Islamic Relief has warned that Afghanistan this year is facing the largest wave of forced returns of refugees in the world; a wave that has brought nearly three million people into the country in the past nine months, with women and children making up a large portion.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has once again called for an end to the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan.

The Purple Saturdays Movement, in response to the recent tensions between the Taliban and Donald Trump, President of the United States, issued a statement emphasizing that the Bagram Air Base is an inseparable part of Afghanistan’s territory and that no illegitimate group, especially the Taliban, has the right to make decisions about it.

On the thirtieth anniversary of the World Conference on Women in Beijing, the Executive Director of UN Women warned that gender equality in many parts of the world is regressing.