Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized ...

In hearings on a draft rule to prevent heat-related illness in millions of vulnerable U.S. workers, top health and safety ...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has reported rapidly spreading drought in Afghanistan, noting that ...

A new study delivers a stark warning that Central Asia has overshot its environmental safety limits concerning land footprint ...

According to Zamir Kabulov, "the Afghan authorities are doing their best" amid the West’s economic and financial sanctions ...

The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal’s Upper Mustang, more than 13 ...

More information: Yiming Zhou, Industrial agglomeration, firm heterogeneity, and environmental pollution, Portuguese Economic Journal (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s10258-025-00272-1 ...

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international ...

Today, Afghanistan is estimated to hold nearly $1 trillion worth of mineral reserves. This includes 60 million tons of copper, 183 million tons of aluminum and 2.2 billion tons of iron ore.