Due to a massive surge in food insecurity amid the Ukraine war, the World Food Programme has called for USD 1.1 billion to continue delivering monthly food and nutritional assistance for the next six months to 15 million acutely food-insecure people in Afghanistan. “Our plan for winter is to provide […]
Afghans launch ‘Ban Taliban’ campaign on Twitter
After Meta’s crackdown on Taliban-affiliated content and pages, Afghans have launched a trend on the social media platform Twitter with a hashtag calling for a ban on Taliban. The hashtag “BanTaliban” became a global sensation, with over thousands of tweets so far in support. Rapidly on the rise, the trend […]
Afghans in Norway protest against visiting Taliban delegation; raise ‘can’t be trusted’ slogans
Afghans, based in Norway, protested outside Norwegian foreign ministry office on Sunday against Taliban delegation, which is on a visit to capital Oslo. Dozens of men and women protested, raising Afghan flags and placards that read, “Free Alia Azizi” and Do Not Recognize the Taliban. They have Blood in their hands. Can’t be trusted.” A […]
Mullah Baradar urges world community to help Afghans amid freezing winter
Taliban’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Friday urged the international community to help Afghans amid freezing winter and heavy snow. Baradar, in a video message broadcast by Radio-Television of Afghanistan (RTA), called the Afghan situation “critical” and said that citizens across the country are in grave need of cash, shelter, and food, […]
40 million Afghans may fall into ‘extreme poverty’ by mid 2022: UN
Raising concern over the ongoing humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, UN Migration Agency said that Afghanistan may fall into “extreme poverty” by mid-2022 if no action is taken immediately to address the simultaneous humanitarian, economic and political crises. “Afghanistan is a country of almost 40 million people, nearly all of whom may fall into extreme poverty by […]
Thousands of Afghans receive assistance within week: UN agency
Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from October 11-17 across Afghanistan, a United Nations agency confirmed on Friday. In northeast, 2,625 internally displaced people, who recently returned to their villages, received household items in Badakhshan province, the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan said in a press release on […]
Taliban resumes passport services for Afghans
The Taliban on Tuesday resumed passport services for Afghans. The interior ministry said that for the time being, the new passports will be issued with the title of “the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” reported Tolo News. Saeed Khosti, head of the media department of the interior ministry, at a news conference said that for the […]
Afghans dying at border as tensions intensify between Taliban, Pakistan
Amid tensions between the Taliban and Pakistan, Afghans are dying at Spin Boldak after Islamabad restricted entry at the key international intersection only to Pakistani or Kandahar identification cardholders. Earlier this month, a rush toward the entry checkpoint of the Pakistan border resulted in the death of at least one person. However, those patrolling the boundary on the […]
8,000 additional US visas for vulnerable Afghans approved by Congress
US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to allot eight thousand more Special Immigration Visas (SIVs) to interpreters, contractors, and other vulnerable Afghans who have worked with the US army in the war-torn country. The bill comes as the White House intends to evacuate 2,500 SIV applicants directly […]