Category: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Returnees from Pakistan facing uncertainty at home

KABUL (SW) – A large number of Afghan immigrant who have recently returned from Pakistan say that this return has put them in a difficult

Exclusive: Women and girls seeking jobs, businesses facing rejections

KABUL (SW) – Findings by Salam Watandar indicate women and girls are getting their job applications rejected for no reasons in various sectors. According to

Daily wagers in Faryab struggling to make ends meet

MAIMANA (SW) – Economic hardships are taking its toll on the residents of Faryab, particularly the daily wagers who are struggling to make ends meet.

Afghanistan, Pakistan consult on refugees repatriation

KABUL (SW) – Officials from Afghanistan and Pakistan have met to facilitate the repatriation of the refugees. Afghan officials from the Spinboldak pass and Pakistan’s

Drought severely affects wheat farming in Sar-e-Pul

SAR-E-PUL (SW) – A number of farmers in Sar-e-Pul, who have planted wheat in their fields, say that due to repeated droughts and lack of monsoon

Earthquake victims still longing for support

HERAT (SW) – A number of the victims of the second strong earthquake in the village of “Shakarab” in Golran district of Herat, complaining about

Daily wagers in Mazar-e-Sharif faced with unemployment, hunger

MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – Daily wage laborers in Mazar-e-Sharif say they are getting no work for days resulting in poverty and hunger. After the recent security

Recurring earthquakes worsen Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

KABUL (SW) – The World Food Program says that the back to back earthquakes in western Afghanistan have worsened the humanitarian situation. Officials of the