EU Support for Youth Skills: The EU Delegation to Afghanistan says it’s backing youth education, technical training, and apprenticeships to help young Afghans—girls included—find jobs and start businesses. Women’s Sports Pathway: The ICC endorsed the Development Pathway Programme for Afghan refugee women cricketers and re-constituted a taskforce to map qualification routes to 2030. Housing and Poverty Link: UN-Habitat warns that Afghanistan’s lack of adequate, safe housing is tightly tied to poverty and disaster vulnerability, calling it a key step for sustainable development. Farmer Livelihood Stress: Wikifarmer’s “Voice of the Farmer 2026” reports 68% of Afghan farmers saw income fall, with many citing crop losses from weather and pests. Humanitarian Pressure: A survey says 75% of aid groups accepted Taliban conditions to keep operating, with growing limits on women aid workers’ movement and roles. Climate Risk Context: El Niño is expected to raise flood and food-security risks across parts of Asia and Afghanistan, straining already fragile communities. Taliban Education Claim: A senior Taliban education official claims Afghanistan offers the “best” education environment despite bans on girls’ secondary and higher schooling. Child Marriage Decree: A new Taliban decree on judicial separation of spouses is criticized for making child marriage easier to sustain and harder to challenge. Roads Debate: Commentary questions whether Taliban road projects are purely for development or also serve political and security goals. UN Malnutrition Warning: UNICEF warns millions of Afghan children face heightened malnutrition risk.