Economic Nations where 3.3 bn live spend more on debt than health, schools Approximately 3.3 billion people – almost half of humanity – now live in countries that spend more money paying interest on their debts than on education or health, according...

Afghanistan Pakistan Permits Barter Trade With Russia, Iran And Afghanistan – Republic World In a bid to ease the mounting pressure on its fast-depleting foreign reserves, cash-starved Pakistan has announced a barter trade agreement with Russia,...

Afghanistan U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women – The Hindu The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh...

Afghanistan US watchdog ‘cannot assure’ Afghanistan aid not going to Taliban - Aljazeera The head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has decried a lack of transparency from United States agencies that he said has...