Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and significant contraction of the country’s economy coupled with rising poverty, and financial instability, an organisation Save the Children in a report highlighted that 24.4 million people in Afghanistan, including 13 million children are in immediate need of humanitarian assistance. According to a […]
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UN Mission discusses meaningful peace with Afghan reform council
The UN Mission in Afghanistan met with Afghanistan Reform and Consultative Council on Sunday and discussed proposals to promote tolerance and secure meaningful peace in the country. “UNAMA’s acting Political Head Scott Smith grateful to members of the Afghanistan Reform and Consultative Council for meeting today. No shortage of thoughtful proposals […]
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Afghan officials confirm Pakistan airstrikes in Khost, Kunar provinces
The local officials of Afghanistan’s Khost and Kunar provinces confirmed that the Pakistani aircraft launched the airstrikes on different parts of the provinces, killing five children and a woman. Officials of the Khost province said that the Pakistani aircraft bombed the Pesa Mila, and Mir Safar areas of the province […]
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Global outrage over fate of missing Afghan women activists: UN
The top UN envoy in Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons met top Taliban leadership on Wednesday and expressed concern over the missing Afghan women activists. “Global outrage over the fate of missing Afghan women activists conveyed today to Taliban de facto @MoFA_Afg Muttaqi. He assured Deborah Lyons of efforts to resolve the issue. His constructive approach welcomed. UN continues to engage Taliban to support welfare and rights of […]
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Afghan students in US fearful of returning home under Taliban regime
Many Afghan students studying at United States universities through scholarship programmes say they are unable to return home as it endangers their lives under the current Taliban regime, according to a media report. In the last academic year, more than 100 Afghan students availed the Fulbright scholarship programme. As per the terms of this scholarship program, students are […]
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Afghan health ministry launches polio vaccination drive
The Afghan health ministry launched a campaign on Monday to innoculate millions of children in Afghanistan against polio. The campaign is the last polio vaccination drive in 2021. It will continue for two weeks. This week it will cover 21 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. “The next drive will cover 13 provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Nimroz, Zabul, Uruzgan, Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan, […]
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Afghan situation has wider repercussions for Central Asia, says EAM Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that that the situation in Afghanistan has wider repercussions for the Central Asian region and added that both India and Russia have a common interest in ASEAN centrality. Jaishankar’s remarks came during the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held at the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan here on Monday. “India-Russia meeting today will […]
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UNICEF to keep its digital platforms shut on World Children’s Day in solidarity with Afghan children
On the occasion of World Children’s Day, UNICEF Afghanistan has decided to close all its digital platforms on Saturday, in solidarity with Afghan children who are bearing the rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis in the country. “In solidarity with the children of Afghanistan who are bearing the brunt of a rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis, this year, as UNICEF marks World Children’s Day (WCD) globally, UNICEF Afghanistan will not celebrate,” a United […]
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Khalilzad blames corruption in Afghan elites for stymied political change
The former US special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad called corruption in the Afghan elites a cause behind the failure of political transformation in the country and claimed that the US was successful in transforming education and infrastructure in Afghanistan. Khalilzad accused the elites of being selfish and corrupt and said that the country lost the “golden” opportunity, […]
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US appoints veteran diplomat for Afghan relocation, resettlement efforts
The Biden administration on Tuesday appointed veteran diplomat Elizabeth Jones to lead efforts for relocation and resettlement in Afghanistan, the US State Department said. “As the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts, Ambassador Jones will assume oversight of the entire Afghanistan relocation effort, from our ongoing efforts to facilitate the departure of individuals from Afghanistan to their onward relocation and […]
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Afghan women demand political, social inclusion
Dozens of Afghan women activists on Sunday held protests in Afghanistan demanding political and social inclusion. These women sought female representation in the caretaker government of the Taliban and said that they will not stop resisting until their role in the new government is clarified, Tolo News reported. “Today, October 10, is World Women Solidarity Day with Afghan Women. […]
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Afghan girls must not be excluded from schools: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the reopening of schools in Afghanistan from Saturday, but stressed that girls must not be kept away from the classroom. “We are deeply worried”, UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore said in a statement on Friday, “that many girls may not be allowed back at […]
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Afghan refugees hold protest against Taliban, raise anti-Pakistan slogans
Afghan refugees on Tuesday held a demonstration in Delhi against the Taliban in which they also raised anti-Pakistan slogans. The protesters carried placards that read “Terrorism and Pakistan are same side of a coin” and “ISI leave Afghanistan” and raised slogans against the Taliban. “My relatives were living in Panjshir. Pakistan airforce killed my relatives, my […]
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Afghan Ministry of Education to change curriculum as per Sharia laws
In a bid to implement a hardline Islamic curriculum in Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday said that university subjects that defy Sharia Islamic laws will be removed from higher education. “Each subject that is against Islamic laws will be removed,” said Acting Minister of Higher Education Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani in a press conference, reported TOLOnews. […]
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Afghan journalists say man seen hanging from helicopter a flag installer, wasn’t dead
Video footage has surfaced on social media that shows a US-made Black Hawk helicopter flying over Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, with a person seen hanging below from a rope. However, on Tuesday it was not immediately clear whether the person was dead or alive. Later, it was clarified that an Afghan pilot was reportedly flying the […]