1500 fresh troops deployed to Bamyan
BAMYAN CITY (SW) – A fresh batch of 1,500 security forces has been sent to improve security in Bamyan province, announced the defense ministry on Tuesday.
Day: February 22, 2022
Flash floods warning issued to alert citizens
KABUL (SW) – Warning has been issued by the government to alert residents in a number of provinces in the wake of flash floods following heavy downpour.
Supply of Indian wheat aid begins via Pakistan
MONITORING (SW) – Four-and-a-half months after India proposed to Pakistan that it wants to send wheat for the people of Afghanistan, the first consignment of about 2,000 metric tonnes of the grain, laden in about 50 trucks, will roll out on Tuesday.
24.4 million Afghans in need of humanitarian assistance
MONITORING (SW) – At least 24.4 million people in Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance, which is a 30% increase from a year ago, said the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Women public servants asked to wear hijab or quit
KABUL (SW) – All female government employees have been advised by the Ministry of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil of the Islamic Emirate to either wear the hijab or quit.
