MONITORING (SW) – North Korea has shipped about 6,700 containers carrying millions of munitions to Russia since July to support its war against Ukraine, in a sign of ongoing arms transfers, South Korean media reported on Tuesday, citing the defence minister.
CHARIKAR (SW) – An evident surge of malformities among the newborn babies has sparked concerns among the residents of Parwan, Kapisa, and Panjshir provinces.
MONITORING (SW) – New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Afghanistan announced that South Korea has recently donated four million dollars to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund.
MONITORING (SW) – Canada has unveiled draft legislation that would force tech platforms to quickly remove online content deemed harmful, including material that sexualises children and foments hate.
LAGHMAN CITY (SW) – Farmers in several districts and remote areas of Laghman, Afghanistan’s eastern province, say that due to the dire economic situation, they have been forced to covertly plant hundreds of acres of their agricultural lands with poppies to meet their and their families’ needs.
KHOST CITY (SW) – In yet another blow to free press and freedom of expression, authorities in Khost have issued fresh directives to limit the scope of local media outlets in the province.
JOWZJAN (SW) – The Islamic Emirate authorities have publicly executed an individual in Jowzjan province in northern Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – The Da Afghanistan Bank/Afghanistan Central Bank has announced that in order to maintain and stabilize the value of the Afghani currency, it will auction 17 million US dollars on Tuesday, February 27.
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Security Council is set to hold a meeting today -Monday, February 26- with the presence of UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and members of this council.
KABUL (SW) – WFP urgently needs World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan has stated that this programme urgently needs US$760 million to continue its operation for the next six months.
MONITORING (SW) – India’s Assam state has scrapped an 89-year-old law that allowed marriage involving underage Muslims, against opposition from leaders of the minority community who called the plan an attempt to polarise voters on religious lines ahead of elections.
