The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan is facing one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises this year.

Four years after the Taliban’s takeover, Afghan women and girls are not only deprived of education and work, but sports are also forbidden for them. A number of female athletes have left the country and continue sports in exile, but inside Afghanistan there are still girls who only practice in secret, living in fear of the Taliban, while keeping alive the dream of playing in international arenas.

A number of Afghan journalists, women’s rights activists, former military personnel, and civil society activists residing in Pakistan held a gathering in Islamabad to protest against the forced deportation of Afghan migrants.

Save the Children has announced that about 37 thousand children under the age of five and 10 thousand pregnant and breastfeeding women in earthquake-affected areas of Afghanistan are struggling with severe malnutrition.