Ramiz Alakbarov

The UN appealed Tuesday for pledges to address the "critical" humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, where more than 21 million people need aid, and a dire food crisis is deepening.

The United Nations says the 3,330 Afghan men and women it employs stayed home for a second day to protest the Taliban’s ban on U.N. female staff working in the country, as it continued to press for the decision to be reversed

Male students and professors in Afghanistan join calls to allow women to return to classrooms after the Taliban administration bans women from universities and from working for non-governmental organisations.

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths will visit Afghanistan in the coming weeks and seek to meet the highest possible officials within the Taliban-led administration after it banned female aid workers, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday.

The acting head of the United Nations' mission to Afghanistan told the Taliban administration's acting economy minister to reverse a decision to ban female NGO workers during a meeting, according to a statement on Monday. "Millions of Afghans need humanitarian assistance and removing barriers is vital," UNAMA said in the…

For the first time in decades, Afghans are living in relative peace. But with sanctions on the Taliban, the economy is in shambles and hunger is widespread. Girls are still out of school.

The Taliban and an Afghan sports official say a grenade exploded during a game of cricket in Kabul, wounding at least four spectators at the stadium

Senior UN officials say the earthquake in Afghanistan has added another emergency facing the country, which is also confronting its worst drought in 30 years and massive poverty

Dire economic situation sees children dying of starvation as millions of Afghans struggle to put food on their tables.