Afghanistan saw major setbacks in the education sector in 2021
KABUL (SW) – Afghanistan saw major setbacks in the education sector in the year 2021 ranging from the COvid-19 pandemic to the drastic change in the system of governance.
Day: January 1, 2022
340,000 ID cards issued in four months
KABUL (SW) – The statistics provided by the Afghanistan National Statistics Authority suggest at least 340,000 new biometric ID cards have been issued in the past four months alone.
Call for action plans, concrete measures to protect children
MONITORING (SW) – The UN Children Fund or UNICEF has warned that the year 2021 had brought a spate of grave violations against children in both protracted and new conflicts in the world.
45 journalists killed worldwide in 2021
KABUL (SW) – A total of 45 journalists were killed worldwide in 2021, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says, adding it was “one of the lowest death tolls” it had recorded for any year.
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans compelled to migrate
MONITORING (SW) – The UN agency for refugees has asked the international community to provide greater support to Iran in order to help protect people fleeing from neighboring Afghanistan.
