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Airlines are turning to a network of third parties to pay fees to Afghan authorities as more planes use the country's airspace, increasing the risk of legal disputes and money laundering, according to pilots, aviation executives and lawyers:
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As Trump's administration imposes foreign funding freeze, WFP says aid cuts to Afghanistan are leaving millions hungry this winter, surviving on bread and tea once or twice a day

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The Taliban condemend the ICC prosecutor's decision to seek arrest warrants for two of its leaders for alleged gender persecution crimes while Amnesty International welcomed the development

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The Taliban's foreign office said they saw India as a ‘significant regional and economic partner’ after meeting with its most senior foreign ministry official, the highest level talks with Delhi since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 reut.rs/40ngPKK

“This little one, his father was killed, he’s the oldest in the family. I asked him, ‘Do you go to school, son?’ and he replied, ‘No, I don’t go to school because if I do, who will provide bread for us at home?’”

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With wars and climate-related crises raging around the world, it has been hard for us to capture in daily coverage the depth of slow-burning economic desperation gripping Afghanistan since foreign forces left in 2021. Until this story: www.reuters.com/investigates...

Our story is about these aid workers who are navigating extraordinary challenges in a country that has been beset by war and bloodshed for decades to serve their country and community. Here's something one charity worker said to me in Herat that stayed with me.

Meanwhile, the many restrictions and policies imposed by the Taliban make it challenging for nonprofits to operate in the country. Despite all this, there are Afghan doctors, nurses, volunteers and other aid workers doing all that they can to save lives and keep desperate families afloat.

As of this month -- the last month of the year obviously -- only 45% of the humanitarian plan drawn up for 2024 had been funded, leaving a $1.7 billion shortfall. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Three years after the chaotic U.S. pullout, not a single foreign state recognizes the Taliban administration, and Afghanistan remains shut out of development aid. It's estimated that 14.2 million people are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity -- more than a third of the population

In October, I spent a few weeks in Afghanistan's western Herat province, speaking with the aid workers and volunteers trying to distribute food aid to desperate families and treat women and children suffering acute malnutrition.

With Afghanistan’s economy reeling and millions of people going hungry, nonprofit groups like Aseel are trying to fill a growing humanitarian void, providing aid to destitute families reut.rs/4imupFj 1/5