighting tax ...

Any group or party in power, whether elected or forcibly self-installed, bears the responsibility of ensuring that citizens have access to sustainable income and the resources needed to maintain a ...

As President Vladimir Putin comes visiting, Afghanistan should be a major item on the agenda. The attacks on Tajikistan ...

As Afghanistan enforces a near-total poppy ban, Pakistan’s Balochistan emerges as the new centre of a resurgent opium economy ...