As the forced deportation of Afghan migrants from neighboring countries, especially Iran and Pakistan, has intensified, the Taliban-run Bakhtar News Agency has reported that more than 1,100 migrant families were returned to Afghanistan in just one day.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan has announced the launched of a training program aimed at empowering Afghan women entrepreneurs to enter international markets.

Local sources in Nangarhar province say that a female doctor was shot dead by unknown armed men on the morning of Sunday (August 3) in the city of Jalalabad.

The World Food Programme (WFP), in a newly released report, has warned that the hunger crisis in Afghanistan is “deepening by the day,” with women and children, especially those recently deported from neighboring countries, among the most vulnerable groups.