KABUL (SW) – Afghanistan urgently requires an additional 18,000 midwives to meet the demand for skilled birth attendance, the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) reported.
In a series of interviews, women in Baghlan and Samangan provinces told Salam Watandar they have been grappling with chronic headache for years making their lives difficult. They attribute this health issue to different factors.
MONITORING (SW) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries, a top official said on Thursday, in an effort to boost tourism and help revive its crisis-hit economy.
KABUL (SW) – The de-facto Ministry of Justice announced that the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” law, consisting of 4 chapters and 35 articles, has been ratified by the leader of the Islamic Emirate and is now “enforceable” across Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – Iran’s parliament has approved President Masoud Pezeshkian’s 19 ministers, state media reported, giving way to a cross-factional cabinet reflecting his focus on consensus after days of debate.
AYBAK CITY (SW) – A traffic accident in the Khulm district of Samangan province has resulted in three deaths and six injuries.
KABUL (SW) – Officials at the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs (MoMDA) report that in the past one year, with 15,000 more registrations, the
