Islamabad, Pakistan, is hosting the Ninth Session of the Ministerial Conference on Women of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on 12 and 13 July 2026, with the participation of approximately 190 representatives from 57 countries. The conference, which is being held without any representative from the government of Afghanistan, is examining women’s education, empowerment, and participation.

On the sidelines of the Moscow International Security Forum, an agreement on military and technical cooperation was signed between the Government of Afghanistan and the Russian Federation, in the presence of Afghanistan’s Minister of Defense and the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council. However, the details, scope, and precise content of this agreement have not yet been made available to the public in a transparent manner.

According to an annual report prepared with the support of the United Nations and released on 24 April, two-thirds of the people facing food insecurity worldwide live in just ten countries, including Afghanistan. The majority of these countries are in the Muslim world. This reality demonstrates that poverty and hunger in Afghanistan and across the Muslim world are not temporary phenomena...

On Saturday night, 21 Feb. 2026, Pakistan’s army carried out airstrikes on seven areas in the provinces of Nangarhar and Paktika. Dozens of civilians, including women and children...